In honor of Black Cat Day we allow ourselves to be silly and play and pounce on snacks watch movies with no facts Kiki’s Delivery Service has a black cat Jiji is his name cute sarcastic brat the Star Trek episode with the shape shifter she appears as a feline with a time-travelling mister and Edgar Allan Poe with his creepy tale of a cat in a wall who sends a murderer to jail we even brought our black meows as guests of honor hiding somewhere in the house.
@Home Studio – 301st poem of the year (After having a Black Cat Day celebration at Debbie’s with Celinda.)
Runner ups for the Black Cat Day photos to accompany my poem:
It was many a long age ago, In a village by the sea, That a woman was found washed ashore By the name of Annabel Lee; She was barely alive but wanted nothing more Than to hide her identity.
She was so young, so very young, In this village by the sea, But she cared for her friends and grew strong— This lovely Annabel Lee— She held her secrets close to her chest So she could remain free.
But one cold, lonely night, In this village by the sea, She decided to share her long sad tale The mysterious Annabel Lee; She faked her death to escape a man And boarded a ship to flee,
But the ship was wrecked and that is how She washed up with the debris. She didn’t know why she was cursed so, Why Heaven would not let her be— Or why the man who claimed her soul Would not set her free. That is why she faked her death, The brave Annabel Lee.
But she feared he would find her The man she did flee— The man she tried to flee— And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Could protect her now from the evil man Who was obsessed with Annabel Lee;
So our village, her people, we crowded around To protect our Annable Lee; And when a man arrived to find the tomb Of the beautiful Annabel Lee We took him to an old corpse we dug up And dressed in a wedding gown And there he lived by the sea— With someone he thought was Annabel Lee.
@Home Studio – 291st poem of the year (A response to Poe’s “Annabel Lee”)
Runner ups for the Lady by the Sea photos to accompany my poem:
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