The black cat crossed the empty street jumped on the hood of my sensible sedan to watch
Archive for the ‘Animals’ Category
Le Chat Noir
Posted in Cats, Legends and Mythology, Love on November 4, 2018 | 2 Comments »
Unwitting Witness
Posted in Birds, Death/Loss/Grief, Ducks, Mortality, Poetry on March 19, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
You’ll say I’m anthropomorphizing reading too much into things projecting making something out of nothing making it about me.
Ink Stains / Ink is my Ink
Posted in Isolation/Belonging, Lions, Writing on December 23, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
I swore I’d never take off the very first ring from a boy I loved. When I did, it revealed the tell-tale band of oxidized green. The mark left by imitation precious metal lasted longer than the mark made by love’s early imitation.
Nature Reserve
Posted in Death/Loss/Grief, Ducks, Natural World, Personal Growth, Relationships on October 7, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
I stood at the far end of a long, shallow reflecting pond, fuzzy green with algae and scum, offering no reflection. Four brown ducks, aligned in a row, glided toward the opposite end, taking turns bobbing under then popping up above the surface. Four perfect triangles, feathered and syncopated, arose then vanished. One’s bottom would […]