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Photo Histories
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Cat Albums
I have an album collection
of moments
stray and deliberate;
each dependent
upon time and circumstance;
friends, years attached and bright shiny faces.
There too
are written
words,
paper clipped
in decade stacks,
categorized
and organized,
they lie
on my mind's desk--
like cats
lounging
languidly.
I stroke them--
old friends familiar;
lapping them up like kitten's milk--
others move arthritically
yet close
preening softly.
My album cat ecology
is witness
all together
and separately;
some mute--
some paper purring memories.
My hands stroke all of them
in these photos
fresh and graying
eliciting from me
sighs
coming to me from down the years.
I think of them all
as cats purring.
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| Reviewed by Patrick Granfors |
7/2/2011 |
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| I'm with John here on this one. Just masterful. Patrick |
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| Reviewed by Regis Auffray |
6/30/2011 |
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Thank you for sharing this meaningful metaphorical offering, Lonnie. Love and peace to you,
Regis |
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| Reviewed by Annabel Sheila |
6/30/2011 |
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Wow! This is awesome, Lonnie!!! Absolutely enchanting writing...beautifully crafted phrases! Bravo!!!
Anna |
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| Reviewed by John Flanagan |
6/29/2011 |
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This is gorgeous writing, not a waste word or phrase
and ever so superior expression, and for a cat lover
like me, a gem.
I notice, Lonnie, you don't rate your poetry..may i ask
if that's deliberate? This and the others deserve a much
wider readership.
In admiration,
John |
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