Seeing the other cats that need help, special needs or otherwise, reminds me of what I have to give…
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Give Me Shelter
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Under the Sea
It is good, I think, to remember that this world is not ours, or just ours, that all life is valuable, beautiful, and miraculous…
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The birthday gift
I've learned through the loss of many beloved pets over the years never to take them for granted...
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New poem, “Safe”
This is about something I think everyone wants to feel or have (especially these days), and the small ways in which I so often identify with my fellow living creatures.
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: One last bright day
I got the feeling that today was the end. The last day of relative warmth, of feeling heat in the sunshine, of hearing the buzz of a bee in the yard at noontime. I vowed to get …
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Learning to Be Gentle
Animals are amazing teachers. Whatever our thoughts, fears, hangups, demons are, they will magnify them. Push us to acknowledge our problems and (hopefully) let them go. Most of the time whether we are aware of the …
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ON MY SOAPBOX: Hit and Run
Driving home tonight I passed two skunks, a porcupine, and a raccoon, all dead. Squashed in the road and left to be food for crows. Every day and night animals are killed by cars. You know, …
Jacqlyn Thorne 