The cat went searching for a mouse
to bring to house.
He climbed a gate
and stayed out late,
still looking for a mouse or rat.
Persistent cat
kept on his search
and found a perch
where birds were roosting for the night
but they took flight
before his eyes
to his surprise!
© Copyright, Freeda Baker Nichols
This is a Minute Form of Poetry
Yesterday,
two doves scratched to find seed.
Today, only one pecks, while stretching
its neck to watch for Old
Calico.
© Freeda Baker Nichols
Oh, it’s Christmas on the mountain
and the stars are burning bright
when the cool dark of December
spreads into the blackened night.
Oh, it’s Christmas on the mountain
and the snowflakes twirl and swirl
when the cool dark of December
turns each flake into a pearl.
When it’s Christmas on the mountain,
the wild creatures run to play
in the cool dark of December
on the eve of Christmas Day. © Freeda Baker Nichols
I am not a Halloween cat.
My master knows where I am at.
Although today is Halloween.
I prefer not to be seen.
And so guess what?
I tried
to hide
inside
this big flower pot
and I could not.
That’s what!
©2017 Freeda Baker Nichols
OUTSMARTED
Barn swallows rested on a wire up high.
One carried straw to build a nest this spring.
The other watched, aware of harm nearby.
To warn its mate, the bird commenced to sing.
The little black cat leaped from hayloft door.
The swallows flapped and flew like Peter Pan.
The cat spit-cleaned his paws, to help ignore
the fact that cagey birds outfoxed his plan.
© 2016 Freeda Baker Nichols
Green eyes
furry, kitty
sitting, thinking, shining
comfy, happy, hopeful, scheming
watching.
© Freeda Baker Nichols
She named me Cougar–
why, I don’t know.
I’m more than a big cat,
I’m the whole show.
© 2016 Freeda Baker Nichols
no petunias
Cougar the cat’s daybed
this summer
A Mother’s Ingenuity
I often wish that I could write–
when I pick up the pen–
a story of the wren
that built her nest by moon-pale light
inside a green grapevine
to fool that old feline.
Persistence paid. Young birds took flight.
© 2014 Freeda Baker Nichols
a harvest moon
four cats in the night
red geranium
© Freeda Baker Nichols
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