Christmas Cats

Hello Poetry Lovers

How could I not post about my two favourite subjects – Christmas and Cats?!

The wonderful poet Heather Cook has written this beautiful poem about Yuletide and our love of felines. It puts our feelings over so well.

A touching and clever piece, do read on…

Christmas Cats

The shops are all shut, the gifts have been wrapped –

We’ve stocked up on wine and food for the cats;

Now we must wait for the magic to fall,

Suddenly, softly over us all.

We’ve heard the same carols for so many years,

Watched the old films, shed easy tears,

But touching a cat vibrating with purrs

Always makes something special occur.

The spirit of Christmas, of kindness and love,

Will just for a while flutter down from above

And then all the glitter, the music and lights

Will no longer seem tawdry, but somehow just right.

Heather Cook 2016

Wasn’t that just beautiful?! Thank you so much, Heather. This is from Heather’s collection A Cuddle of Cats. Beautiful book.

Thanks for tuning in, PL’s. We’ll be back with more poetry action real soon…