Welcome back to the odd and whimsical poetery of the Peeps related to holidaze! Let’s investigate what today is, because we need all the holidaze we can celebrate, right? Furtunately, our country is back to more or less normality, about which all critters are very happy!
Still, every day seems to be many holidays. Which is good, because we all have our favorites. So I will pick out one or two, and you can click the link above if you’re curious about the rest. This is an Open Thread, so please feel free to add your favorite pomes and photoes and holidaze for today in the Comments!
Today is Cuddly Kitten Day!
How to Observe Cuddly Kitten Day
If you have a kitten, celebrate the day by cuddling them! You could also celebrate your cuddly kitty by giving them some treats or some toys! Maybe you once had a kitten but they have now grown up into an adult cat. Perhaps you have some photos from when they were young that you could look at. If you don't have a kitten, you could celebrate the kitten of a friend or family member.
I always adopt older pooties that need good homes, so have no personal kitten photoes to share. But I hope y’all will share your kitten photoes in the Comments! I found a short pome for this evening, but the poet is very interesting!
The Wink
by Jessie Pope
Six black pussy cats, all in a row,
Holding paws tightly, dance in the snow.
When the moon rises, what do you think?
She gives those pussies a saucy old wink.
[Jessie Pope (1868-1941) was a prolific writer of occasional poetry and prose, and her work was published widely.... In particular, she wrote humorous verses for Punch magazine, contributing over 170 between 1902 and 1922…. In her lifetime, Pope was known as the “foremost woman humorist” in England. Pope was also instrumental in editing, and bowdlerizing, Robert Noonan’s novel of class struggle and strife, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (1914). Her posthumous reputation, however, rests on the patriotic verses she wrote during World War I…. Glorifying combat, exhorting men to fight, and generally romanticizing war, Pope’s poems have been vilified as jingoistic doggerel…. Her writing for children includes the illustrated Animal Fun and Frolic (1930). See also The WW1 Poet Kids are Taught to Dislike. If you can!]