A Cat Called Shan
by Pamela Griffiths
A factory cat had some kittens
In a drainpipe way down low
She took some fish heads to feed them
This was so many years ago
The cat was missing probably dead
Workers heard the kittens one day
Some kittens died but others survived
A vet came to take them away
We asked if we could take one home
We rescued one from the hole
Our kitten was such a character
A cute pleasant feline soul
She was playful and amusing
We weaned her on tuna fish
She nearly had my finger off
So I put some into a dish
We named our little kitten Shan
She loved being with our dog Lady
Lady took good care of her
She thought Shan was her baby
Years passed by Shan became an adult
She was there through thick and thin
She frightened visitors at our door
From behind them she’d make a din
Just like a banshee she sometimes howled
Like a dog she followed us around
Then as she got even older still
There was also a gurgling sound
Shan had survived she had a good life
We made sure that she was okay
But at the old age of twenty two
She was sadly taken away
End of the poem
15 random poems
- The Settle An’ The Girt Wood Vire by William Barnes
- A Postcard From The Volcano by Wallace Stevens
- Looking Fire
- Олег Бундур – Разговор
- Альфред де Мюссе – Ива (Как придется мне покинуть свет)
- The Fairies Break Their Dances by A. E. Housman
- Михаил Кузмин – В раскосый блеск зеркал забросив сети
- Goodbye by Robert Creeley
- Give Me Back My Rags #4 by Vasko Popa
- Sonnet # 11 by Luis A. Estable
- Sergei Esenin (Serguei Yesenin, Sergueï Essénine) – Sounds of Sorrow
- Language by W. S. Merwin
- Miscast II poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Her Story poem – Andrei Voznesensky poems
- Sonnet 10: For shame, deny that thou bear’st love to any by William Shakespeare
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Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
