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September 27, 2015April 2, 2023 Bernadette

Poem for Sunday: The Gift of a Morning

My sincerest wish as I remember Cookie is that all of you who read what I write, each of you

The page where the art is used.

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September 2, 2015September 8, 2015 Bernadette

Featured Artwork: A Little Poetry Chapbook With My Art

A few weeks ago I received a request to use one of my sketches in a special little project—a self-produced

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August 11, 2015 Bernadette

Poem for Today: Pawprints and Raindrops

It rained softly this morning, whispering in the trees all around the house, and I have been remembering Kelly today

Lucy chasing rainbows.

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July 10, 2015July 10, 2016 Bernadette

Lucy

Your petite silhouette lingers long, graceful legs tipped with soundless slender paws the waving tendril of a tail that curls

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March 29, 2015June 7, 2015 Bernadette

Poetry for Sunday: Rumi, This Great Love

I am so small I can barely be seen. How can this great love be inside me? Look at your

"Mewsette Ponders Green", poem and photo © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

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March 20, 2015March 20, 2015 Bernadette

Poem for Spring: Mewsette Ponders Green

The world alight in green shades more than I have brilliant life given giving and glows in spring showers on

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December 24, 2014December 25, 2014 Bernadette

For Christmas Eve: Solstice Moon

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

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November 2, 2014March 18, 2019 Bernadette

CWA 2014 Contest and Muse Medallions

Well, I didn’t get to go to the Cat Writers’ Association conference, which was this past weekend, but I did

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November 2, 2014November 3, 2014 Bernadette

Poem for Sunday: Upon Seeing Himself in a Mirror

Upon Seeing Himself in a Mirror Startled, an unexpected kitten before him, he cautiously greets this unknown feline, offers

butterfly in forget-me-nots

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September 14, 2014September 27, 2015 Bernadette

Poetry: For Pet Memorial Sunday

I’ll be speaking a little later today about “Loving Again After Loss, Why We Adopt Pets” at the Pet Memorial

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Marketplace: Plans for the New Feline Sampler Box Program

April 12, 2024April 12, 2024 Bernadette

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