'Meryl in the Midst of Them' from The Working Cat (drawings: Conrad Hamann, poetry: Kathryn Hamann, to be released late August 2012). A sample of the poetry can be found in Best Australian Poems, 2011 ('-kuing the Rex').

The top painting is by Sue Watson and is featured in Kathryn's 2011 publication, A Slight Fuzzing of Perspective. Poems 1-3 (including the image of a boat by Len O'Brien and the sketch of Jester J. and Honey B. Cat by Conrad Hamann) are also from this book.

Poem 4 is from A Poor Canticle. The final poem with Maddie the Cat (image also by Conrad Hamann) is from Kathryn's 2008 publication, The Threshold of Silence. Click here for more information.