Leaf 91 – Looking Back
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These haiku form a series of
poems inspired by and about one of the loveliest cats I have ever known. Her
life coincided with mine from when I was around twelve or thirteen, until I was
twenty-eight. All of these poems were written in 2003. Each one is a separate
poem, but they clearly sit together as a linked series. However, they don’t
necessarily need to be read in the following order.
Bow cat,
chasing a bee
– evening sun.
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All night on the tiles
– Bow cat, sleeping
in the morning sun.
***
Bow cat –
shoulder sitting,
whilst I try to type.
***
Bow cat,
hiding beneath my desk
– no work, all play.
***
Bow cat sleeping,
one eye open
like a green jade.
***
Bow cat –
nudging her head
into my neck.
***
Bow cat –
dreaming on the quilt,
sleeping a sigh.
