Eight-line Poems

Five Cats

Five Cats

Five cats, regarding Vincent’s work,
The Starry Night, revealed
their thoughts, as cats are wont to do.
“Astigmatism,” said the orange one,
the white ones disagreed, saying
“it’s how he wished it be.”
The black opined, “That’s Sirius,”
the fifth enquired, “Which is the Mouse?”


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 10.27.21
Prompt: Illustration of cats observing van Gogh’s The Starry Night.