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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