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Into the raw dark

3/16/2022

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​Into the raw dark
 
I cast my thoughts
 
Happiness was just there
 
Skittering briefly through neural pathways
 
Like mercury without the poison
 
I would grasp it and work it into the defiant fur
 
Of my favorite cat
 
Then in the back of my mind
 
I bank the glowing embers of a warm contentment
 
Knowing that even in the land of endless summer
 
Storms will come
 
And she will blink, my familiar
 
Silver balls lit with moonlight drop once again into my hands
 
We will leave this home office and dance to the tunes only we hear
 
Spinning out the fear
 
Into the raw dark

This poem was chosen for publication in An Evening with Emily Dickenson by Wingless Dreamer in June of 2021.  Here is an excerpt from the poem by Emily Dickinson that inspired it:  "Long years apart - can make no
Breach a second cannot fill -..."
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Mary Lou Dauray link
4/29/2022 01:41:02 pm

Awesome and very (to use your word) "insightful poem.!
and I know the cat!! Lucky me!!

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    Catherine G. Tripp writes for grownups, for the curious, for those who appreciate wry humor.  Her work has been published in Pilcrow and Dagger, Wingless Dreamer, Reedsy, and she has read her work for several Zoom shows in 2020, including the Mask Monologues, Coffee and Grief and Creative Caffeine.   Her recent writings and blog posts have been insightful, fast-paced, evocative essays about current events, and thought-provoking memoirs about the tangled branches of her family tree.

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  • Home
  • About
  • Catherine's Blog
  • Performances
  • Short Stories
    • The Legend of Kapo
    • SOMA VAMP
    • A SECRET FEAR
  • Mary Ellen Pleasant Papers
    • Memoirs and Autobiography of Mary E. Pleasant
    • 1895 Life Story of M. Pleasance from SF Examiner
    • M. E. Pleasant: Angel or Fiend?
    • Death in a Stairwell
    • Mary Ellen Pleasant, the Woman
    • Dark Skinned Lion Tamer, an article about Mary Ellen Pleasant
    • 1881: An Orphan's Millions - A high spirited girl's Rise from Poverty
  • Loan Goddess Wisdom
    • Loan Disservice Parts One and Two
    • What would A. P. Giannini do?
    • Slouching toward 600
    • The REAL reasons for 2008 Meltdown
    • Wise Advice on Low Doc Loans
    • Truth In Lending's Little Lies
    • Wise Advice on Tenancies in Common
    • Why Your Loan Rate is Higher
    • Wise Advice on Reverse Mortgages
    • Wise Advice on Low Down Loans
    • 5 Do's and Don'ts for Loan Approval
    • Wise Advice on Credit Reports
  • Archives