Joe Oswald

Joe Oswald is retired from a career in government affairs and political organizing. He holds degrees from UW-Madison and Georgetown University, and his poetry, personal essays and short memoirs have appeared in North Coast Voices, Barstow & Grand, Compose Journal, Hippocampus, The Last Leaves, among others. He and his wife share a home with their tabby cat, Kika, in Madison, Wisconsin.

“Before Walking One Morning,” “The Bear in the Backyard,” and “The Saw Filing Machine”

I sense a light leap
onto the foot of the bed
and wait as you cat
your way to the top of my pillow,
sniffing an ear or two or
rubbing your forehead against mine
along the way.
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