Outskirts Press Book Publishing Presents The Secret Lives of the Pink House Cats
The Secret Lives of the Pink House Cats
by D.R. Ransdell, editor
Prose Poems by Five Felines
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5.5 x 8.5 paperback
ISBN: 9781432724658
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Genre:
PETS / Cats / General
Publication:
Oct 25, 2008
Pages:
145
Books by D.R. Ransdell, editor
While we might assume the lazy creatures do nothing but sleep all day, they're usually hard at work plotting their next attacks or reliving favorite experiences. In this collection of prose poems, five cats share stories ranging from Cosmo's dreams of chasing bears to Mei Mei's aesthetic endeavors to Bandit's battles with a monster child. Phantom explains how she faked her way into a new home while Ping describes his wonder at becoming master of the neighborhood. The companions of The Pink House will enchant you as they share their theories about lizard hunting, recall their appreciation for mesquite trees, and confess to the many tricks they play on their unsuspecting owner. For more information, please visit them at www.pinkhousecats.com.
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Black Favorite
Mama tells friends she has five cats, each more precious than the other, but at the pink house, I’ve always been the favorite. Mama loved my brother's fluffy fur, but she’s always preferred me, first because I’m more clever, and second because I’m black.
Black black, all black, dark black, lovely black, black as a moonless night, black black black.
Mama’s parents back in Illinois had a pet named Dunkelheit, but that cat wasn’t true Darkness. He had a white patch on his chest and should have been called Macchiato.
I’m blessed with purity. Every bit of me is black. Most humans consider me unlucky and stay off my path. I like that. It keeps people from bothering me. But I’m not bad luck for Mama because she was born in June on the thirteenth day of the month. Black Thirteen they might call us, a perfect pair.
She snatches me up in the afternoons, staring into my blackness. When she holds me up to the sunlight I know what she sees— the whole spectrum of the rainbow reflected in my rich, black fur.
About D.R. Ransdell, editor
D.R. Ransdell is a dedicated traveler, teacher, and violinist. The former Midwesterner lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she and her cats avoid winter as much as possible. Her romantic adventures on a mythical island in Greece are captured in the novel "Amirosian Nights" while her romantic misadventures are recorded in "Diana canta la venganza," "Diane Sings Revenge." Please visit her at www.dr-ransdell.com.
While we might assume the lazy creatures do nothing but sleep all day, they're usually hard at work plotting their next attacks or reliving favorite experiences. In this collection of prose poems, five cats share stories ranging from Cosmo's dreams of chasing bears to Mei Mei's aesthetic endeavors to Bandit's battles with a monster child. Phantom explains how she faked her way into a new home while Ping describes his wonder at becoming master of the neighborhood. The companions of The Pink House will enchant you as they share their theories about lizard hunting, recall their appreciation for mesquite trees, and confess to the many tricks they play on their unsuspecting owner. For more information, please visit them at www.pinkhousecats.com.
D.R. Ransdell is a dedicated traveler, teacher, and violinist. The former Midwesterner lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she and her cats avoid winter as much as possible. Her romantic adventures on a mythical island in Greece are captured in the novel "Amirosian Nights" while her romantic misadventures are recorded in "Diana canta la venganza," "Diane Sings Revenge." Please visit her at www.dr-ransdell.com.