Tortise poem by Iris Carden You’re eighty years old and still just middle aged, you must have seen so much, across the world’s stage. Now you are so big most predators won’t see you as food, Life should be so easy, and everything so good. But humans are strange predators, size no discouragement. Sailors stopping…… Continue reading Tortoise
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She Said, He Said
She Said, He Said short story by Iris Carden Her story: Today I saw a side of Bill I never expected to see. I saw him afraid, but I also saw him deal with fear by lashing out. To explain what happened, I need to go back a couple of weeks. I was loading the…… Continue reading She Said, He Said
Happy and Free
Happy and Free poem by Iris Carden Wanda the whale wandered the sea. A whale’s life is happy and free. Wanda would swim Wanda would sing She had no care about anything. A gigantic beast, smaller beasts on board, followed her a while, and made her scared. The beast was so loud, she was disturbed,…… Continue reading Happy and Free
The Week in Review
What I’ve been Writing Sunday: Never Forget your First The story of my first forays into writing stories and poetry. This is where I fell in love with writing. Monday: The World’s a Stage When you’re being chased by an armed criminal, you use what ever advantage you have. Tuesday: The Rebels A group of…… Continue reading The Week in Review
Koala
Koala poem by Iris Carden I eat and I pee and I sleep in the tree. I’m cute as can be. You know you love me. I’m fussy about the trees where I live. Food, water, and home, my favourite trees give. My habitat’s shrinking I’m now in decline, You’ve taken my home. What’s now…… Continue reading Koala
A Knotty Problem
A Knotty Problem by Princess Cat Humans get silly ideas, well my human does anyway. She thinks my hair need to be groomed. I have naturally beautiful, fine, silky soft hair. In winter it’s extra fluffy as well. I get knots sometimes, especially in winter with the extra fluff. That doesn’t bother me. It bothers…… Continue reading A Knotty Problem
Hello!
Hello! By Fantasia Dog I love to greet people who come to our house. I just always want to be the first to say, “Hello!” to anyone who visits. I want to say, “Welcome home!” to my human and the upstairs human. I have a slight problem, though. I am a bit jumpy. I don’t…… Continue reading Hello!
Top Ten Uses for a Human
Top Ten Uses for a Human by Princess Cat Humans. Why do we keep them? If you look at your human and think, “What use are you?”, then I’d like to remind you of all the good things about humans. Here they are: Humans provide dry food.Humans provide wet food.Humans provide water.Humans clean up the…… Continue reading Top Ten Uses for a Human
Overlord
Overlord By Mr Bumpy Cat, SFO Hello out there in the Bloggosphere, As you may possibly know, I used to run my own blog, but it’s closed down now. So therefore I know how a blog should be run. This is not the way it should be done. As for those silly animals who call…… Continue reading Overlord
All-Purpose Cat
All-Purpose Cat Story by Princess Cat You know I’m a writing buddy, and I write some of the stories here so the human can have a break. You might not know I’m also a sewing buddy, and an art buddy. I supervise (or the human says I “snoopervise”) sewing and art projects. I take charge…… Continue reading All-Purpose Cat
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