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Poem: A Rescue Remembered

I wrote this poem in 2011 and published it here in 2014 with this introduction, the “colder cold than usual”

I’VE ALWAYS FOUND the January thaw, whenever it comes, to be a magical time, a gift from our compassionate mother

He / doesn’t know, of course, it is / himself he sees, for he / senses himself in a different

Once Once A late snow And I with early kittens in my belly Hungry, thirsty, cold, Crouched, focused, Raced across

I awoke to gentle rain this morning, raindrops tapping on the roof and softly whispering in the trees all around

Things I Found in the Woods Dedicated to Moses, the most gentle, loving being I have ever encountered. Tiny rivulets

The neighborhood so quiet this sunny autumn afternoon all we hear is crickets rustles in the myrtle while my shadow

I awoke to gentle rain this morning, raindrops tapping on the roof and softly whispering in the trees all around

Solstice Moon A satin silent night, A silver path through my window, And silken paws paused to stay On the

Poem for Today: Pawprints and Raindrops, remembering little Kelly in an award-winning poem of a memory of a morning.