More Cat Poems


In the same vein as "The Tenth Life of Alice's Cat", here are two other little ditties about those people with fur and a bad attitude towards tights...

Well, if it's good enough for Wendy Cope, then it's OK for me. These unashamed parodies of familiar classics need no further explanation...


Walter de la Mare's cat

Copyright © Christine Burns 1995, 1996
Is there anyone there ?
Said the poet's cat
Scratching at the kitchen door
As the wind sent the leaves
A scurryin' o'er the
Concrete backyard's floor
Yet no one stirred
In that human's house
Not a soul was raised by the call
And the cat sadly turned
To resume its' prowl
.. Half past four IS
A bad time to call

On being a poet's cat

Copyright © Christine Burns 1995, 1996
I must go back to the vet's again
To that vet who'll kill my fleas
For the wretched things have made me itch
I'm a cat that's ill at ease

And all I ask is a warm hearth
And a fire to stretch before
To close my eyes and dream of mice
And forget the dog next door.


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