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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