Introduction to the Art of Feline Poetry
by Laura Ann Walton
Not all cats are poets, simply as not all people are poets. It has been my privilege or with the previous 77 years to satisfy and work with three good cat poets. Here I’ll current a poem by Red Boy. Additional posts will introduce you to Skip and Bonnet.
pink boy
pink boy was an grownup feral cat when he got here into our lives. He was king of east Sacramento, or so he thought. One day we observed he had a battle wound which wanted consideration. We acquired him to the vet who patched him up. When we acquired him dwelling, we put him within the toilet with the door shut so he might start his restoration in peace away from the opposite felines in the home. We had been apprehensive about opening the door. Would tear out of there in a feral frenzy, snarling and growling, prepared to tear us to shreds? Imagine our shock and delight after we noticed him mendacity on his again within the windowsill, paws within the air, letting the summer time breeze ruffle his white tummy fur. He grew to become our huge yellow teddy bear, who beloved to lounge round on windowsills, the backs of recliners, and above all, human laps.
One day, after I was working at my pc, pink boy jumped up and walked throughout the keyboard leaving an intriguing line of textual content. Knowing directly that it was a poem, I saved the doc and spent months translating and enhancing this poem into English. I included it in a e book of my very own poetry and created a collage to go along with it. Over the years I’ve learn it quite a few instances as my introductory poem at readings and it’s a fan favourite. Here is the poem:
HNMMMMMMYU
By Red Boy Bazooka the Husband
Trans., Laura Ann
pink cat’s toes like berry nips
bunch collectively
right into a nipple
sort throughout
pc keys
hnmmmmmmyu
mild winds tail amongst
yellow flowers drowse
with half closed eyes underneath the solar
bee drone
tongue tip trill on
the roof of your mouth
lips open
he walks on 4 cheek drums
mud pink tongue hymns
that is hnmmmmmm
relaxation is lips on pores and skin
heat shiver
mouth in opposition to stomach laughs
intimate sigh asleep beside the beloved
physique activates silk/sound of this
sends you to deeper dream
underneath butter heat fur undulating in opposition to cheek bones
inside
in opposition to them
till the lips utter:
/yu
spontaneous hearth/different Wake up!
Note on craft
Red boy’s poem is stuffed with erotic, sensual element revealing the soul of the author. The shock ending happens with the sound of /yu and the command get up! This is a mystic poem about how magnificence and pleasure can result in religious awakening –
and solely a real Cat who occurs to be a Poet might categorical such knowledge – and multi functional phrase with just one vowel.
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