Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73)
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Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73)
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Published poet from Limerick, Ireland.
Walthamstow based.

Also a professional cat sitter.
Neurodivergent & proud.
Founder of W.A.N.G.
Walthamstow Adults Neurodivergent Group.





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In all of this wilderness

by Anne-Marie Silbiger
In all of this wilderness by Anne-Marie Silbiger In all of this wilderness you have choices you do walk away from the mire be who you are let them fight with their fingers seek the warm and welcoming light of freedom
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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I spent a lot of money on my cat at the vet today.
He just tried to bite me as I very gently tried to move him from my foot so I could get up to go to the bathroom.
I will continue to love him wildly.

I don't make the rules.

Cats do.
Black and white short-hair tuxedo cat curled up fast asleep on my bed.
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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To bippity bap or to not bippity bap?

#catsitting
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Just before this, he bippity bapped me across the head, hahaha.
Elderly boy pulls no punches!
(16 years old)
#catsitting
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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This Abyssinian boy receiving his favourite treat for letting me put his cone on after a break.

#catsitting
#cats
November 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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A regular of mine.
The sweetest Abyssinian boy.
Poor thing is wearing a cone at the moment.
Abyssinian boy in a cone at the moment.
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Busy boy
My cat James, watching the rain.
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Listen to me

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Listen to me How do I say "Listen to me’’ and they listen. Maybe I’ve been saying it wrong From girl to woman. They have tried to coax obedience into me. Spoon fed the rules, but I remain resolute. My voice will always be my voice. I have learned to shout when shouting is needed. And no, I won’t watch my tone. I’m done trying to fit into the mould of an ever changing eye. Critical of how my lines move. I sit boldly under this armour known as skin. At discord with those trying to put me on mute. Listen to me. AnneMarie Silbiger
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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I think it might be dinner time.
My cat, James, a short-hair tuxedo. Black and white fur. Giving me a hard stare.
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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To avoid descent into madness.
Sing to your cat. (or dog) or both, or just sing. (while trying not to laugh)
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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I saw a post about pre and post singing to your cat.
Can't remember account.
Please tag them if you know.
Anyway, this is James, my plump tuxedo boy before and when I sang to him.
He seemed to enjoy the singing.
James, asleep on heated mat. He is a short-hair tuxedo cat. Quite plump. James, again. Was singing to him in this photo. Eyes open, paws all happy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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My son brought this turnip home yesterday.
Would make a half-decent murder weapon in an emergency.
Massive turnip next to my son's hand
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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I don't think I'm old yet

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I don't think I'm old yet. Although, my hope is to be old one day. I'm preparing for this by gathering as much confidence as possible. There is a crown in the corner of my bedroom. It's chipped and dusty with plastic rubies. If I reach seventy years old. I will adorn this crown with fairy lights and words of affirmation. I will wear it in celebration. For at least a week. AnneMarie Silbiger
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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my black and white short-hair tuxedo with his paw and toe beans on show
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Imagine not having a cat in your life?
A black and white, short-hair tuxedo cat in my arms. Long white whiskers and silky fur!
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Heated mat is out!
James on his heated mat with his right paw over his right eye, fast asleep. Black and white short-hair tuxedo cat.
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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This is her favourite spot

#catsitting
November 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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P having a chirrup at the boirds (and a yawn)

#catsitting
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Blusky is asking me to reply in Portugese...
November 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Terrible photo of the moon in waning gibbous phase

It is big and bright tonight though!
terrible photo of the moon over Walthamstow
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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This is O.
She is in love with the crinkly bag I got her a couple of months ago.
She is also a super sock sniffer.

#catsitting
White and striped cat looking up at me. She is sitting on a crinkly bag I got her. She loves it. Same White and striped cat having a good sniff of my sock
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Fight

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Fight As your presence is ridden roughshod by a world dictating what you should be. Fight to protect your inner vision. Let your primal urges seethe. You are verdant. An ancient recipe. Living in curiosity. Always questioning. You are a wilderness. An antithesis to those ersatz peaches placed in windows. Mouths in a shocking ‘oh’ at your abandonment of the parade. Eulogise the miracle of your ‘flaws’ Your hips. Your mouth. Those ears sticking out. Fight for each freckle. Talk loud. Laugh long. Wander with the intent to get lost. You are a scenery deserving of exquisite verbosity. Hold court with yourself, giving only love. You are fierce in a world full of cowards. Fight. Anne-Marie O'Dwyer-Silbiger
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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More left-handed painting

I can feel the neural pathways growing like a thicket of thorns in an unlikely space
Left-handed painting an alternative rainbow, if ya like
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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James, fully relaxed after being looked after all evening with the best care on offer.
Black and white short-hair tuxedo cat on his back, looking ridiculously cute, if a little on the hefty side.
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Painting with my left hand cause I read somewhere it encourages new neural pathways
'Painting with my left hand' (daubed on a piece of A4 paper) next a set of beautiful Japanese paints. (painted this with my left hand) A painting done with my left hand to encourage new neural pathways
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM