Tag Archives: cats

January 16*

Posted on January 16, 2015 by othermindpress

the cats — hopefully just darwin’s soldiers — neatly place mouse and mole cadavers stiff carcasses of birds on the steps as if gifts *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. . . … Continue reading →

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poem: August 4*

Posted on August 4, 2014 by othermindpress

three dead hummers in four days our cats become expert they hunt to hunt not from hunger our guilt—the luxury of pets, the death of free birds robbing a mate, a nest, a niche—what will pollinate now? the big cycle: … Continue reading →

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March 21*

Posted on March 21, 2012 by othermindpress

cat and i sit on lawn rocks “glacial erratics” watching last light leave robin hurtles toward us cat springs four feet into air claws deep into robin’s past path— just a tad late. if i had half that quickness half … Continue reading →

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December 23*

Posted on December 23, 2011 by othermindpress

predawn, cats out sit on rocks, peer into greyness i see, but not quite something there, that is more apparent if i look away *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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September 24*

Posted on September 24, 2010 by othermindpress

winter augury strange pregnant lenticular clouds too crisp in detail holding with hazy smear of indeterminate fog cats stay in the box for the morning in trance midafternoon sun vaporizes all clouds have disappeared but are not gone *Copyright 2010 … Continue reading →

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