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is forever green meadows sunlit
butterflies and buried
raw bones chewy in tall grass
soft for romping and rolling
Always flowing waters where only friends lap
no leashes enough trees games of fetch
No one says roll over or beg or down boy,
No vehicles except boys on bicyles packing baseball gloves
There are quick rains that leave puddles and snow
that goes as softly and swiftly as it comes.
An unspoken alliance exists between Great Danes
and teacup Chihuahuas
Cats are
invited in
each Wednesday
for an hour only.
© by Ruth Moose.
Used with the author’s permission.
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Ruth Moose was on the Creative Writing faculty at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill for 15 years. Author of three collections of short stories and six collections of poetry, her work has appeared in many U.S. publications and in Holland, South Africa, England and Denmark. Ruth was awarded a MacDowell Fellowship and, in 2009, received the prestigious Chapman Fellowship for Teaching. Her debut novel, Doing it at the Dixie Dew, was awarded a $10,000 Malice Domestic Prize. Ruth's next novel, Wedding Bell Blues, is scheduled for publication in August 2016 by St. Martin's Press. Ruth lives in Pittsboro, North Carolina; learn more about her at www.ruthmoose.com.
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A Cat's Response to "Dog Heaven"
always green meadows?
sure, we love a nice snip of grass
as well as the next dog
and we like flowing waters too
to lap our fill and eye those fish
careless enough to come near
trees also-- we'll climb up
just to tease you dogs romping
without leashes, silly dogs
do you think you're faster now
that you've earned your place here
where we need no alliances?
and no, we don't read signs,
calendars are imaginary here,
so are clocks--
anyway we're having a grand time
reminding you who is really king
who rules our lovely yard
you haven't grown wings so keep
barking, we'll just sit on this branch
and smile.
Posted 04/21/2016 11:18 AM
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transitions:
Lovely!
Posted 04/18/2016 11:59 AM
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ElizabethP:
Made me smile. :-)
Posted 04/18/2016 10:56 AM
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cork:
I smiled at the "trees."
Posted 04/18/2016 08:19 AM
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vortex:
lovely!
Posted 04/18/2016 08:09 AM
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Gilbert Allen:
Although I'm a cat person, and it's only Monday, I enjoyed this vivid poem.
Posted 04/18/2016 07:40 AM
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paradea:
This is wonderful!! Love it!
Posted 04/18/2016 07:28 AM
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jeanie:
Love the cat part!
Posted 04/18/2016 07:05 AM
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Jane Eva Cooper:
Wonderful!
Posted 04/18/2016 02:10 AM
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