It makes Sammy sad when I have to go to work,

She rubs against my legs and flops down on the floor.

And just when I think she couldn’t possibly be more cute,

She turns it up, even cuter and blocking the door.

07/14/2017

It was love at first sight,

Everyone knows how that goes.

Sammy, purring in my arms, looks up

And tenderly licks my nose.

07/01/2017

The momentous day had finally arrived,

When my son decided to leave the nest.

If you think I’m lonely, don’t worry, I’m not.

Because Sammy always loved me best!

06/02/2017

To those who loved and lived in nature,

Like Marlin Perkins and old Euell Gibbons,

Bet they never witnessed wildlife quite as fierce

As Sammy chasing ribbons.

04/07/2017

Birds are singing, the sun is peeking,

Windows are open for the sweet, cool breeze.

I’m lying in bed with a purring kitten, thinking

Sunday mornings are made for these…

04/02/2017

Anger, depression, misery and cruelty,

We’ve had all we can take of that.

Wouldn’t life be much more pleasant,

If everyone behaved like a cat?

03/31/2017

Contended grin fills my face,

Perhaps I am just smitten.

But nothing makes me feel at home,

Like sittin’ with my kitten!

03/17/2017

Sammy is a fearsome warrior,

Leaps more quickly than you can take a breath.

Her coloring lets her hide in the shadows,

With her furry mandibles of death.

02/24/2017

There was going to be a poem,

Full of style and wit and grace.

However I was keyboard-blocked,

By this kitten’s sleepy face!

02/12/2017

The winter wind screams through the trees,

While the icy rain comes pelting down.

Sammy is fast asleep with bed and blanket,

I’m in the car, driving to work downtown…

1/27/2017