The Life of Ty b ty the Cat

Even today I miss the cat
The cat named Ty Ty
She is an aristocrat
I am sad she had to die

A woman named Nora had a kitten
It needed a home in which to live
I took the baby cat in
I wanted her to survive

My sister who lived far away
Came to visit, saw Ty and decided to take her
I think it could have been the month of May
Ty went away with a purr

The sister returned her one day
Saying Ty was a troublemaker
Poor cat turned away
Kathryn the mother decided to take her

Ty lived with Kathryn
This cat might replace
A link with this daughter her kin
lack of the presence the cat might erase

The cat was back
So Smart, able to twist knob to open a door
but alas, female organs no longer intact
Even so this cat was never a bore

When Kathryn the mother went away
I too, a daughter moved, to another place
Ty came with me to stay
Then death did this cat erase

Ty the cat did leave!
If animals spirits live beyond
And this I do believe
Someday to my caress Ty will respond

© 2005 Jacqueline Alexander

The Child I Did Not Raise

Long ago in a land of oz
it seemed a lost cause;
that my sorrow would never pause.

I had a dream I wanted to see;
the child I raised to be,
made the child I did not raise, a Gift to me

© 2005 Jacqueline Alexander

Empty Nest

Woman in an empty nest
Feeling abandoned and disowned
Gone is the man the child the rest
No more warmth and security blest
Togetherness no longer a quest
Is it my fault that I am alone

© 2005 Jacqueline Alexander

Pantoum

Death

Student of death
Scholar of grief
Pupil of dying
Bereft of life

Scholar of grief
Deaths process
Bereft of Life
Expert in mourning


Deaths process
Learner of Loss
Expert in mourning
Coping with dying

Learner of loss
Pain and distress
Coping with dying
Student of death

© 2005 Jacqueline Alexander

Free Verse

Symbolic bird of the bible

Sign of Innocence

Cooing mourner

Hope for Noah

Carrier of the olive leaf

Revealer of dry land

Barter of the money changers

Spirit of the one true God

© 2005 Jacqueline Alexander

Poem about a dancer

With your voluptuous body dance
To the music round and round go
Dark eyes at the audience glance
At times rhythmic and slow

All see the magic prance
Your costume colors rainbow
Hand movements enhance
Bright colors like indigo

Onlookers think perchance
As swirling fabrics graceful flow
There is promise of romance
The music stops away you go

© 2005 Jacqueline Alexander

Couplet

Whine

There is too much work to do
Thinking about it makes me feel like poo

The days and hours are too few
Thinking about it makes me feel blue

There needs to be more time
Thinking about it makes me whine

© 2005 Jacqueline Alexander

Sorrow

My thoughts are full of fear
Why do I think of tomorrow
can I predict what is near
know that it will be sorrow

Where did this come from
This tendancy to plant and sow
Seeds to sprout from the warmth of sun
Gleaned as deaths painful blow

© 2005 Jacqueline Alexander

My Prose and Poetry

I love words.
Having said that I will begin today to create a blog of my written words. All written works here bearing my name will be my own original work, poetry or prose.
I invite all souls to post to the blog. The work must be your own and completely original. Poems may be posted in a comment. If it is a short story you wish to share please post the link within the body of the comment when you post.Nothing naughty please!