http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: A Poem for Willow and Windi en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:21:55 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257948 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:07:11 +0000 Buttercup 257948@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Wow fantastic Ginny! :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257936 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:41:10 +0000 miu 257936@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>GK: Wow! You are very talented! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257781 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:42:36 +0000 petpntr 257781@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Gatakitty, you have just added one more fan to your roster and boy are you lucky because I only have 2 cats :)</p> <p>You really are extremely talented and creative. Kudos and I agree with the other. You should be considering doing a kitty book of ditty's </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257595 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:30:27 +0000 WillowandWindismom 257595@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Well done, Tinafish!</p> <p>Gatakitty, *looks around for anyone wearing BDU's* I've actually always thought that the poem High Flight is very beautiful.</p> <p>Mr. WWM and I recently listened to a book on tape that you would enjoy, I think. It's called The Few and is the story of the Eagle Squadron of WWII. They (I think you're going to tell me "I know, I know") were the Americans who fought for the RAF before we entered the war. Excellent book. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257571 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:36:23 +0000 tinafishfrombirthplaceofElvis 257571@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Poet Lauretes of Our Furry Fine Friends!</p> <p>Ginny and Ivory Bill<br /> Tickle us with their fine cat ryhmes and trill<br /> We all await patiently<br /> oh what a treat and a thrill<br /> To read the next ditties about our kitties</p> <p>My hat is off to y'all<br /> with this feeble little ryhme and trill......... </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257530 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:25:02 +0000 Karenopa 257530@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Brava!!!!! Yayyyyyy!!!! Nice work Ginny!! =D </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257501 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:58:47 +0000 LadyKat of IA 257501@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Let me stand with the others who are applauding! It is so amazing how you blend their stories into a poem! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257494 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:47:36 +0000 2bpurring 257494@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I'm standing with Deb applauding!!!!! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257485 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:37:06 +0000 debsterwiz 257485@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Outstanding!! ***Standing ovation*** </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257482 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:34:36 +0000 gatakitty 257482@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>So I guess now would be a good time to post this, WWM?</p> <p>High Flight<br /> Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth<br /> And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;<br /> Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth<br /> Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things<br /> You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung<br /> High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there<br /> I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung<br /> My eager craft through footless halls of air.<br /> Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,<br /> I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace<br /> Where never lark, or even eagle flew -<br /> And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod<br /> The high untresspassed sanctity of space,<br /> Put out my hand and touched the face of God.</p> <p>Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee<br /> No 412 squadron, RCAF<br /> Killed 11 December 1941 </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257476 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:28:51 +0000 WillowandWindismom 257476@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I know, 2bp! And when I think how many times I have yanked Gatakitty's chain.... well, I feel almost guilty :-) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257471 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:26:08 +0000 2bpurring 257471@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I know just how you feel WWM...I'm in awe of her talent, and so honored that she take the time to use that talent to imortalize our kitties!!! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257465 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:18:13 +0000 WillowandWindismom 257465@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>OH MY GOSH!!!!! I am speechless (which you know is quite rare!!). I have read it to Mr. WWM and we are in total awe of your talents, Ginny. Surely you need to be writing a book of cat poems! I believe you have a rather large audience here who would be standing in line to purchase your book. (do we have an artist to illustrate?)</p> <p>Now, I have to go back and sing it to the tune "El Paso" (and you know - I am from El Paso!). Of course, Windi will whimper at my singing prowess, but she'll just have to put up with it!</p> <p>Thank you so much!!! I have a program that has a calligraphy font. I'm going to print it out and frame your poem with a picture of my girls.</p> <p>Brilliant just isn't quite the word!! I can only imagine how much time this took. Thank you for distracting me for a bit from the yucky news that is bombarding us and making Mr. WWM and me smile.</p> <p>WOW!!! I don't know how to thank you! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257439 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:46:38 +0000 Emma 257439@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Fabulous! You are a wit of the first magnitude, and Mr. Robbins would be proud of you! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257414 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:30:02 +0000 Kilroy 257414@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Brilliant. That's all I can say, absolutely brilliant. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257406 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:18:13 +0000 2bpurring 257406@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>*Standing ovation*<br /> Ginny...Once again you have outdone yourself!!!! You have told the tale/tail like no one else could of the two Texas girls... </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257403 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:16:14 +0000 SammyandOliversmama 257403@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>GataK that was pawsome!!!! I knew the tune the minute I started reading it out loud!!! This is great! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257401 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:13:45 +0000 cricketsmama 257401@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>GK, you are a genius. It's wonderful. Now you will have to do everyone's kitties :)<br /> I love reading your poems! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/10352#post-257400 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:11:53 +0000 gatakitty 257400@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Out in the west Texas hamlet of Midland,<br /> I fell in love with a pair of black cats.<br /> First came young Willow named for the tree weeping<br /> Then sister Windi from the desert flats.</p> <p>Willow was hobbled by a back leg broken,<br /> Barely a pound of black desert cat she.<br /> Meowmy and Paw got her fixed up so healthy,<br /> Though always limping and stiff she will be.</p> <p>Miraculous her existance at all,<br /> How did she get 'neath that tree-eeee-eee-eee-eee?<br /> Still, she is healthy<br /> And playful and stealthy,<br /> With her sister Windi<br /> Whom she taught to play.</p> <p>So now I turn</p> <p>Back to a tale of a feral black Mommy<br /> Scatching her sustenance from desert sand.<br /> Never a housebound cat will be this spitfire,<br /> But for her baby, something else was planned.</p> <p>For that wise momcat, she knew that the desert<br /> Was full of danger and no place to raise<br /> A sweet, adorable, loving young kitten.<br /> With the predators, short would be her days.</p> <p>The neighbor's voice rang out in the night,<br /> Saying "Hey, you've got to see-eeee-eee-eee-eee<br /> This sweet young kitten!"<br /> And instantly smitten<br /> Were Willow's Meowmy and Paw,</p> <p>And so they</p> <p>Adopted this lush of a half-grown baby,<br /> They named her "Windi" for the howling night.</p> <p>Now in the west Texas hamlet of Midland,<br /> Willow and Windi were reunited.<br /> Willow had somewhat forgotten her sister,<br /> But sibling bonds were soon reignited.</p> <p>Windi had heretofore learned to be feral.<br /> Play was a luxury she did not own.<br /> Willow soon rectified that situation,<br /> Now neither kitty must e'er be alone.</p> <p>Sometimes Meowmy and Paw must be off,<br /> On a trip so far a-way-ayy-ayy-ayy-ayy.<br /> But soon they come back,<br /> Needing a laugh track,<br /> Which Willow and Windi provide.</p> <p>And now we're</p> <p>Leaving this west Texas hamlet of Midland,<br /> For my tale here of these sisters is done.<br /> The lesson here that we take upon parting,<br /> Is that cat fun only begins with one.</p> <p>Bringing in sister, or brother, or other,<br /> Only increases exponentially<br /> The amount of fun, frolic, and chaos<br /> If not immediately, eventually.</p> <p>(Inspired by Marty Robbins' "El Paso") </p>