Choice

A summer's span 
I've worked out here
And now as autumn comes
I leave the
Herring land knowing 
international friendship 
and the sureness of
my independence
LMC 22. 08.2012

Winter knitting

Winter's such a great time for knitting
amazing colours lighting dark days
warm wool growing from my hands
and the quiet meditatative nature
of following the pattern


I must take all my tails of wool
and make a knitting chair like this one
snuggle up within it (with the cats of course)
and knit until I've overflowed the room
in colours and curls

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LMC 07JAN12

Thea & Dino

I dreamed her name
and when I looked it up
the mention of deep-pooled eyes
just suited her.
An adventurer, she's
always first to explore new territory.
She becomes more graceful every day,
except when in a 2-storey game
of tag with Dino (upstairs, downstairs, round the sofa).
Dino looks younger than his 6months
calls Thea as a lioncub calls his mama
though she's really his sister
Shameless charm already,
lying back in my arms
Jake-like to be tickled
It seems like they've been here such a long time
and yet they only arrived on Sunday.
Stay safe my kittens, stay safe,
You are home.

LMC 7 Sept 11

Absence of cat

A space curls around me
It weighs down my chest when I wake up
Not kneading, not purring
Downstairs, Brian asks the air
if it's made him a cup of tea
An emptiness, a fail-to-greet-me
When I come home
Absence of cat

LMC 25Aug11

Sketch's last day

Right now it hurts to see a
photograph of your last day
I wish I'd spent it curled
around you, purring in the sun.

One day I'll see you as you come
sidling round the door
faintly, just a shimmer
and I'll know you're home again

LMC13Aug11

Reaction

No more cats, he says
and, in my head,
I know he's right
the road is just too busy here
to be safe for cats.
Yet in my heart I shout
so let's move house!

Sketch

From tip-paw timidity, tail trembling,

poised ready to flee,

to sitting confident on my chest

purring, kneading and looking

me straight in the eye;

her curious way of entering my dreams;

So scared at first that we felt blessed

when at last we gained her trust.

All ended by a speeding car

that never even bothered to stop

yesterday at 4pm her light

went out of our world.

LMC11Aug11