For centuries cats have been venerated and mistrusted in equal measure. Through memoir, fiction, letters and poems, the writers in these pages celebrate cats and their curious ways.
Tag: poetry
Entr’acte
Small acts of kindness: flour, a battery,
Saying hello in the street to a stranger, and smiling
Like on Christmas Day in another life.
Path
RETREADING the paths I knew at my morning With those I loved and those I mourn I walked the lake with ice-bound birds And made my camps among the trees And hid behind the solid trunks Of the silent standing figures who Cannot speak but who recall And given voice could tell the tales And… Continue reading Path
Madeleine
I watch you as you sleep And cannot read you in repose. You are still as if painted Somewhere far beyond and out of reach. I count your breaths and see you, Your flickering lids like birds; And I will feed you with my heart And I will hold you with my breath. My tears… Continue reading Madeleine
Suzy Robinson soprano 