Purrsday Poem

 

So a long time ago, I used to do Sammy's Purrsday poems. And while I wuz meyowlin, tryin to convince my momma I needed to eat AGAIN (NO, 30 minutes is not too soon to be askin for more foods), I got all poetically inspired again. So I thought I'd share it wif ya.

It are wrong to starve da cat.
I wish I wuz lookin fat
I are so hungry it's true
So hungry I'll meow you
I ate ten minutes ago
Are I sated? Answer's no!
Feed me, feed me, feed me now
Or you WILL hear me meow

And ya know what? It wuz inspired by a true story!

Thoroughly Poetical Thursday

Hey pals. It's been a while since I wrote a Purrsday poem - it wuz hard to get my poetical inspurrayshun when I wuz feeling sick. But now that I'm starting to feel better (and replenish my chunky buns) I thought I'd give it a go today.

After all, I gotta teach Bowie about how real mancats aren't afraid to get in touch wif dere poetical selves. Even if their sisters make fun of da poetical efforts . . .  

So here goes. Angel Sammy and Teddy provided da photo, and me, Travis Ford, provides da poem. 

Some humans like to go camping

Myself, I would prefer glamping

A warm fire, a cozy bed

A big plush pillow for my head

I'd hunt Miss Burd and Mister Rat

Then take a nap on a nip mat

If I glamped in the boondocks,

The woods would be my litter box! 

Spitty Kitty

Well, I think Bowie has a role in the new Ghostbusters movie, since he survived an attack by Slimer today.

Nope, not a ghost, but a certain cray cray puppy. Kinley got him and slimed him good. 

Yikes, dat are one spitty lil kitty!

Angelique says he needs to learn to use his smacky paws on her. I'm just happy she got him instead of me!

Since today are purrsday, it are also poem day! Angel Sammy and Teddy provided da photo, I provide da poetic genius. And humility and modesty of course!

Walking that many dogs are nuts

Just look at all those crazy mutts

What if those dogs pull him right down

And he are lying on the ground?

My momma walks two at most

That many dogs and she'd be toast! 

She has a crazy terrier

She'd wind up on her derrière! 

Thoroughly Poetic Thursday

Hey pals. Remember how I used to write those totally pawsome poems inspired by photos posted by my pals Teddy and Angel Sammy over at One Spoiled Cat??

Ok, well, I don't blame ya don't remember. It has been a while. After my BFF Crockett died, me and momma (ok, ALL da mommas and da grandpa too) got a case of da depresshuns and we just wuzn't in da mood for poetry. We still miss Crockett, everyday. But he wuz a happy kitty and he woulda wanted us to be happy. So in dat spirit, I are returning to my poetical writings.

Sit down Bowie, and listen to a master at work. Here's today's photo.

Now I gots me a mini me

I got to teach him how to be

Some say he is a copy cat

It's good dat I are chill wif dat

He's got a lot of stuff to learn

Respect and some street cred to earn

I'm not his dad or his mother

But I are his cool big brother!

Yeah, I can relate to da poem, I has my own mini me to teach!

He's a quick learner when it comes to toys!

Thoroughly Poetical Thursday

Look, it are da rare razz from ME! What can ya say, guess I wuz practicin Church Tongue for Easter weekend. 

And Crockett kept his tongue in. Are da world turning upside down? And since it are floating around in space, how would we know? Yeah, I has all kindsa deep thoughts, even if Angelique doesn't think so.

Well, it's been a few weeks since I did Throughly Poetical Thursday (I blame da MOMMA), but I am back wif a poem dis week. Angel Sammy and Teddy picked dis photo as our inspurrayshun.

Go on and eat now, ya lil squirrel
Don't let lunch turn into a deferral
Please go make yourself all chubby and fat
Ya delishus lil fuzzy-tailed rat
Eat all the nuts you can find, go munch munch
A plump rodent makes a much better lunch!

Hmmm, dat poem made me hungry!

Thoroughly Poetical Thursday

Hope y'all had a good Purrsday - we did here.

Sunpuddles to lie in, Crockett's toys to play wif . . .

And now it are poem time! Today's poem are inspired by dis photo, chosen by Angel Sammy and Teddy.

If I lived on a floating house

I don't think that I'd catch a mouse

But I would be a real winner

Because I could hunt for dinner

I'd just listen for that splash splish

And I would hook me a fish!

Dr. Seuss Day

Yeah, we know, Dr. Seuss Day are tomorrow. But Texas Independence Day are also tomorrow and some things take prezuhdents. We is da LONE STAR CATS after all and 2 outta 3 of us is named after defenders of da Alamo. So we is doing dis Seussical thing a lil bit early. I posed wit Thing 1 and Thing 2 (da catnip ones - I better specify since I also call Brinley and Kinley dat).

My BFF wuz taste-testing da air, wishin for some bacon. Which got me to thinking  . . . 

Shhh, Angelique, I wuz thinkin and it are NOT a rare event. Ya know what my favorite Seuss story are??? Green Eggs and Ham (I'll take em in any color, thank you!) So I thought I'd rewrite da story for me. It goes kinda like dis.

I would like them Kim-I-Am,

I would love me some green eggs and ham.

I would like them here or there.

I would like them anywhere.

I would love some green eggs and ham.

Yes, I would like them, Kim-I-Am.

I would like them in a house.

I would like them with a mouse (double YUMMM!)

I would like them anywhere.

I would like some green eggs and ham.

Now hand them over, Kim-I-Am.

I would eat them in a box (double fun, am I right?)

I would eat them with a fox.

I would eat them in a house.

With a side-serving of mouse.

I'd dine on them in a tree.

In a car, just feed me.

I'd love them on a train.

I'd eat them in the rain.

I would eat them with a goat (cabrito!)

Or even on a boat.

Stop teasing me Kim-I-Am.

And hand over da green eggs and ham!

Yeah, I don't know how dat Sam dude wuz talking too in da original, but what a picky jerk! He shoulda just given da eggs and ham to da cat.

Ackshually, handing food over to da cat are ALWAYS a good idea. Happy Dr. Seuss Day!

P.S. Apparently Facebook (and Instagram) have decided my blog violates Community Standards. Abusive to what?? PORK?? Nudity??? Only of kitty cats. Ridiculous!! Momma are tryin to figure out how to appeal this, but it is beyond complicated. Hisses to FB and IG!

Thoroughly Poetical Thursday

Happy Purrsday pals!

Hmmm, it looks like Crockett wuzn't a fan of da thunderstorms dis morning. Or maybe it wuz crazy Kinley jumpin at him he wuzn't a fan of.

But even wif da nutty dog barking, I still has today's poem ready for ya. Here are dis weeks pickshure from Teddy and Angel Sammy and here are my poem.

Spring are almost here dey say

Maybe we'll get sun back one day

Da daffies are all a-bloom

But da sky are filled wif gloom

I just want naps in the sun

I want winter to be done

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day to all my lovely ladycats out there. You girls are da cat's meow (and for me, dat means it are a LOUD meow) and I hope ya has da purrfect Valentine's!

And my BFF and wingman Crockett are here to wish y'all a meowvelous Valentine's as well. And fellas, our lil sister are telling all of y'all to have a very happy Valentine's too!

Now, it are also purrsday, which means it are time for my poetry. But since it are Valentine's, I are doing somefin a lil different today - instead of da picture-inspired poetry, I are sharin a very speshul luv letter I wrote for my friend Valentine's Love Lettter contest. Don't get too jealous ladies, I luv you, but a man has priorities. WINK!

Dear Bacon,

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love your aroma, the way you smell.
The kitchen develops a porcine haze,
It makes me meow for more, even yell. 

Your texture I love, it is divine.
Crispy and chewy, you have it all.
I simply cannot wait to make you mine,
If you vanished from my life, I would bawl. 

I do not want to become too sappy
I truly love you with all of my heart
When I taste you, I am sure happy
I can't get enough, I want every part. 

When mom cooks you, bacon, there is no waste.
I eat each morsel, I love every taste.

Hungrily Yours,

Travis

Thoroughly Poetical Thursday

Happy Purrsday pals! Well, it are back in da furozen temps outside and da winds are howling - makes me glad I am inside where it are warm and I has my choice of comfy beds to choose from. 

It also makes us laff at da dogs who hafta go outside to do their "business." Sometimes it are definitely good to be a cat (even if two outta three of da dogs seem to ackshually like dis cold stuff). 

Anyways, it are purrsday, so I has anudder poem for y'all - inspired by a photo provided by Angel Sammy and Teddy.

Dis guy are takin a flying leap

Way down into da great blue and deep

I like to fly through da air too

It are exhilaratin to do

But one jump I won't make, you can bet

Are da kind where ya end up all wet!