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Big Cat

Written by: Jana Moon
Published on: October 17, 2023

*** This poem is most suited to being sung to a little tune that you make up. I have my own. I don’t know how to write music or it would be included here. But then, if that were the case, you wouldn’t have need of making up your own tune. Have fun! ***

 

He killed a mouse

was in our house.

He killed a mouse

was in our house

’cause he’s a big cat!

He chased it off the mantle

and across the living room,

then pursued it down the hall

into the den . . . when . . .

He killed the mouse

was in our house.

He killed the mouse

was in our house

’cause he’s a big cat!

Tho’ he’s sometimes very shy

when you look him in the eye,

and if you meet him on the street

he’ll beat a hasty mad retreat.

But if a mouse

gets in the house,

if a mouse

gets in the house

he will kill it happily.

‘Cause he’s a Big Cat!

Simon Alistair the Big Cat!

Categories: Splashing About

Mighty Hunter

Written by: Jana Moon
Published on: June 24, 2023

Little hunter in the bushes

Mighty tiger in his mind

Hunting, stalking, stealthy,

. . . Crawls

Sharply tuned and wild eyed

. . . Pounces!

Bursting through a spray of wings

Turning twisting in the air

Slashing sabres feathers scatter

Lightening fast he finds his prey

As flock alights and hasty flees

Lays at my feet his proud result

A green unwinged, unlimbed

. . . Grasshopper

Mighty Hunter

 

Categories: Splashing About

swim

Written by: Jana Moon
Published on: May 9, 2023

You swim through my soul

silently pulling me to a place so still

I forget that you are you and I am me.

Categories: Splashing About

Advice for Life and Love

Written by: Jana Moon
Published on: May 9, 2023

Just keep your wits about you and sail your ship.

Swab the deck when it’s time to swab the deck.

Hoist a pint when the sails are down.

But pay attention to the course and don’t get all googly

watching the sunset and run into a glacier.

Categories: Splashing About

Puzzle Poem #2

Written by: Jana Moon
Published on: May 9, 2023

Yes, these related words appeared in the puzzle from blind draws in my morning solitairy letter tile crossword. It’s always fun to see what they become.

Late day sun dances leaves

to music from the breeze.

Mend and sew another hole,

wax another scuff on leather thin as paper.

Putter ’round the barn,

rake straw absent any goal.

Down the lane it’s all the same

an empty afternoon.

A pair appear, Dam and foal

trotting ‘long the dappled way.

Sorrel bright as fire

shine like honey drops of light.

Categories: Splashing About

Walking in Snow

Written by: Jana Moon
Published on: April 22, 2022

Down soft white blanket
covering the land
sends me walking
late afternoon in
frigid temps not seen
in almost a hundred years.

fwoosh, fwoosh, fwoosh

Stillness breaths me
expands my ribs
enlivens the bones of my soul
and dampened sound
relaxes my mind.

fwoosh, fwoosh, fwoosh

Nothing left to sense
but chittering sharp bird calls
soft dove coos and
geese honking at a distance.

fwoosh, fwoosh, fwoosh

Water trinkles a gentle song
echoing in the creek
its melody for lyric avians.

fwoosh, fwoosh, fwoosh

Crisp drops of air
silently mark the time.

fwoosh, fwoosh, fwoosh

Categories: Splashing About, Sweet Words

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