Ann Craven Ann Craven: Cats with a selection of poems by Cherry Pickman
November 30th - December 20th, 2021
White Kitty
Few things certain but she knows
the possibility of petals
so white a likeness unlike
anything she’s known and a blue
from beyond


Frick & Frack, Again
For captive gods the enclosure
is of little consequence
they spend most days waiting
inside their power
tails curled bodies coiled



Cammy, Again
That markings should signify
might be the greatest
misconception her eyes light
each stripe as I try
to paint devotion into place

Jeffrey, Again
You’d think him part
bird imperious
impish invincible
on his stolen perch

Lena
Without wilderness and so no
longer wild yes the beast
has left the cat the cat has
taken the garden
for her world