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Kudzu (koo-d-zoo)
A fast growing Chinese and Japanese climbing vine. Kudzu is found in abundance in the southern United States. It covers almost everything in its path; telephone poles, bushes, trees and even barns.
Most people see Kudzu as a nuisance, but for many small animals it provides a safe home.
Kudzu Kats is the tale of fi ve homeless cats who have come together as a family. Their story is one of survival and bonding in the safety of the kudzu.
Lilli is the head of the family, Lefty is the protector of the family, Emmy and Callie spend their time playing and frolicking and then there is 8-Ball, the youngest of the family. 8-Ball finds more than one way to get herself into trouble.
About the author
A Ph.D. mathematician by training and data scientist by vocation, Richard Jordan has been an avid reader of poetry for almost as long as he can remember and has been writing poetry for twenty years. His poems have appeared in many literary journals, including Tar River Poetry, Rattle (finalist for the 2022 Rattle Poetry Prize), Little Patuxent Review, Sugar House Review, New York Quarterly, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Rappahannock Review and Valparaiso Poetry Review. He is the first place winner of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize (2023) for chapbook: The Squannacook at Dawn. When not doing math or reading & writing poetry, he is most likely at a river or lake somewhere casting away. He resides in Littleton, Massachusetts, a short drive from the Squannacook River.
