MY KITTY
My kitty scratched my door and he woke me in the night
Yes my kitty scratched my door and he woke me in the night
So I got out of bed and I scooped him right up
And brought him outside
To the soft moon light
—from 2016 Rattle Young Poets Anthology
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Why do you like to write poetry?
Eva Mathew: “The reason I like to write poetry is because I feel free when I do it. I feel like I can just plop my pencil on my paper and let it flow across the page and I will come up with a perfect poem. Well of course I will have to look at it again and make a few changes but that is how I feel when I write poetry. Another reason I like to write poetry is because I can think of my day or a previous one and try to come up with a poem that will explain my day in a fun way. That’s what I did with my poem ‘My Kitty.’”