TO A PUSSYCAT NAMED NYMPHULA

Six of my poems and a short-short story (“Her Honor”) appear in The Guilded Pen, the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild 2013 anthology.

Here is one of the poems:

TO A PUSSYCAT NAMED NYMPHULA

With my compliments

You slink ‘cross the carpet, your sleek fur you flounce.

You spring in my lap and you land with a bounce.

I rub your soft tummy, my kitty I jounce.

Your paws grip my fingers, my palms your toes trounce.

You leap on the bird perch, on Polly you pounce.

You munch on poor Polly. You leave not an ounce.

I shake my head sadly, my kitty denounce.

I’ll ne’er play with you ‘gain, a joy I renounce.

I judge you, Nymphula, my sentence pronounce:

You’ll fry in the hot seat, remorse you’ll announce.