The 60-Second Sabbath

Cats

  • The Cats and the Closet

    Our cats regularly askto be admittedto the closet under the stairs.They look up and meow,then eagerly enterwhen we open the door.This, we believe,is their wardrobe,their entrance to whatever feline Narnia    beckons from the other side. Our clocks indicatethey've been… Continue reading

  • How Poetry Works

    "Poetry?No, I generally don't read poetry.I don't get it." "Of course not," she said."You don't get poetry-poetry gets you." Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Prayer for the Cat

    Lord bless the pawthat touches the cheekthat bears the tearsthat cleanse the heartthat's battered and scarred. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Corduroy

    Was going to write something this morning,but then a cat climbs up on my lapand curls into a tight, plump, capital "C,"settling onto the brown, wide-wale corduroyof the bathrobe my mother sewed for meover thirty years ago,and then the cat… Continue reading

  • God’s Lap

    Oh, to curl in God's lapthe way my cat curls in mine,to feel a strong hand steadying my side,to feel breath rise and falldeeper, slower than mine. Oh, to trust so completely.Oh, to so melt. And when God gets up to… Continue reading

  • Happy Cat

    Two paws knead the air–Open, extend, close, withdraw,Repeat. Pure contentment. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Conditioning

    I, the tiger,lean and sinewy,pace my cage–    ten steps to the east,    ten steps south,    ten steps west,    pause,    ten steps north… Then one day,the cage is gone–    no more bars,    no more… Continue reading

  • Catku

    Cat sleeps around cat.Sable bodies become one–union, no pretense. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Glamourpuss

    This catgives new meaningto the wordglamourpuss. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Willy and Romeo

    My cats are clothed    in night.In darkness    they disappear. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading