Angel Whiskers Reflections On Loving and

This beautiful collection of poetry, short stories, and vintage photographs is both a celebration of the feline and a perfect gift for anyone who has lost his beloved cat. Featuring classic poetry and short stories by authors both famous and unknown, this book combines classic sentiments with elegant Victorian photographs of cats. 75 photos. 75 line drawings.

Laurel E. Hunt's lifelong love of animals has led her to become active in pet loss counseling, in pet rescue and adoption, and in promoting the human/animal bond. She is dedicated to furthering the understanding of the enduring bonds that we form with pets. Laurel, a marketing executive in the engineering industry who lives in Pasadena, California, is also the editor of Angel Pawprints.

Foreword

xi

Introduction

xv

Remembered Cat

1

(2)

George Abbe

L'Envoi

3

(14)

Cleveland Amory

Last Words to a Dumb Friend

17

(4)

Thomas Hardy

Dedication

21

(4)

Graham R. Tomson

Death of the Black Cat, Mr. Jingles

25

(2)

Frances Minturn Howard

Tailless Tom

27

(8)

Dr. Louis J. Camuti

The Rainbow Bridge

35

(2)

Anonymous

A Leavetaking

37

(8)

Jean Burden

Sonnet

45

(2)

Margaret E. Bruner

Request from the Rainbow Bridge

47

(2)

Constance Jenkins

Katinka

49

(2)

Lynn Hamilton

My Grandmother's Cat

51

(6)

Edna Dean Proctor

Calling Muzi (1971--1986)

57

(2)

Robert Peterson

Purr Box

59

(6)

Clement Wood

Remembering Baggins

65

(4)

Gayle McCafferty

First Day in Heaven

69

(2)

Bianca Bradbury

On the Death of a Cat, a Friend of Mine Aged Ten Years and a Half

71

(4)

Christina Rossetti

Love, Squared

75

(14)

Randolph Varney

In Memoriam: Leo, a Yellow Cat

89

(2)

Margaret Sherwood

Leo to His Mistress

91

(2)

Henry Dwight Sedgwick

Calvin: A Study of Character

93

(10)

Charles Dudley Warner

Grimalkin: An Elegy on Peter, Aged Twelve

103

(4)

Clinton Scollard

Charles: The Story of a Friendship and To a Siamese Cat

107

(4)

Michael Joseph

Prayer for a Little Kitten

111

(2)

Ruth M. Outwater

The Fireside Sphinx

113

(4)

Agnes Repplier

The Epitaph of Felis

117

(2)

John Jortin

In Memoriam Mrs. Snowball Pat Paw and A Lament for S. B. Pat Paw

119

(4)

Louisa M. Alcott

Au Revoir to Smokey

123

(2)

Edith B. Spaulding

The Muse that Mewed

125

(10)

Wendy Wasserstein

Epitaph for a Black Persian

135

(2)

E. B. Crosswhite

Memoir for Mrs. Sullavan

137

(14)

Bryna Untermeyer

Walking With Lulu in the Wood

151

(4)

Naomi Lazard

Pet Loss Resources

155

(2)

Acknowledgments

157

(2)

Bibliography

159

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