Soft pastels, 11” x 14”, Framed

  Cat Nips

                                By Annie Klier Newcomer

          1.

Pastel sorceress  

draws art & cat lovers

together

                                                                            2.

                                                                Cat nip logic—-

                                                                all orange cats are tabbies,

                                                                but not all tabbies are orange.  

           3.

M not X

marks the spot

on every tabby's forehead. 

                                                                            4.

      Pooling gentle eyes 

                       this stripy cat has lived stories

                                                                  I want to hear. 

           5.

Cat nip afternoons—-

our indoor tiger kitten

finds a way outside.

                                                                              6.

               Lazy summer days—-

                                                                    my fur-ball feels safe,

                                                                    with me.

         7.

Snowflake

on our kitten's nose—-

both one of a kind.  

                                                                              8.

                                                                           In her first life

                                                                     was this orange tabby sitting

                                                                     on Cleopatra's —- lap?    

           9.

Somewhere there exists 

a feral cat who longs

to be drawn—- in.