The passing of Pinch PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 06 August 2008 05:11

Debbie Coates, friend and poet, was the patron of a very special cat called Pinch, who was an artist who lived in her grounds in Southern California.

Patron and Artist is what Debbie finally realised was the probable relationship shared between herself and her beloved calico cat companion of eleven years standing.

Debbie, the author of Cat Haiku writes superb feline haiku. This is her tribute to the wonderful Pinch.

Small panther cat, you

Will leap forever in my

Memory and heart

© Debbie Coates

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Debbie Coates said:

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All animals are special, but some are more special than others, and Pinch was one of the latter for me. I think what I miss most of all is the way she used to check in periodically to make sure everything was all right; she'd look up, catch my eye, and issue a soundless meow. I would meow back in equal silence, and then we'd both go back to what we'd been doing, secure in the knowledge that all was well in our world (not always an easy accomplishment since, although I was responsible for food and the weather, Pinch was in charge of everything else). She was a wonderful little cat (and if she'd had opposable thumbs, could probably have written Cat Haiku without any help from me)!
August 16, 2008

Marilyn Edwards said:

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Debbie I am so sorry I never met the great Pinch. She sounds wonderful. This is a message for anyone out there who would like to read Debbie's remarkable Cat Haiku, it is a truly wonderful collection of cat poetry and it is also very funny - here is a link to Amazon in the UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cat-Ha...99463288
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August 16, 2008

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