shoe box
my cat takes on
its shape
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Marta Chocilowska
Marta Chocilowska lives in Warsaw, Poland. She is a fan of cats, music, poetry and cycling. In 2013 she joined the Warsaw Haiku School-Kuzu. Her haiku have appeared in The Asahi Shimbun (Asahi Haikuist Network), Faces and Places Haiku Anthology, A Hundred Gourds, Brass Bell, Cattails, Chrysanthemum, Haiku Anthology of the 2nd International Haiku Conference, Cracow, 2015, IRIS International Haiku Magazine, KUZU, Whirligig, Wild Plum and WHA Haiga Contest. View all posts by Marta Chocilowska
Adorbs!
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shoe box
my cat takes on
its shape
—MARTA CHOCILOWSKA
Cats are like the magical squid and octopus, but on land! Unlike Mr S's cat, we know this cat is alive and bending animate and inanimate objects to its will! :-)
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how to fit into the world slinking cat
Alan Summers
hedgerow #120 (the summer print issue, 2017)
ed. Caroline Skanne
From "The Ninth of Never" haibun
Thank you, Mary! :)
I love the double meaning of adopting/fighting in the "takes on"–it captures the feline feistiness nicely!