Ihor Pidhainy

Ihor Pidhainy is a teacher and writer who lives in the Atlanta region. His poetry has appeared in Washington Square Review, Litbop, Quarter Press, Scapegoat Review and other journals. Another Snowball poem has appeared in Meow Meow Pow Pow Lit.

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► Ihor Pidhainy's microchap & (selected) poems are available below. Download the PDF by clicking the title.

Origami Microchap with Selected Poems

Snowball

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Cover photo of 'Snowball' the cat

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Annus Mirabilis

My wife insists the cat weighs pregnant,
“Snowball sways when she glides,
And she’s got a certain glow to her whiskers”
Not possible though, as the doors
Are shut tight, and she hasn’t been out
In donkey’s years. Old Green Eyes
Might stare a trifle much, but he’s fixed
Without much stuffing left inside. Bishop,
Our neighbor’s cur, begrudgingly
Admits that things of this nature
Have happened before. But those
Occurred twenty or twenty five millennia
Ago. And he figures Snowball hasn’t a chance
in hell of beating odds that high.

Fooling Snowball with Canine Thunder

Rough, Rough, Rough,
Barked the dogs to spare the cat
My intention of being by myself.

Snowball fled up the stairs
To hide in her parents’ bedroom
Worried what those chompers might do.

Bark, snap, whine,
A second time to clear the room,
For a minute then two.

Snowball was unimpressed
To the ever-pressing question,
Is it live or Memorex? She knew.

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