Hello Poetry Lovers (or at least LIKERS!). Today we continue on our journey through the entire alphabet and we find ourselves at the charming and lovely letter “S” !
I had so many ideas for this letter, including the obvious – my name – but I settled on one which most of us cats AND dogs truly appreciate – I think you’ll agree when I share my poem with you!
“S”
Sunpuddles
By Sammy Kimmell 10/20/16
Puddles of sun through windows shine
I search them out and make them mine
On my old bones the sun will heat
The healing feel from nose to feet
The summer sun is far from dainty
It drags us down and makes us fainty!
The winter sun is such a gift
We follow the puddle as the light does shift
We search it out from room to room
When its’ light is gone, here comes the gloom
We miss it on a rainy day
No sun puddles around in which to play
We search the house for a sunpuddle nap
The next best place – my Mom’s warm lap!
Another letter closer to the end of the line…………”Z” isn’t all that far away! Maybe we should start over again when we’ve worked our way through? Or maybe I can come up with another “participation” blog post for Thursdays………….what do you think? This is just a one day poll so take it now because it will be gone tomorrow……..!
I’m up for either option…………but I do love reading YOUR poems and I hope you enjoy reading mine…………let’s see how most of us feel about it!
Before I go, I thought you might enjoy seeing some SUNNY photos from my photo collection………………..who doesn’t love a good sunpuddle???????
Did you write a poem for “S” today? You can post it in my comments if you like, OR you can give us your blog link where we can visit and read your poem!!! Thanks to all of you for pawticipating!
Happy Thursday!
Sam the Poet Guy
I am completely up for whatever it is you feel like doing after Z (Are we sure there aren’t any more letters after Z? Maybe there are letters they don’t like to tell us about). While not a fan of poetry in general (especially if it doesn’t rhyme…. what’s the point then?), I do enjoy reading your heartfelt compositions!
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Oh goodie! Glad you enjoy my Thursday romp through the alphabet. We will probably start over again because it’s just too much fun to stop!
Hugs, Sammy
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Our first entry today … “Along Came A Spidey” … and, of course, we luvs yours! We’ll vote to repeat the alphabet, since we missed A-thru-R before, and we luvs silly rhymes …
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Hi Dougie and Zoey! I LOVED your poem today – you did a GREAT job with “S” and I’m also happy you joined us. We probably WILL start the alphabet over because it’s just too fun NOT to! Mom and I tried to leave a comment on your blog but it didn’t show up……….hopefully you got it though!!!
Love and Hugs, Sammy
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Pee Ess ~ our comment should have included “who” we are … we are ZOOLATRY … Dougie Dog and Zoey
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HI DOUGIE DOG AND ZOEY!!!!!!
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Sunpuddles are great… I wish we could keep them in a box for the dark winter days :O)
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Oh boy – wouldn’t it be nice to have a closet full of sunpuddle boxes so we could pull one out when we need it????
Love, Sammy
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We need to come take poetry lessons from you Sammy, we love your poem. And sunpuddles was such a good choice of subject matter. We adore sunpuddles. We think Mom must be part cat cause she loves laying in sunpuddles too. Thanks for visiting our blog, we like poetry but aren’t very advanced poetry writers.
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Oh I think you did a WONDERFUL job with your poem and I hope you continue with the alphabet! Next week is “T” and I bet Tuiren expects you to write about him!
Love, Sammy
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I love your poem as always, Sammy. At this very moment I am lying in a sun puddle as mum read your poem out to me. She had to put a chair for me to get it because it is not reaching the floor as it does in the summer. The alternative would be for me to stand up and lean against the wall, but that wouldn’t be very relaxing.
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We will have sun puddles later after the sun comes out – it’s still dark here but I’m waiting patiently for a puddle. We’ve had three days of unbelievably warm weather but tomorrow we get cold again. I’m glad you have a puddle to keep you cozy!!!!
Love, Sammy
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Great poem today, Sammy ( as usual). We voted to start over with A when you get to the end of the alphabet! A couple of those sunpuddle photos are new to us. You’re so cute!
Love, Sundae
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I probably will start over – too many people have fun writing a poem once a week for me to STOP!
Love, Sammy
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Maybe we’ll try to write a poem once in awhile when the new series begins!
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That would be swell! It’s fun……..truly……and easy peasy!
Hugs, Sammy
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Love your photos and poem. Sunpuddles are the best. Have a wonderful day.
Sue B
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Thanks a lot Miss Sue! Sunpuddles are good for cats AND peeps!
Love, Sammy
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Sammy your ode to a Sunpuddle was fabulous!!! Oh and I agree with each line.
Bravo again my sweet friend. We have our S poem today at
http://downhomeinnc.blogspot.com
Hugs madi your bfff
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Thanks for starting off your Poem day with a tribute to ME ME ME! Made me feel 10 feet tall (which is pretty scary isn’t it?!)……your STARE poem was perfect too……we do like to stare at NOTHING and at lots of SOMETHINGS too right? I hope your Mom gets better soon after her all day dental visit!
Love, Sammy
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That was another great poem Sammy. And I love all your sundpuddle photos, that visor you have is too cute. As you already know, Phoebe wrote a poem for you:http://www.15andmeowing.com/2016/10/happy-tocktober/
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Phoebe flattered me with her poem today – I am so surprised by the poems using Sammy for “S” day! Makes me feel pretty darn good. Thanks for playing along with my Poetic Thursdays!
Love, Sammy
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Great poem Sammy. Who doesn’t like sunpuddles. Also, several other people chose “Sammy” so it’s good you went the other way. 🙂
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I was so surprised that so many others used ME as their “S” poem subject today…..how totally cool is that?!?!?!
Love, Sammy
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I thought it was great.
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We love your poem (and sun puddles)! We think we should start with “A” again! We’ve really enjoyed all the poems!
The Florida Furkids
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It looks so far like most people want to start over again when we get to Z………It’s fine with me – I love dreaming up poems!!
Love, Sammy
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sammy…dood….furst: yur poem rockz az doez de sun fotoz; thurd; just speekin frum de land oh trout we say keep de poemz a ritin & start bak with A when Z iz done…….now for “S”
our esS poemz two dayz…… for R pal SAM
who wood rather eatz bacon….. inn sted oh ham
we stopped ta say hi……. but himz on de lamm
coz Sammy taked hiz dadz car…… N waved bye ta pam
drivin at 5 down de street …. him caused a traffix jam
then de copz called hiz dad…. hiz dad yelled …dam
see de copz pulled Sammy over…. sam said “scram
eye’ll knot bee a listenin… two yur flimm flamm”
sam speeded down de street…. { like de race “grand slam” }
him waz off two de air port ….then two Buckingham
frum ther to flynnz place….. sew they could take a tram
two de local pub ….wear they could feest on sum clam
sew waves two ewe Flynn…. & waves two ewe SAM
send uz sum fotoz …..when ewe get to Rotterdam
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Cousin – if you start over, let me know cause I will be in. Yes, I will try to stretch my talents into poems – snorts with piggy laughter. I didn’t say they would be good poems. XOXO – Bacon
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Mee-you Unccle Sammy yur Sunpuddle poe-em iss grate!! Wee iss havin Autumm rain today so this poe-em cheered us uppy!!
HHHHMMMM what to rite about…..let mee fink…..
“Siddhartha Henry”
“At ferst mee was named Tiggs,
Mee thott Mumma M-E said ‘Twigss’…
Mee did not answer….
not even to ‘Sir’!!
Than LadyMum came along,
shee new mee name was wrong.
Shee called mee Dharth Vader…..
mee thott shee said ‘Ralph Nader’…
Then shee said See-dhartha Henry
an mee jumped uppy so happy!!!!!
Shee figured out mee rite name,
An mee Life has nevurr been the same…”
by Purrince Siddhartha Henry =^,.^=
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“Sufferin’ succotash” -Sylvester
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Oh yeah, little buddy. Sun puddles are the best – except for laps of course…
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Sun puddles are fun for us peeps too, Sammy! Perfect S poem for this time of year. I vote to keep on keeping on with the alphabet poems! I absolutely love the pictures!
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Sammy, that poem was really meowvolous. Every cat can relate and probably the woofies and humans too. So many adorable photos of you sunbathing. We loved the ones on the stairs. We think we might have misunderstood the poll. We voted for “do something else” thinking it would still be poems but not necessarily following the alphabet. Now Mom thinks maybe you meant doing something entirely different. Whatever the intent, we still want to do poems on Thursday. It is just so much fun. If anybody wants to read ours, they can do so at http://www.thecatonmyhead.com/tock-tober-surrogate/. Hope you are feeling well today. Sending lots of love and prayers. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
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Mommy says the sun is a bright ball in the sky that puts out warmth…mes had to asks her as wes had nothing but rain for elebenty billion days. Mes is growing mushrooms on my tocs!!!
Now can mes comes over and shares that sun puddle with yous?
Kisses
Nellie
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I luv sunpuddles too!
I’m for starting over with the alphabet – we missed out on the beginning so never did any poems – we’d luv to next time!
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Yay sun puddles – that’s something all us kitties can agree on!
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Great poem ! We love your photos in a sun puddle ! Purrs
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That was great Sammy, you earned some extra bacon this weekend!
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How Ciara and Phantom loved their sunpuddles – wouldn’t it be great if we could “freeze” one in place every day?
Woos – Lightning and Misty
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What a great slideshow ! We have no preferences – we love your ideas !
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The best thing, Sammy, would be sitting in your mom’s lap if she’s sitting in a sunpuddle!
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When you have 4 paws, sun puddles are the absolute best in life. Well, next to a tasty treat, but that’s for the next letter, eh? No need to get ahead of myself. 😉
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As always Sammy, dat was a great poem. You look so adorable with your daddy. We luv dat foto. ‘Course we luv them all. You are such a handsum ginger boy.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
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Great poem! I love the picture of you “cuddling” with the stair. Sophie does that too. 🙂
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It’s that wall to wall carpeting – it’s fun to pull myself around on the stairs like that! HAHAHA
Love, Sam
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Oh Sammy, how right on can you be my bud? You described sunpuddles perfectly.
Shoko
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What cat doesn’t love a good sunpuddle right Shoko?
Hugs, Sam
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Super sunpuddle poem, Sammy!
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Thank you!!!!!
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