Beyond The Fence Watching, waiting, anticipating. I hear the ticking kitchen clock. A car rolls down the street. I hear its engine stop. I peak through the curtains. I know you cannot see, so I must say I was surprised to find you staring back at me. I've seen you walk the streets before, wandering all hours of the night. You often open your mouth to sing. Sometimes you even get into fights. I'd see you digging in the garden, or perched upon the stoop. It was quite surprising on that dull, dreary day, to find you on the other side. It seems you'd scaled the fence. I saw your head above it rise so very quick--you came and went. I rush to grab my camera, but it is too late. For when I returned, you'd already turned, and a picture was not in my fate. I'll hope you'll return one day, and peek your head up from behind the fence. I miss seeing you, dear alley cat. I wonder where you went.
This is a throwback poem from a previously published book. I’ll be posting throwbacks every Wednesday.
Inspired by the many feral cats that roam around my neighborhood.
Poet Loiterer
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Poet Loiterer is D.L. Lang's fifth poetry book. This 180 page collection features nature poems, protest poems, spiritual poems, and story poems.
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Reviews of Poet Loiterer:
“Lang’s themes include wanderlust, love for nature (and especially hiking in the California hills), religious devotion, paying the bills versus living the artist’s life, and transforming from a passive pacifist to an activist. “You gave me lungs, / so that I might breathe peace” expresses forthright praise to God in “What You Created,” and elsewhere, verse expresses delight in Jewish practice: “There’s music and Torah both running through my soul,” she observes–a quirky combination that brings to mind a Jewish Janis Joplin. In the satirical “Doves in Season,” the traditional peace symbol is being hunted. “Fear not the rocking boat,” another poem advises, encouraging readers to question racism, capitalism, and America’s reliance on weapons. There’s “More than one way to be an American,” the poem “Headline Antidote” insists; indeed, this collection imagines a peaceful, joyful future America.” — Kirkus Reviews
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