Santa Paws--By Alice Couch--United States

Santa Paws

A light snow was falling

when Santa Paws came calling.

Me-ow, I heard her softly sing

landing on our old porch swing.

With fur silver as Moonlight,

she was quite a lovely sight.

Dad said, “Not another stray!”

Then agreed, she can stay.

He could not resist a present given,

tangled in weatherproof tinsel and ribbon.

Yet vowed as he set her free,

Next year, no decorating the outdoor tree!”

Alice Couch is a retired nurse’s aide who spends her days playing with her dogs, Nibby and Squeakie, while writing poetry for her three children, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and four great great-grandchildren.  One of her stories published in Living with Children. She studied yoga and Buddhism and has a gift for blending the rational approach of the Western mind with the deep spiritual wisdom of the east in her poetry. She was named Noblesville’s Senior Poet Laureate in 2012.