my knowing eyes hunt a solitary prey of discovery
anticipation curls my tenacious claws of steel
predatory thoughts roam my feline mind
tense to kill, my muscles experience the thrill of a chase
as always, my prey yields to the innate power of stealth
sleek and calculating, I am a black pampered cat
the pedigree of ancestry roams my every catlike thought
elegant selected delicacies fill each imaginary dinner bowl
I live with humans who admire my tenacity and bloodlines
only my tail held high shows any sly emotion
and so my mind discreetly hunts a new victim
Author notes
prompt: If you were an animal, what would you be?
Group Contest: Option 4
A contest entry
- ANIMALS, ANIMALS, ANIMALS by debilynn.
1000 points, ended March 21, 2008, 13 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - I want poems about cats! by Meroza.
450 points, ended May 18, 2008, 22 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - GROUP CONTEST ONLY: A group for animal lovers by bananasfoster42.
1750 points, ended June 1, 2008, 16 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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this is awesome!!! even tho he's a pampered cat eatin some gourmet cat food, he still feels like a mighty lion!
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Wow! Im even afraid of that cat. When I read this, I felt like it was about a sleek panther. How lovely! I hope that you for far in this contest! Thank you for sharing!
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What a wonderful picture you have painted for me. I so enjoyed reading. Good luck in the contest
Theresa
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well written filled with vivid imagery it paints a picture in my mind. i love the ending on this
"only my tail held high shows any sly emotion
and so my mind discreetly hunts a new victim"
thank you for sharing this. you are very talented. keep writing! God bless you always
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