Speaker:
00:00:04
You’re listening to The Voice of Dog.
Speaker:
00:00:06
This is Rob MacWolf
Speaker:
00:00:07
your fellow traveler,
Speaker:
00:00:09
and Today we present a poem by Sky McKinnon,
Speaker:
00:00:11
who won 2nd place in quarter 2
Speaker:
00:00:13
of L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the future.
Speaker:
00:00:16
Their short story
Speaker:
00:00:17
“The Edge of Where My Light is Cast”
Speaker:
00:00:20
is available on Amazon,
Speaker:
00:00:21
and an upcoming story, “Meet Cute,”
Speaker:
00:00:24
in Thurston Howl’s “Night of the Howling Dead,”
Speaker:
00:00:27
is expected later this year.
Speaker:
00:00:29
For more information, you can follow Sky
Speaker:
00:00:32
on bluesky. Please enjoy
Speaker:
00:00:36
“The Death of Kellas”,
Speaker:
00:00:38
a poem by Sky McKinnon
Speaker:
00:00:44
Not once have I bowed to Leona's kin, Nor lain myself upon the ground, exposed.
Speaker:
00:00:50
For all cats who walk the shadows know her,
Speaker:
00:00:53
and those who rest at the hearth know her too.
Speaker:
00:00:56
"Pelt and shadow, Queen and Tom,
Speaker:
00:00:59
all as one Equal in their Mothers' love.
Speaker:
00:01:02
Every breath A gift until the last. Their kin know them.
Speaker:
00:01:06
In knowing them, they will know their greatness-- Stalker, lover, slayer,
Speaker:
00:01:11
each boundless soul Is born to fill this earth like countless stars."
Speaker:
00:01:17
But I must sing one name above the rest Who shared our mothers’ love and mothers’ gifts
Speaker:
00:01:22
To lift her children from nest and burrow
Speaker:
00:01:25
From the shores of Killin to flames that raged At Forest's Hold. O
Speaker:
00:01:29
Kellas, King of Cats
Speaker:
00:01:33
Blessed with nine lives to be spent in their name To free his mother's heart from grief, and lead Lyncis'
Speaker:
00:01:39
shadow back to Leona's own.
Speaker:
00:01:42
Your tricks delight our kittens in their nests Your songs make fair queens swoon,
Speaker:
00:01:47
and toms in turn
Speaker:
00:01:48
Walk the roads your paws have worn in so well.
Speaker:
00:01:53
Nine lives lived, and nine lives betrayed.
Speaker:
00:01:56
Nine lives Returned to Lyncis' shadow.
Speaker:
00:01:59
Forever Scorned, forever loved. Let all remember
Speaker:
00:02:03
Kellas, the greatest cat
Speaker:
00:02:05
who we call King. This was “The Death of Kellas” by Sky McKinnon,
Speaker:
00:02:13
read for you by Rob MacWolf,
Speaker:
00:02:15
Werewolf Hitchhiker.
Speaker:
00:02:17
Thank you for listening
Speaker:
00:02:19
to The Voice of Dog.
