Snow's Writing for 2019, 2020, & Beyond

Hoarder: To a Cat Lady I Once Knew

Hoarder:
To a Cat Lady I Once Knew

She was a hoarder,
not of knowledge
or books,
but of felines.

She collected cats,
like some people collect antiques,
proudly showing them off
to everyone who would enter
her domain.

One day
one of her mama cats--
who has lost her kittens--
brought home a baby skunk:
the entire neighborhood knew
the exact moment
that the mother skunk
retrieved her offspring.

Poet's Note: ▶︎

Line Count: 17
Form: Free verse
Prompt: L R A E H D E O R - Without using technological assistance, put together the longest word you can from the given string of letters and use it in your poem. Please bold the word you find and use. If you want to be sassy and find/use multiple words, I won't stop you, but you only need one word from the letters. The rest of the words in your poem are free choice. Your poem must be a minimum of 8 lines.
Written for "The Daily Poem " .