Of fish and mice, and rats and tender chick. Those velvet ears-but pr’ythee do not stick With those bright languid segments green and prick “ Love Poem for What It Is,” Rebecca Hazeltonĭitto this one, in which love is a jerk and so is this cat.Ĭat! who hast past thy grand climacteric,ĭestroy’d?-how many tit bits stolen? Gaze Here’s another good one, if the below is not enough for you.Ī poem with Atwood’s characteristic whimsy and wit, which also gets high marks for use of the phrase “small pink bumhole.” Quintessential WCW: simple, evocative, and lovely. She stretched in vain to reach the prize. I first read this poem, a segment of Smart’s Jubilate Agno, in a class on the poetics of ecstasy-and what an ecstatic piece it is, probably not least because it was written while Smart was in the “madhouse.”įor he is the servant of the Living God, duly and daily serving him.įor at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way.įor is this done by wreathing his body seven times round with elegant quickness.įor then he leaps up to catch the musk, which is the blessing of God upon his prayer.įor having done duty and received blessing he begins to consider himself.įor first he looks upon his forepaws to see if they are clean.įor secondly he kicks up behind to clear away there.įor thirdly he works it upon stretch with the forepaws extended.įor fourthly he sharpens his paws by wood.įor seventhly he fleas himself, that he may not be interrupted upon the beat.įor eighthly he rubs himself against a post.įor ninthly he looks up for his instructions. #Easy cat poems free#Please enjoy, and feel free to add more kitty poems to the list in the comments. On the occasion of Smart’s birthday, and also because I love you, I have decided to highlight this poem and some other good poems either about or memorably featuring cats. If humans were immortal, like I suspect cats are, today would be the birthday of Christopher Smart, an English poet who was both infamous and influential in his day (1722-1771) but is now mostly known for his long religious poem Jubilate Agno, and in particular for one section from Jubilate Agno, an in-depth, ecstatic, truly ludicrous and wonderful consideration of his cat, whose name is Jeoffry.
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