Sunday, April 18, 2010

napowrimo # 18

Today's prompt is to write about a feline creature - tiger, panther, or a bit more domesticated.

Interruption

Seeing me busy,
with a swift silent leap
she’s on my desk,
pausing  to lick her paws
nonchalantly
before she curls herself
on my keybemop
                          aa
                            fd x
                                lll
                                  ll
                                  ll
                                  l

             Wanda McCollar

10 comments:

  1. Yet another reason I do not have a cat.
    Thanks for reminding me.

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  2. Yeah - I know. I don't have a cat now because I'm never home. This particular cat we called Bananas - because she was daffy, and clever. She'd lie on the open book I was reading, and on top of the TV set, draping her body down over the screen. She hated us to be attentive to things other than her - and I still miss her craziness after all these years.

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  3. How dare you ignore her, Wanda?!

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  5. Great poem, right down to the tail! I can relate-- two of my cats' favorite places are between me and my monitor and between me and the page of the book I am reading. I love 'em anyway!

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  6. Ah yes, you captured it quite precisely! Not sure what the attraction is, but my kittens seem to like the keyboard, too, often pressing keys and making very bizarre things happen to the computer.

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  7. Love how the poem reflects the cat in form and in attitude, asserting nonchalance in the end. Thanks for the light touch, Wanda.

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  8. When I lived in Philadelphia with my roommate, her/our cats were notorious at doing this... they'd end up opening Word documents and writing gibberish with their bodies. Very amusing. ^_^

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