Two new cats (and two new poems) fresh from the studio on Rd 29

Stealth – mahogany carving on oak, 30 inches by 16 inches by 6 inches

Stealth steals his way

through a jungle sea

teeth sheathed

taste sated

haste stalled

until the heat cools.

Hunger teases its way up

seethes,

unleashes,

and the eyes pounce

upon what they see

Burning Bright – watercolor and pen, cold pressed water color paper 22 inches by 30 inches

Tiger Tiger burning bright

Sinuous stripes like firelight

Wish I may and wish I might

See the world with tiger sight

One eye open, soft and round

One eye narrowed on something found

Footsteps cloaked by spongy ground

When shadows move there is no sound

Tiger Tiger burning bright

Sinuous stripes like fire’s light

Wish I may and wish I might

See the world with a tiger’s sight

Grasses part like an ancient sea

For such a fearsome beast as he

His piercing gaze passes over me

My captive breath can now be free

Tiger Tiger burning bright

Sinuous stripes like firelight

Wish I may and wish I might

See the world with tiger sight