End Of Cat Book 2008

31 Jan 2009 Leave a comment

by arlenecorwin in 2008, birth death & in between, cat book, love relationships Tags: , , ,

        End Of Cat Book
A book mostly about one cat: Sootis.

Not purposely, but purposeful?

Time tells.

Yesterday was his last day.

He seemed to represent Cat-dom,

Characteristics out of Africa

And Egypt.

He was Cat,

Inspiring to look at –

Certainly to watch.

 

In our garden now,

A big translucent quartz his headstone –

Daffodils to come.

 

I prepared for days –

Seventeen, to be exact.

But on the eighteenth,

Finding him,

Still warm

But absolutely gone

A stream

That sometimes gushes, sometimes runs

Betrays such preparation. I

Don’t think I’ll ever write

About

Felines again,

Need gone.

© End Of Cat Book 4.23.2008
Birth, Death & In Between; Cat Book; Love Relationships;

Arlene Corwin

 
 

 

 

Animal Friend 2008

29 Jan 2009 Leave a comment

by arlenecorwin in 2008, cat book, small stories book, swedish book Tags: , , ,

     Animal Friend

My sister in-law says that

She’s become a better matte,(Matte* as in patt-er)

“I am ninety percent better!”

Sixty-six, and got a kitten

Which she handles as if it

Were human.

Standards lower –

(“I allow her to destroy the flowers”)

Tolerant;

Perfectionism once demanded

Compromised and compromising.

Chair torn, a little scratched,

It is that cat has hatched some fun.

House-proud

, house-proud no more,My sister in-law now detached,

The ironed shirt, the polished floor

A laid-back effort,

Ninety percent better than before.

*a female pet owner, husse being the male equivalent i.e. the mommy and daddy

© Animal Friend 3.24.2008

Cat Book; Small Stories Book; Swedish Book;

Arlene Corwin

Djur Vän

Svägerskan säger

“Har blivit bättre matte:”

Nittio procent bättre.

Nu sextio sex med katt unge,

Som behandlas som manniska.

Sänkt standard, blommor förstörs,

Perfektionism en gång funnits:

Nu kompromisser.

Skrapade stolar, sönder rivet –

Har katten haft roligt!

Hemstolt, hemstolt, inte mer!

Svägerskan nu likgiltig – nästan.

Strukna skjortan, bonat golv –

Vem bry sig?

Nittio procent bättre an förr.

Translated by Kent Anderson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who Peed On The Wheel Last Night? 2007

30 Dec 2008 Leave a comment

by arlenecorwin in 2007, cat book Tags: ,

              Who Peed On The Wheel Last Night?

I thought that I was through with cat

Analysis and writings ‘bout…but

Yesterday I spied a cat – a beauty,

I must say –

Refined and white, really exquisite,

Anyway,

Sniffing someone’s tire; exposed

To being killed by someone driving by.

So focused.

Didn’t care.

“Who was it who was there?” her passion.

“Who peed on the wheel last night?

Someone I’m attracted to,

Or someone I should fight,

This pheromone phenomenon

My cherished motivation,

Giving all my nine lives meaning,

It’s experience religion?

Living, as I do, without reflection

In the moment’s abnegation of

A wrong or right,

My nose is in my brain and asking

Who peed on the wheel last night?

A simple question, which deserves

A simple answer. Oui?

Divine!”

 

©Who Peed On The Wheel Last Night? 07.3.21

Cat Book;

Arlene Corwin

Life Reverts 2007

24 Dec 2008 Leave a comment

by arlenecorwin in 2007, birth death & in between, cat book, mother book Tags: , , ,

            Life Reverts

My daughter called:

The cat is sick – a life on hold.

Cat’s old;

Sixteen,

Kidney failing;

Both in pain.

You know the feeling:

“Why was I away that day?

The play of guilt is sneaky.

Naturally, she’ seen a vet.

Life may be going,

But she can’t accept it yet.

Last week a feline

Furry, purry, fine,

And overnight Death spites:

Surprise! He’s caught us by the balls –

He’s caught us by his call –

An invitation unawares.

Why is it we’re so unprepared?

Too scared, I guess.

I listened.

Heard her heart and word.

Listened helpful-helplessly

With life reverting

Anyway.

©

 

Life Reverts 07.6.4

Birth, death  In Between; Cat Book; Mother Book;

For My Well Being 2008

19 Nov 2008 Leave a comment

by arlenecorwin in 2008, birth death & in between, cat book Tags: , ,

     For My Well Being

Of course he knew

He was about to die,

For he was ‘in it’

Every moment,

‘Living in it’ as he died.

Still I cry

Without a will.

I want to think

There is no real Death.

For my well-being,

Got to think

It’s only change of form.

Now that he’s gone,

I need to think

It is a change from

Cat to cat.

No thinking makes more sense than that

For my well being.

© For My Well Being7.15.2008

Birth, Death & In Between; Cat Book;

Arlene Corwin

 

 

End Of Cat Book 2008

18 Nov 2008 Leave a comment

by arlenecorwin in 2008, birth death & in between, cat book, love relationships Tags: , , ,

     End Of Cat Book

A book mostly about one cat: Sootis.

Not purposely, but purposeful?

Time tells.

Yesterday was his last day.

He seemed to represent Cat-dom,

Characteristics out of Africa

And Egypt.

He was Cat,

Inspiring to look at –

Certainly to watch.

In our garden now,

A big translucent quartz his headstone –

Daffodils to come.

I prepared for days –

Seventeen, to be exact.

But on the eighteenth,

Finding him,

Still warm

But absolutely gone

A stream

That sometimes gushes, sometimes runs

Betrays such preparation. I

Don’t think I’ll ever write

About

Felines again,

Need gone.

© End Of Cat Book 4.23.2008

Birth, Death & In Between; Cat Book; Love Relationships;

Arlene Corwin

 

 

Animal Friend 2008

17 Nov 2008 Leave a comment

by arlenecorwin in 2008, cat book, small stories book, swedish book Tags: , , , ,

     Animal Friend

My sister in-law says that

She’s become a better matte,(Matte* as in patt-er)

“I am ninety percent better!”

Sixty-six, and got a kitten

Which she handles as if it

Were human.

Standards lower –

(“I allow her to destroy the flowers”)

Tolerant;

Perfectionism once demanded

Compromised and compromising.

Chair torn, a little scratched,

Cat has hatched some fun.

House-proud

, house-proud no more,My sister in-law now detached,

The ironed shirt, the polished floor

A laid-back effort,

Ninety percent better than before.

*a female pet owner, husse being the male equivalent i.e. the mommy and daddy

© Animal Friend 3.24.2008

Cat Book; Small Stories Book; Swedish Book;

Arlene Corwin

Djur Vän

Svägerskan säger

“Har blivit bättre matte:”

Nittio procent bättre.

Nu sextio sex med katt unge,

Som behandlas som manniska.

Sänkt standard, blommor förstörs,

Perfektionism en gång funnits:

Nu kompromisser.

Skrapade stolar, sönder rivet –

Har katten haft roligt!

Hemstolt, hemstolt, inte mer!

Svägerskan nu likgiltig – nästan.

Strukna skjortan, bonat golv –

Vem bry sig?

Nittio procent bättre an förr.

Translated by Kent Anderson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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