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16 February 2014

Valentine to My Levi

My gorgeous lad, my best bloke,
your eyes are bright, your hair is dark.
You are the one I love to cuddle;
come over here, let's have a snuggle.
Your body hair is thick and furry,
your loving voice is low and purry.
You are mine and I am yours;
I'm wrapped around your flexing paws.
They say you're a killer; I'll ignore that.
You are my darling, the cat of my heart.


















At dVerse, the prompt is to wind down from Valentine's Day by writing a short love poem to something other than a person, almost but not quite in gooey, greeting-card language. (Oh, I think I misunderstood and we were supposed to get away from that kind of language. Instead, I've attempted to turn it humorous.)
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23 comments:

  1. Claudia16 February 2014 at 20:31

    awww that is sweet - and he's such a cute cat as well.. wrapped around his flexing paws..made me smile...a killer to some ha - mice in this case and a friend to others...

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade17 February 2014 at 23:26

      He is a beauty, isn't he? And sweet to his Mum (me).

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  2. Gabriella16 February 2014 at 21:05

    I enjoyed the tone of your poem and could feel both the love for your cat and the humorous way you look at this love. Well-done!

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade17 February 2014 at 23:27

      Thank you, Gabrielle; I'm glad you appreciated it.

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  3. brudberg16 February 2014 at 22:48

    How cute.. of course, all moving thing's are killers.. so why should we always put the label on the cat who is totally honest about it.? And the cat is just gorgeous...

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  4. Brian Miller16 February 2014 at 23:02

    ha. cute. my cat loves to snuggle...he gets right up under your chin...right now he is trying to keep my wife from reading...lol

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  5. John (@bookdreamer)16 February 2014 at 23:49

    Mehow

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  6. Mary17 February 2014 at 00:13

    Nothing like the loyalty and love of a pet! Doesn't look like a 'killer' to me. Smiles.

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade17 February 2014 at 23:24

      No, he doesn't, does he? I try to stop him and Freya, his sister, from hunting, but I'm not always successful.

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  7. Anonymous17 February 2014 at 02:50

    You now join a great tradition of poets writing in praise of cats. Good read. >KB

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade17 February 2014 at 23:21

      Ha ha ha; I joined that one many years ago! (Smile)

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  8. Grace17 February 2014 at 05:49

    Nicely written for your lovely cat ~

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade17 February 2014 at 23:31

      It was just a little bit of fun - but of course I do love him.

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  9. Mystic_Mom17 February 2014 at 05:52

    This is very nice, I like how you took what I wasn't going to do and put it together with what I did...very cool.

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  10. Ginny Brannan17 February 2014 at 06:03

    I have two cats, both take turns vying for my attention. And yes, they both have me "wrapped around their paws!" Very cute little poem!

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade17 February 2014 at 23:23

      Thank you. I actually have two as well, but chose this one as I wanted the poem to read, at first, as though it could have been a man I was addressing. (My other cat is his sister.)

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  11. Rosemary Nissen-Wade17 February 2014 at 23:30

    This is the first black cat I've ever had, though I always wanted one. Most of the others have been tabbies. But of course, all cats are lovely. :)

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  12. Sumana Roy18 February 2014 at 04:33

    this is so sweet....lovely lines...

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  13. Sherry Blue Sky18 February 2014 at 08:22

    Oh Rosemary, how adorable. I so love it. Hope you and Levi had a wonderful Valentine's. I spent mine with a dear friend, a black lab and a tropical bird who appeared to quite fall under my spell. It was BLISS!!!!!

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