“WAITING FOR THE THAW” & THANKFULS

Thoroughly Poetic Thursday

Thoroughly Poetic Thursday is hosted by our good friends, Teddy and Angel Sammy (Two Spoiled Cats). Each Thursday they post an inspiration photo for the following week’s poem. Angel Sammy writes a masterpiece every week and transmits it from the Rainbow Bridge to Teddy. Participants post a link to their poem or the entire poem in the Comments area on the boys’ post. To visit, click on the badge at the left.

Here is this week’s photo and my poem.

 

 

Waiting for the Thaw

These boats are stuck until spring
Whoever left them wasn’t thinking
Or did that snow and ice come as a surprise—
Materialize suddenly right before their eyes
Making the boaters depart en masse
To avoid being stuck in a morass
Of frigid water and ice with no way out
Even if they raised their voices in a shout
Now all the boaters are warm and dry
And on an early thaw will need to rely
For without an imminent unfreezing
They can’t retrieve their boats for next season

© Janet Buickerood Blue – 12/11/2019

Thankful Thursday

Kitties Blue and I are thankful for all who entered the Sunday Selfies blog hop. It was the best participation we have had in a while. We truly do appreciate all of you who enter and leave comments on the weekly post.

We also are thankful for those who visited on Tuesday to read Part IX of “The Adventures of Periwinkle and Stinky.” They visited Santa at the North Pole and posted suggestions for Christmas gifts for both kitties and humans. If you missed the post, click on the link above.

I am grateful for picking up another badge on the Tuesday Teaser, also at Two Spoiled Cats. Mom Sharon, from our extended family at Friends Furever, and I were the First Commenters and got this badge.

Each and everyday Kitties Blue and I are thankful for all of you: our readers, supporters, followers and friends.

Thankful Thursday is a blog hop hosted by Brian. To participate post on your blog for what you are thankful and then click on the badge below. That will whisk you to Brian’s where you can enter your link.

December 12, 2019 by Thankful Thursday Thoroughly Poetic Thursday 11

11 Responses

  1. Raven says:
    December 12, 2019 at 10:31 pm

    You have been very busy with poetry, stories, & earning badges.

    Reply
  2. Ellen Pilch says:
    December 12, 2019 at 10:12 pm

    Great job with the poeml I couldn’t come up with anything. XO

    Reply
  3. Sherri-Ellen T-D. says:
    December 12, 2019 at 5:37 pm

    Mew mew mew Aunty Janet that iss a grate poe-em!!! Yore furry talented. Mee tried mee paw at a poe-em. What do you think????

    “Midnite Sun”

    “Nothin can warm mee,
    Nothin can bring me back to Life….
    Mee iss frozen here inn time
    Inn THE land of THE Midnite Sun….”

    bye BellaDharma

    Reply
  4. The Island Cats says:
    December 12, 2019 at 5:02 pm

    We hope the thaw comes sooner than later. Great poem!

    Reply
  5. Brian Frum says:
    December 12, 2019 at 2:05 pm

    We enjoyed your poem but those boats are way to cold for me! Those were nice thankfuls and we’re glad the last Sunday Selfies Blog Hop went well, we always look forward to it. Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

    Reply
  6. Eastside Cats says:
    December 12, 2019 at 12:48 pm

    The steam or fog rising from the water/ice is just amazing, captured in the light from a sunrise.

    Reply
  7. Sandee says:
    December 12, 2019 at 11:07 am

    I’m thankful that I quite lurking here and introduces myself to you and your kitties. I’ve found such joy here.

    Have a fabulous Thankful Thursday, Janet. Big hug to you and lots of lovies and scritches to all the kitties. ♥

    Reply
  8. The Florida Furkids says:
    December 12, 2019 at 10:25 am

    Great poem! That photo made us feel cold!!!! It was fun to both be first to comment this week!!! Whoo hoo!!

    The Florida Furkids with smoochies and love to Mau from Allie and paw pats and headbonks to Sawyer from Noelle

    Reply
  9. Charles Huss says:
    December 12, 2019 at 6:30 am

    Great poem today. The photo fits well with the season.

    Reply
  10. Teddy says:
    December 12, 2019 at 5:02 am

    Super poem as usual!! It looks so cold in that photo and I’m sure when those boats see the sun shining they wish it would thaw things out so they could do what they’re MEANT to do – have fun in the water. Thanks for always playing along with our Poetry Challenge – it’s wonderful reading the work of our creative poets!!!

    Love, Teddy

    Reply
  11. Meezer'sMews&TerrieristicalWoofs says:
    December 12, 2019 at 2:11 am

    We LOVE the Sunday Selfies!

    And we are thankful that you continue to be the hosts for that feature each week.

    I feel cold, now, after reading that poem, MOL!

    Reply

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YOU
For Fiona

It seems like only yesterday…
You were just a kitten.
When I saw your pleading look,
I was completely smitten.

Now at only six years old,
You are getting ready to leave,
Soon you will have your wings.
I’ve already started to grieve.

You’ve fought hard for the past year,
And I’m not ready to say good-bye.
I can’t imagine you not in my life
I am so sad…today I had to cry.

I am grateful and blessed
For my six years with you.
You’ll live in my heart forever.
You’re one of the best ever Kitties Blue.

© Janet Buickerood Blue 11/30/2016

YESTERDAY

Many yesterdays have passed since
You gained your angel wings. Today
Is six months since you left us behind
To remember and mourn. Our hearts
Continue to hurt, and we miss
You as much as the day you left.
Giulietta whined from the catio
Yesterday as I worked in the yard.
I know you put her up to it. That
Was your way of getting me to,
Allow you to join me as I
Gardened. You were there with me
In spirit. With every meow
I thought of you and how much I miss
Your sweet face and disposition.
In these past few months, many friends
Have traveled your same path in your
paw-steps. I am certain you were
Waiting to greet them with purrs and hugs.
I pray you and your friends are laughing,
Frolicking and having fun together.
Picturing that makes me smile, but
Does not lessen my sadness at your
No longer being here to snuggle
And receive our love, care and kisses.
Fiona, please do not ever forget
You are still and always will be loved.

© Janet Buickerood Blue 06/01/2017

ONE YEAR MISSING YOU

One year has passed since you flew away,
And I still think of you everyday.
I see your sweet face in my mind’s eye
And wish we’d never had to say good-bye.
It’s nice you’ve sent us kitties needing a family,
But my dearest love, we are now at capacity.
You thought it would take more than one cat
To take your place in our habitat.
We love Cooper Murphy and baby Sawyer dearly
But thinking either could replace you makes me teary.
You were one-of-a-kind and will stay in my heart
Until the day I join you and we’re no longer apart.
When once again I can hold you in my arms
And revel in all your love and feline charms.
Together with you and all who have passed.
I will spend eternity contemplating how blessed
I was to share my life with my furry children,
Each and every one of you one-in-a billion.

© Janet Buickerood Blue 11/30/2017

UNTIL

I miss you each day.
Until we meet in heaven,
The pain will remain.

© Giulietta Blue 11/01/17

ONE OF A KIND

I don’t know how to say good-bye.
I thought you were invincible; though,
You used up many of your nine lives.
You ruled us all with an iron paw;
Never took “no” for an answer
And always got your way.
If not, you’d bark to signal your
Displeasure and sometimes raise a paw.
I always joked that you were bi-polar.
When I told people you were a calico
They immediately understood what I meant.
Today was unnaturally quiet in the house.
Can a home seem empty with eight cats?
I will miss waking up at night to find you
Sitting next to me and staring at me.
I will miss you yelling at us as you did
When you wanted breakfast and dinner.
I will miss watching you lounging and snoozing
On the porch settee on a warm afternoon.
But most of all I will miss your kisses!
When kitten Sawyer befriended you,
We suspect you were imparting your
Wisdom and secrets for controlling us.
Time will tell if he was a good listener.
But whatever he may have learned,
Neither Sawyer nor any other cat
Can or will replace you in our hearts.
Lily Olivia, you were one-of-a-kind.

© Janet Buickerood Blue 01/03/2018

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Married: July 23, 2016

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Married: June 23, 2016

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YOU
For Fiona

It seems like only yesterday…
You were just a kitten.
When I saw your pleading look,
I was completely smitten.

Now at only six years old,
You are getting ready to leave,
Soon you will have your wings.
I’ve already started to grieve.

You’ve fought hard for the past year,
And I’m not ready to say good-bye.
I can’t imagine you not in my life
I am so sad…today I had to cry.

I am grateful and blessed
For my six years with you.
You’ll live in my heart forever.
You’re one of the best ever Kitties Blue.

© Janet Buickerood Blue 11/30/2016

YESTERDAY

Many yesterdays have passed since
You gained your angel wings. Today
Is six months since you left us behind
To remember and mourn. Our hearts
Continue to hurt, and we miss
You as much as the day you left.
Giulietta whined from the catio
Yesterday as I worked in the yard.
I know you put her up to it. That
Was your way of getting me to,
Allow you to join me as I
Gardened. You were there with me
In spirit. With every meow
I thought of you and how much I miss
Your sweet face and disposition.
In these past few months, many friends
Have traveled your same path in your
paw-steps. I am certain you were
Waiting to greet them with purrs and hugs.
I pray you and your friends are laughing,
Frolicking and having fun together.
Picturing that makes me smile, but
Does not lessen my sadness at your
No longer being here to snuggle
And receive our love, care and kisses.
Fiona, please do not ever forget
You are still and always will be loved.

© Janet Buickerood Blue 06/01/2017

ONE YEAR MISSING YOU

One year has passed since you flew away,
And I still think of you everyday.
I see your sweet face in my mind’s eye
And wish we’d never had to say good-bye.
It’s nice you’ve sent us kitties needing a family,
But my dearest love, we are now at capacity.
You thought it would take more than one cat
To take your place in our habitat.
We love Cooper Murphy and baby Sawyer dearly
But thinking either could replace you makes me teary.
You were one-of-a-kind and will stay in my heart
Until the day I join you and we’re no longer apart.
When once again I can hold you in my arms
And revel in all your love and feline charms.
Together with you and all who have passed.
I will spend eternity contemplating how blessed
I was to share my life with my furry children,
Each and every one of you one-in-a billion.

© Janet Buickerood Blue 11/30/2017

UNTIL

I miss you each day.
Until we meet in heaven,
The pain will remain.

© Giulietta Blue 11/01/17

ONE OF A KIND

I don’t know how to say good-bye.
I thought you were invincible; though,
You used up many of your nine lives.
You ruled us all with an iron paw;
Never took “no” for an answer
And always got your way.
If not, you’d bark to signal your
Displeasure and sometimes raise a paw.
I always joked that you were bi-polar.
When I told people you were a calico
They immediately understood what I meant.
Today was unnaturally quiet in the house.
Can a home seem empty with eight cats?
I will miss waking up at night to find you
Sitting next to me and staring at me.
I will miss you yelling at us as you did
When you wanted breakfast and dinner.
I will miss watching you lounging and snoozing
On the porch settee on a warm afternoon.
But most of all I will miss your kisses!
When kitten Sawyer befriended you,
We suspect you were imparting your
Wisdom and secrets for controlling us.
Time will tell if he was a good listener.
But whatever he may have learned,
Neither Sawyer nor any other cat
Can or will replace you in our hearts.
Lily Olivia, you were one-of-a-kind.

© Janet Buickerood Blue 01/03/2018

Kitty Couples

Angels
Allie & Mau
Married: July 23, 2016

Astrid & Sampson
Married: June 23, 2016

Lisbeth & Angel Charles

Noelle & Sawyer

Tyebe & Snap aka Cooper Murphy