OATMEAL WITH CAT

OATMEAL WITH CAT

 

EAT MORE FIBER MY YOUNG DOC'S RULE

GOOD FOR OLD GUTS, CHOLESTEROL TOO.

 

I BRING BERRIES AND OATMEAL TO THE MORNING TABLE

BUT THE MUSH ISN'T CLOSE TO A NEW YORK BAGEL.

 

HALFWAY THROUGH THE ORDEAL THE CAT JUMPS ON MY LAP

AN ABUSED RESCUE KITTY SAFE NOW AND RELAXED.

 

HE SAVORS THE OATMEAL LEFT IN THE BOWL

LICKS MY FACE IN A THANK YOU AND CURLS INTO A BALL.

 

APPRECIATIVE PURRING VIBRATES STRAIGHT TO MY HEART

AND AGAIN I'M ENLIGHTENED BY FOUR-LEGGED SMART.

 

SO I'LL LET THIS OATMEAL THING GROW SOME ON ME

THROW IN GINGER, CINNAMON, A SLICE OF KIWI.

 

AND AGE LIKE SWEET BOY, A GRATEFUL OLD SOUL

CURLED IN A BALL WITH LOW CHOLESTEROL.

 

 

Poems and Pic contact cmkstudio2@gmail.com

 

Books and Articles www.carolemarshallstudio.com

 

 

 



ENDLESS LOVE 2

 

 

ENDLESS LOVE

 

THUNDERING PAWS A TONGUE ON YOUR FACE

A JET-PROPELLED TAIL AND FURRY EMBRACE.

 

SCATTER RUGS FLYING AS PART OF THE DIN

A LIVELY COMMOTION TO WELCOME YOU IN.

 

A FEW HUGS AND PATS AND TOSSING THE BALL

PUP SETTLES DOWN AND COMES WHEN YOU CALL.

 

TO SIT BY YOUR SIDE AS YOU HEAVE WEARY SIGHS

WITH HIS WATER BOWL EARS AND ENDLESS LOVE EYES.

 

 

Poems and Pics contact cmkstudio2@gmail.com

 

Books and Articles www.carolemarshallstudio.com

 

 

CATS IN THE HOUSE

 

 

CATS IN THE HOUSE

 

 

FUR ON THE CARPET, THE CHAIR, MY CLOTHES

THERE ARE CATS IN THE HOUSE AND SO IT GOES.

 

PAW PRINTS ON COUNTERS, LUMPS IN THE BED

CATS HIDING IN COVERS, LEAPING ONTO MY HEAD.

 

LITTER FLUNG ROUND THE BOXES, BOOKS KNOCKED FROM SHELVES

NOSES IN MY YOGURT, OH THOSE PESKY ELVES.

 

RUNNING AND CHASING THEN STOPPING, ON GUARD

ON TO THE WINDOW SILL, THERE ARE DEER IN THE YARD.

 

END OF DAY PURRING AND SNUGGLING TIGHT

CATS IN THE HOUSE MAKE LIFE JUST RIGHT.

 

 

 

 

Poems and Pics contact cmkstudio2@gmail.com

 

Books and Articles www.carolemarshallstudio.com

 

 

 

 

 



CRITTERS ALL 2

 CRITTERS ALL

 

HOW HUMBLE THE LINKS

BETWEEN ALL LIVING BEINGS.

BEATING HEARTS, EXPANDING LUNGS,

PAIN FELT AS STRONGLY AS PLEASURE,

FEAR EXPERIENCED AS DEEPLY AS JOY.

TWO-LEGGED, FOUR-LEGGED

RESPONDING TO KINDNESS, DESERVING OF LOVE.

EACH BREATH, EACH WHIMPER ENTWINED AS ONE SPIRIT,

ENHANCING THE ENERGY, PROPELLING OUR UNIVERSE.

A UNITY OF SOULS, A SIMPLICITY OF TRUTH.

AT DAY'S END WE ARE CRITTERS ALL.

 

 

 

Poems and Pics contact cmkstudio2@gmail.com

Books and Articles www.carolemarshallstudio.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

ALWAYS

 

 

ALWAYS

 

Red roses grow fat and wild in the meadow.

Delicate pinks poke tiny heads from pots on the deck.

The morning air thick with aroma and cherished memories.

Pups and kittens, rowdy romping, tumbling and rumbling.

Grown regal beauties, proprietors of home and heart.

Aging critters asleep in the sunbeams.

Ashes nourishing soil and roots.

Sweetness mingling with purple lilac.

Their loving presence remaining, always.

 

 

Poems and pics contact - cmkstudio2@gmail.com

 

Books and articles - www.carolemarshallstudio.com



 

 

 

HAPPY HAPPENS

HAPPY HAPPENS

 

I whirl round and round when you get out of bed

our day is beginning, good things ahead.

 

I leap with  joy when you pick up my poop

cause you toss my ball every time you scoop.

 

Rattle those car keys and I skid to the door

it's out to the jeep, not the vet's but the store.

 

There's my leash coming down from the hook

oh boy, I'm ready let's go for our walk.

 

I jump high as the sky when you tap my treat bin

time for cookies, some pats and the happy happens.

 

 

Contact info poems and pics - cmkstudio2@gmail.com

Books and articles - www.carolemarshallstudio.com



 

 

 

BECAUSE SHE'S A CAT

 

BECAUSE SHE'S A CAT

 

Her body backed with leaves and dirt

she deposits same on my brand new shirt.

 

A bowl of fresh food ready to nibble

she sidles on by and eats the dog's kibble.

 

Hissing if my strokes are too great

loud purring alarm should I sleep too late.

 

Yowling for help from the tallest pine

till I haul out the ladder and she climbs down just fine.

 

To curl in my arms rubbing this way and that

to know that I love her just because she's a cat.

 

 

Poem and pic contact - cmkstudio2@gmail.com

Books and articles - www.carolemarshallstudio.com 

 

 

ENDLESS LOVE

ENDLESS LOVE

 

Thundering paws a tongue on your face

a jet-propelled tail and furry embrace.

 

Scatter rugs flying as part of the din

a lively commotion to welcome you in.

 

A few hugs and pats and tossing the ball

pup settles down and comes when you call.

 

To sit by your side as you heave weary sighs

with his water bowl ears and endless love eyes.

 

 

Poem and pic contact - cmkstudio2@gmail.com

 

Books and articles - www.carolemarshallstudio.com



 

 



A MAGNIFICENT QUIET

 

A MAGNIFICENT QUIET

 

No robins sing, no distant barks

the frogs in the pond are still.

Color becomes vibrant and loud

orange sun, purple lilac sweep me in.

United with verdant trees,

blue sky, tawny brown dirt.

Forsythia blinds with brilliant yellow

and I am every red flower,

every green leaf.

A dry, silent breeze strokes

evaporating tears, embracing spirit.

And in the magnificent quiet

the feel of oneness with all living beings.

 

 

Contact info for poems and pics - cmkstudio2@gmail.com

 

Books and articles - www.carolemarshallstudio.com

 

 

CRITTERS ALL

 

 

CRITTERS ALL

 

How humble the links

between all living beings.

 

Beating hearts, expanding lungs,

pain felt as strongly as pleasure,

fear experienced as deeply as joy.

 

Two-legged, four-legged

responding to kindness,

deserving of love.

 

Each breath, each whimper

entwined as one spirit,

enhancing the energy

propelling our universe.

 

A unity of souls,

a simplicity of truth.

 

At day's end we are

critters all.

 

Contact for framed poems and pics - cmkstudio2@gmail.com

 

Books and articles - www.carolemarshallstudio.com 







IN THE GRASS BY THE SEA

 IN THE GRASS BY THE SEA

 Warm grains of sand under my paws.

Salty spray caked on my nose.

 

Seagulls teasing, just out of reach.

Bald eagles soaring, ignoring my barks.

 

Sticks to collect, crab legs to crunch.

Driftwood, seashells, sailing ships on the horizon.

 

A rich, earthy smell in the grass

by the sea.

Contact info for framed pics and poems -  cmkstudio2@gmail.com

Books and articles -  www.carolemarshallstudio.com