Cat Poems

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"I control the mice with a cat, but how shall I control the cat?" - Franz Kafka You Know How a Cat will bring a mouse it hascaught and lay it at your feet so each morning Ibring yo u a poem that I've written when I wokeup in the night as my tribute to your beauty &a promise of my love. -James Laughlin Across the ages, cats have provided their adopted humans with companionship, affection, mystery, and innumerable metaphors.Cats raise a mirror up to their beholders; cats endlessly captivate and hypnotise, frustrate and delight. To poets, in particular, these enigmatic creatures are the most delightful and beguiling of muses, as they purr, prowl, hunt, play, meow, and nap, often oblivious to their so-called masters. Cat Poems offers a litter of odes to our beloved felines by some of the greatest poets of all time. Show more