As if on cue: Male mouse sings a song of love
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4395664.stm
So Bagpuss wasn't that far off the mark then.
On 11/1/05, MJ Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The cat that hath not music in itself/Nor is not moved with concord of
> sweet sounds...Now I know why they grate on my nerves. I much prefer mice.
> mj
>
> Roger Day wrote:
>
> >yes, a fine selection of poems and I enjoyed them all[1]. As for VB,
> >did you have an open tin of cat-food to hand whilst you read? In my
> >experience, 9.7 out of 10 cats prefer the sound of an opening tin to
> >any other sound, including sounds that celebrate them.
> >
> >Roger
> >
> >[1] I was the man whose wife mis-took him for a cat...
> >On 11/1/05, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Thanks for the moving poems much appreciated -read them to VB and what
> >>passes for tears sprouted from his little piggy gimletted eyes
> >>P & VB
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> >>poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Collett
> >>Sent: 31 October 2005 23:28
> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Subject: Re: Poem for VB
> >>
> >>Another poem for VB
> >>
> >>The night envelops the town.
> >>Boris Cat sits on the step outside his room.
> >>Ah, my lovelies, you all ran wild
> >>around the alleys
> >>among the dustbins of outrageous leavings.
> >>Where are you now?
> >>Am I the only wild rover left in town?
> >>
> >>Roger
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Joanna Boulter" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 10:59 PM
> >>Subject: Poem for VB
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> The Torn-Eared Cat's Jangle Waltz
> >>>
> >>> (for VB, DFC)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>"There's no cat-flap
> >>> in the ball turret
> >>> of a Lancaster."
> >>>
> >>>Patrick told me that.
> >>> I believed him.
> >>> I always do.
> >>>
> >>>The flak rose among pillars of light.
> >>> It passed me by.
> >>> I am the cat who came through.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>ROBIN HAMILTON, sending from Darlington
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> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
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