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F. Poems of Laura Stamps , (South Carolina)
DAYBREAK
by Laura Stamps
Source: The Year of the Cat , p. 1
There is a place
behind a cat's ear
as sweet as summer
jasmine, as soft as
the satin purse of
a mink. I rest my
cheek there often,
listening to the syrup
of birdsong twisting
its silver threads
through the sky's
orchid hair, as buds
of sunrise blossom
in apricot and
tangerine, and I
wonder about the
flaring water-music
of the wood thrush
and how many
levels of joy my
body can bear.
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by Laura Stamps
Source: The Year of the Cat , p. 7
My youngest cat yelps
and darts across the room,
batting a cotton mouse,
his tail a swollen dandelion,
his back arched, hopping
on the blackberry thistles
of his toes like a Halloween
cutout. Tuesday, and I
pray that the hours might
slow to a dawdle, for the
seasons to tarry, for April
to linger longer than the
paper lace of daffodils in
early spring. I am easily
wayed by natural
distractions: always the
flash at the window,
always the mockingbird
painting its stroke of gray
from the oak to the grass,
always the dragonfly's
lapis dilly-dally, the wooden
petals of a sunflower
windmill clicking among the
daisies like a wasp tapping
the glass. These holy
moments are the diamonds
and emeralds paving the
streets of my life. Slowly,
I pull the day like taffy to
welcome the whippoorwill's
gurgle at evensong, to laugh
at the silly antics of a cat,
or to converse with a garden
lizard's verdant splurge:
this must be the pilgrim's
path to the heavenly
city. I'm sure of it.
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Copyright belongs to Laura Stamps.
Published with permission from poet.
by Laura Stamps
Source: The Year of the Cat . p,63
Available in Print ed.
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This poem is nominated Best Poem of Year 2005.
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