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Having been immersed in memoir writing for many months, I decided to write a small poem every day for a year to keep my poetic hand in. I've posted them to Instagram and facebook as written – where, to my amazement, people love them – but on this blog they are sometimes subject to later rewriting.
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Friday, 10 November 2023

I chase away ...

 

I chase away the strange young cat

behind my car, so I won’t run it over. 

It dives underneath! I shout and thump 

until it darts further, crouching big-eyed

under a sparse bush on next-door’s lawn.


Are you lost, little one? I can’t help. Can’t stop, 

can’t be late. And if I took you in, my Poppi 

would grow fierce and attack. I think you look

well enough, but slender. I drive away, calling 

on Bast to protect you and lead you home.


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