Vespers of the Cat Settling of a summer afternoon The cat catches olive branch shade Stretches along the flagstones Provides its own cushioning Moment’s wholeness in the long cat’s head Forming an instant into a twinkling globe Forgets about the morning Neglects a sense of limit Little eternity out of a heavy day Accepting of radiance by the grateful cat Blinks in the tinted breezes Dozes cosmos cradled
Martin Potter (https://martinpotterpoet.home.blog) is a poet and academic, and his poems have appeared in Acumen, The French Literary Review, Eborakon, Scintilla, Ink Sweat & Tears, The Poetry Village, andother journals. His pamphlet In the Particular was published by Eyewear in December, 2017.
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