Christian Cats – v2

Feline counselors, therapists

Christian cats, ministering to my disquiet

helping me study the scripture,

between the petting, the purring

bringing calm to my day

Feline companions, confidants

giving me peace, focus, a calming,

sitting on the couch, sipping my tea

gifting me with words to share

these Christian cats, in my lap

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edited August 14, 2019

Christian Cats – v2

October 1, 2008

Christian Cats

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/10/christian-cats.html

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video, 10/1/16 Fiona Foss (Ruth's cat) grooming herself with the brush at the table, Youtube, Patten, ME

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Trills in the Breezes

The window open next to me
early May morning in the office
three of the kittens, all the boys
squeezed into the small space
drawn by the trills in the breezes
sounds of the waking birds
a spring chorus in our backyard

May 23, 2009
and again May 24, 2009

Light Flakes

Light flakes, clusters of powder
dancing in the air
falling, defying gravity,
swirling, spinning, rising
puffed up by the side of the house
twirling, left, right, rising
slow motion, quick motion
falling when the wind is still
aerosol fluff, feathers of snow
as if a marionette,
under the spell of the puppeteer
invisible strings, jerking its legs,
arms, body at the mercy
of the air, twisting, turning
dancing to the ground
eventually

January 8, 2009

Christian Cats

Feline counselors, therapists

Christian cats, ministering to my disquiet

helping me study the scripture,

between the petting, the purring

bringing calm to my day,

sitting on the couch, sipping my tea

giving me peace, focus

gifting me with words to share

these Christian cats, in my lap

----------------

edited August 14, 2019

Christian Cats – v2

October 1, 2008

Christian Cats

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/10/christian-cats.html

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 51,420+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Bible, Christ, Christian, creator, disciples, Easter, Faith, gifts, God, hope, Jesus Christ, kittens, Larry, Mario, Moe, poem, poetry, Fiona, savior, scripture

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Kittens - by Erica M. Berberena

Kittens

Kitten kittens everywhere
Jumping running in the chairs,
They're loving, caring and sweet as well,
that's why we think they're so swell.

Erica Berberena
9/20/08
Larry and Mario had been
in my room with me, going
wild and being loving as
well.

Playing by Paw

In the silence of the house
mid-morning
discordant notes
called from the keyboard
not exactly playing by ear
No, Mario was more
playing by paw
whatever notes his fingers found

September 5, 2008
written at the Agape Café coffeehouse
Wesley United Methodist Church
(one of 24 written there that night)
our kitten Mario and
our Clavinova in the living room
while the girls are at school

Fishing for Fiona

A white young paw, an orange tiger arm
reaching, squeezed, under the bedroom door
resting on the pile carpet, gently
individual claws, his fingers, panting at the air
kneading instinctively
as he did with his mother’s belly
Like an angler, fishing for Fiona
calling her from her nap, to play
reaching, enticing her for a game

She watched, ears perked, from her perch
high above, on the comforter
mattress, brass bed
shades still drawn, muted light
her eyes, her head moves, in time,
with his paw, jerky staccato
as if held by his hook, string
She was caught, momentarily, only;
but never reeled in;
spell broken by her yawn,
the call of sleep.

August 30, 2008
Larry and Fiona,
two of our four kittens
August 29, 2008

A Massacre – v2

It was a slaughter
all those of an age
all under two years old
put to death
to assuage the fears of the king
to rest his troubled mind
to give him peace
from a future foretold in scripture
for the people of the book
the nation of covenant
the people of the word
He was ready
to follow the model of Pharaoh
and kill the children
to save him from the king
born in the manger

For he couldn’t have a new king
a king of the prophesy,
not on his watch, in his time
He who was a pawn, a marionette, a puppet
a pawn of Rome, holding power
from afar, not by the grace, the covenant
the legacy, progeny of David,
the rightful line, as promised by God,
anointed by the prophets
A new king, emergent, fulfilling the law
the prophets, terrifying for the blasphemers,
the imposters, the usurpers
of the ordained rulers
of the covenant people
How far he would go
to subjugate his people
for a little longer in power

Second stanza added January 12, 2008
December 31, 2007
Matthew 2:13-23
based on sermon,
“Homecoming”, by
the Reverend Lori Eldredge,
Wesley United Methodist Church,
Concord, NH, 12/30/07
and Exodus 1:8-22