by phillipw | Dec 16, 2019 | CA
Burlington He makes the heart’s beat change into a purr By doing simple things like lapping milk, And kneading rugs, and wearing knitted fur That rubs against the leg like hungry silk; The way he sleeps, contorted like a slur Of laziness across the...
by phillipw | Dec 16, 2019 | CA, KI
Kipper He masters life by learning how to fall. From heights he lands with four white feet just right. When drowsy all he does is form a ball Of stripes —and falls into a furry night Made up of twitch and sleep. And if from grace He falls...
by phillipw | Dec 16, 2019 | CA, PR
Prospero’s Priorities: He Goes Straight Out the Door My cat believes that he should be a cat. He knows that he’s conflicted in this thing: He thinks he’s tip top, an aristocrat, And so deserves each comfort I can bring Such as a heated mat and that his man Should...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2019 | CA
Nimmy A cat has ways of lying that dogs can Never match. Cats catch a wink just about Anywhere—on a chair; beside the man Whom they’ve converted from dawg-loving doubt; In front of banks of books that they don’t care To notice. The...
by phillipw | Dec 13, 2019 | CA
Remembrances Canaveral dawns disclosed a light as clear As ospreys’ irises. Bald eagle’s claws Came grasping down on nests constructed near To God. Atlantic sand as smooth as gauze From stratospheric heaven saved the prints Of sandpipers. Pending lace and...
by phillipw | Nov 24, 2019 | CA, WH, WO
Woodrow (born on Woodrow Wilson’s 1st Inaugural Day) with His Wife, and Wilma (Half Sister)—All Homestead Pioneers on the Cape Who Had Their Homes Taken Away from Them for Building the Space Center—Watches the Launch of Apollo 11 Woodrow on the far right of the group...
