cat loaf on my bed
looking at me
with no hurry

 

a thick book open
in the middle of the book
a fluffy tail

 

dim, silent morning
young girl sleeping
a charcoal cat, passing

 

it’s snowing
behind a laced curtain
and a lazy cat

 

an open suitcase
full, ready
on the flap a cat sitting

 

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Fatmanur Koksal studied literature in college, but she discovered her love for words much later. She has likely read The Gruffalo and Rhinos Don’t Eat Pancakes more times than her children have. She adores cats and watching storks in flight, and reading about the beauty and the wonder of life. Now living in Boston with her family, Fatmanur aspires to write poetry and picture books in both English and Turkish that children and adults alike can appreciate.