Like That Cat Poem by Khairul Ahsan

Like That Cat

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I never had a pet.
One day on my return home from work,
A stray cat came near me and mewed
Till I looked at her.

I couldn't but cast a compassionate look,
When she lay down at my feet
And kept on mewing.
She was not clean, yet I patted her.

So many years after...
One day I fondly remembered that cat,
And oh! How wishfully I longed to be
That cat, that mewed for love and purred.

Dhaka
21 May 2015
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: love
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bri Edwards 18 April 2019

maybe " laid" , not " lay" ? tenses of lie and lay trip up a lot of people, including me at times! i especially enjoyed the last stanza. perhaps 'you' still have the opportunity to lie down (e.g. in a shop doorway) and mew for love at passersby? if you hold a paper cup between your 'paws' you may at least get petted on the head and have a coin dropped into your cup. to MyPoemList bri :)

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Khairul Ahsan 07 May 2020

Thanks for taking this poem of mine to your 'MyPoemList; , Brian. Appreciate your comment.

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Valsa George 15 January 2019

Cats have been always a fascination for me, but am never allowed to keep one as a pet as my husband is very much averse to them! They are so lovable and crave to be touched and fondled! I can understand the cat instinct in you! Really enjoyed the comparison to the cat!

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Khairul Ahsan 07 May 2020

Thanks for your reading, Valsa. Glad that you saw the 'cat instinct' in me. Best wishes....

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Finding meaning from the mundane is the one of the wonderful features of great poetry. Well done my friend!

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Khairul Ahsan 07 May 2020

Thank you, dear poet @Howard The Motivational Poet Simon, for the kind, inspiring comment.

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Edward Kofi Louis 15 May 2018

Love and art! Caregiving. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Khairul Ahsan 07 May 2020

Thanks EKL, for your brief comment.

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Khairul Ahsan 06 September 2015

@The Princess Thanks for reading my poem and leaving your kind remarks there. Much obliged, much appreciate! Yes, 'We all need love! no matter what condition we are in! ' Thanks for understanding my poem.

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