Please enjoy the following collection of Verses that I've collected over the time in respect of 'The CAT'

If I have by chance place a verse that you have written please notify me and I will give credit where it is due.

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ODE TO THE CAT

Respect the Cat - I beg you
For she is unique - Deserving of Respect
Respect her lineage - lost in obscurity
Her Egyptian ancestry
The reverence accorded her in the Temples of the East

RESPECT THE CAT
Who according to Celtic Legend watches over us
With eyes said to be windows onto another world
Legends have it -
Of Cat and Dog as Sentinals at the Gates of Paradise
The Evil One tried to enter disguised as a mouse
The Dog let Him pass   The Cat Slew Him

Respect The Cat

Ode to the Cat

The animals were imperfect,

long-tailed,

unfortunate in their heads.

Little by little they

put themselves together,

making themselves a landscape,

acquiring spots, grace, flight.

The cat,

only the cat

appeared complete and proud:

he was born completely finished,

walking alone and knowing what he wanted.

Man wants to be fish or fowl,

the snake would like to have wings

the dog is a disoriented lion,

the engineer would like to be a poet,

the fly studies to be a swift,

the poet tries to imitate the fly,

but the cat

only wants to be a cat

and any cat is a cat

from his whiskers to his tail,

from his hopeful vision of a rat

to the real thing,

from the night to his golden eyes.

There is no unity

like him,

the moon and the flower

do not have such context:

he is just one thing

like the sun or the topaz,

and the elastic line of his contours

is firm and subtle like

the line of a ship's prow.

His yellow eyes

have just one

groove

to coin the gold of night time.

Oh little

emperor without a sphere of influence

conqueror without a country,

smallest living-room tiger, nuptial

sultan of the sky,

of the erotic roof-tiles,

the wind of love

in the storm

you claim

when you pass

and place

four delicate feet

on the ground,

smelling,

distrusting

all that is terrestrial,

because everything

is too unclean

for the immaculate foot of the cat.

Oh independent wild beast

of the house

arrogant

vestige of the night,

lazy, gymnastic

and alien,

very deep cat,

secret policeman

of bedrooms,

insignia

of a

disappeared velvet,

surely there is no

enigma

in your manner,

perhaps you are not a mystery,

everyone knows of you

and you belong

to the least mysterious inhabitant,

perhaps everyone believes it,

everyone believes himself the owner,

proprietor,

uncle

of a cat,

companion,

colleague,

disciple

or friend

of his cat.

Not me.

I do not subscribe.

I do not know the cat.

I know it all, life and its archipelago,

the sea and the incalculable city,

botany,

the gynoecium and its frenzies,

the plus and the minus of mathematics,

the volcanic frauds of the world,

the unreal shell of the crocodile,

the unknown kindness of the fireman,

the blue atavism of the priest,

but I cannot decipher a cat.

My reason slips on his indifference,

his eyes have golden numbers.

*Translated from the Spanish of Pablo Neruda

I Am Your Cat

  I am your cat, and I have a little something I'd like to whisper in
your ear.

      I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work, some have
children to raise.  It always seems like you are running here and there,
often much too fast, often never noticing the truly grand things in life.

      Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See the way
my eyes look at yours?

      They are slightly cloudy now.  That comes with age. The gray hairs are
beginning to ring my soft muzzle.

      You smile at me; I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine?  Do
you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves you as no other could in the
world?  A spirit that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrong doing for
just a simple moment of your time?

      That is all I ask. To slow down, if even for a few minutes to be with
me.  So many times you have been saddened by the words you read on that
screen, of others of my kind, passing.

      Sometimes we die young and oh so quickly, sometimes so suddenly it
wrenches your heart out of your throat.  Sometimes, we age so slowly before
your eyes that you may not even seem to know until the very end, when we
look at you with grizzled muzzles and cataract clouded eyes.

      Still the love is always there, even when we must take that long
sleep, to run free in a distant land. I may not be here tomorrow; I may not
be here next week.  Someday you will shed the water from your eyes, that
humans have when deep grief fills their souls, and you will be angry at
yourself  that you did not have just "One more day" with me.

      Because I love you so, your sorrow touches my spirit and grieves me.
We have NOW, together. So come, sit down here next to me, and look deep into
my eyes. What do you see? If you look hard and deep enough we will talk, you
and I, heart to heart.

      Come to me not as "alpha" or as "owner" or even "Mom or Dad," come to
me as a living soul and stroke my fur and let us look deep into one
another's eyes, and talk.  I may tell you something about the fun of batting
toys, or I may tell you something profound about myself, or even life in
general.

      You decided to have me in your life because you wanted a soul to share
such things with. Someone very different from you, and here I am.

      I am a cat, but I am alive. I feel emotion, I feel physical senses,
and I can revel in the differences of our spirits and souls. I do not think
of you as a "Cat on two feet" -- I know what you are. You are human, in all
your quirkiness, and I love you still.

      Now, come sit with me.  Enter my world, and let time slow down if only
for 15 minutes.  Look deep into my eyes, and whisper into my ears. Speak
with your heart, with your joy and I will know your true self.  We may not
have tomorrow, and life is oh so very short.........

--Author Unknown

Lend me a kitten

I will lend to you for a while a kitten, God said.
For you to love while he lives, and mourn when he's dead

Maybe for twelve or fourteen years, or maybe two or three.
But will you, 'till I call him back, take care of him for me?

 He'll bring his charms to gladden you and should his stay be brief,
you'll always have his memories as solace for your grief

I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return.
But there are lessons taught below I want this kitten to learn

I've looked the whole world over in search of teachers true,
And from the folk that crowds life's land I have chosen you.

Now will you give him all your love, nor think the labor vain?
Nor hate me when I come to take my kitten home again?

And my heart replied, "My Lord, Thy Will Be Done."
For all the joys this kitten brings, the risk of grief I'll run

We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may.
And for the happiness that we've known, forever grateful stay

 But should you call him back much sooner than we planned,
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes, and try to understand

 If by our love we've managed your wishes to achieve,
in memory of his sweet sweet love, please help us while we grieve.

When our cherished kitten departs this world of strife,
Please send yet another needing soul for us to love all his life.

 Adapted from the poem "To All Parents",
by Edgar A. Guest [1881-1959]

Cat Kisses
 
Sandpaper kisses
On a cheek or a chin -
That is the way
for a day to begin!
 
Sandpaper kisses
A cuddle and a purr
I have an alarm clock
That's covered in fur!
 
Author Unkown

I LOVE MY KITTY

I Love My Little Kitty, she makes my house a home
she always is my best friend, I never feel alone
She makes me smile, she makes me laugh
She fills my heart with love...
Did some breeder breed her, or did she fall down from above

I've never been a breeder, seen life through their eyes
I hold my little kitty and just sit and criticize
I've never known their anguish, I've never felt their pain
the caring of their charges, through snow, wind and rain

I've never sat the whole night, waiting for babies to be born
The stress and trepidation when they're still not here by dawn
I've never felt the heartache, of a little life in my hands
This darling little baby, who weighs but 60 grams

Should you do that instead of this.. or this instead of that
Alone you fight, and hope one day, he'll grow to be a cat
and bring joy to another being, and make a house a home
You know its all just up to you, you'll fight this fight alone

Formula, bottles, heating pads, you've got to get this right
Two hourly feeds for this tiny guy, throughout the day and night.
In your heart you know, your almost sure to lose the fight
to save this little baby, but god willing.. you might

Day one he's in there fighting, you say a silent prayer
Day two and three, he's doing well, with lots of love and care
Day four and five... he's still alive, your hopes soar to the heavens
Day six he slips away again, dies in your hands day seven

You take this little angel, and bury him alone
With aching heart and burning tears, and an exhausted groan
You ask yourself "why do I do this?.. why suffer all this pain?"
But when you see the joy your kittens bring.. it really self explains

So, when you think of breeders and label them with "greed"
Think about what they endure to fill another's need
When you buy a kitten and with your precious dollars do part
You only pay with money.. we pay with our heart.

Cat Rules

BATHROOMS:

Always accompany guests to the bathroom. 

It is not necessary to do anything. 

Just sit and stare.

DOORS:

Do not allow any closed doors in any room. 

To get door open, stand on hind legs and 

hammer with forepaws. 

Once door is opened, it is not necessary 

to use it.  After you have ordered 

an "outside" door opened, stand halfway 

in and out and think about several things. 

This is particularly important during very cold weather, rain, snow, or mosquito season.

CHAIRS AND RUGS:

If you have to throw up, get to a chair quickly. 

If you cannot manage in time, get to an 

Oriental rug. If there is no Oriental rug, 

shag is good.

When throwing up on the carpet, 

make sure you back up so it is as long 

as a humans bare foot.

HAMPERING: 

If one of your humans is engaged in 

some activity and the other is idle, 

stay with the busy one.

This is called "helping,"

otherwise known as "hampering." 

Following are the rules for "hampering:"

1) When supervising cooking, sit just behind the left heel of the cook. You cannot be seen and thereby stand a better chance of being

stepped on and then picked up and comforted.

2) For book readers, get in close under the chin, between eyes and book, unless you can lie 

across the book itself.

3) For paperwork, lie on the work in the most appropriate manner so as to obscure as much 

of the work as possible or at least. 

Pretend to doze, but every so often reach 

out and slap the pencil or pen.

4) When a human is holding the newspaper in front of him/her, be sure to jump on 

the back of the paper. Humans love to jump.

5) When human is working at computer, jump up on desk, walk across keyboard, bat at mouse pointer on screen and then lay in human's lap

across arms, hampering typing in progress.

WALKING:

As often as possible, dart quickly and as close as possible in front of the human, especially: 

on stairs, when they have something in their arms, in the dark, and when they first get up 

in the morning. This will help their 

coordination skills.

 BEDTIME:

Always sleep on the human at night 

so he/she cannot move around.

LITTER BOX:

When using the litter box, be sure to kick 

as much litter out of the box as possible. 

Humans love the feel of kitty litter 

between their toes.

HIDING:

Every now and then, hide in a place 

where the humans cannot find you.

Do not come out for three to four 

hours under any circumstances. 

This will cause the humans to panic 

(which they love) thinking that you 

have run away or are lost. 

Once you do come out, the humans will 

cover you with love and kisses 

and you will probably get a treat.

ONE LAST THOUGHT:

Whenever possible, get close to a human, especially their face, turn around,

and present your butt to them.

Humans love this, so do it often.

And don't forget guests!

I hope you enjoyed the verses over time i will be adding more