(Poem #1059) An Unusual Cat-Poem My cat is dead But I have decided not to make a big tragedy of it. |
Indeed. t. [Minstrels Links] There's no shortage of usual cat-poems on the Minstrels, no, none at all: Poem #165, The Owl and the Pussy-Cat -- Edward Lear Poem #167, Pangur Ban -- Anon. (Irish, 8th century) Poem #258, Macavity: The Mystery Cat -- T. S. Eliot Poem #273, How a Cat Was Annoyed and a Poet Was Booted -- Guy Wetmore Carryl Poem #282, Fog -- Carl Sandburg Poem #401, To a Cat -- Jorge Luis Borges Poem #572, Mort aux Chats -- Peter Porter Poem #574, Growltiger's Last Stand -- T. S. Eliot Poem #575, To Mrs Reynolds' Cat -- John Keats Poem #577, The Cat and the Moon -- William Butler Yeats Poem #659, Poem -- William Carlos Williams Poem #660, On a Night of Snow -- Elizabeth Coatsworth Poem #661, Jubilate Agno -- Christopher Smart Poem #662, Cat -- Jibanananda Das Poem #663, A Child's Nightmare -- Robert Graves Poem #674, Aunt Jennifer's Tigers -- Adrienne Rich Poem #727, Milk for the Cat -- Harold Monro Poem #955, Gus: The Theatre Cat -- T. S. Eliot Poem #1008, Cat -- J. R. R. Tolkien Poem #1010, Cats -- A. S. J. Tessimond
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I like a lot of the poems in WM. Equally, I am
indifferent to many, especially those involving
daffodils and suchlike. A lot are silly or a waste of
time and space. But this is the first poem I have
disliked enough to respond to. This is nothing at all
to do with the fact that I enjoy cats, it is just a
terrible poem. I would even venture that it is not a
poem at all. At least my contribution to the Oeuvre of
Suspect Poetry [Ode to a Drainpipe: You hang on the
wall, ever so tall] rhymes and scans.
Nick B
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Nick Blackburn
London
What a fraud! That cat is not unusual just because it is dead!
Having decided not to make a big tragedy of it, one hopes Wendy copes.
The poem itself is more unusual because it's title is 25% as long as the
text and contains only one word in common - possibly a weakness in the
poet's craft, zero would have been more of a challenge. The fact that I am
talking about quantity here infers that quality is not an issue!
I know I'll regret this, but, how many poems reduce the 25% ratio of title
to text? Is there a published poem whose title out quantifies it's text?
Does it matter that I counted the words and not the characters?
Joe Arthur
At the risk of being pedantic, I'd like to clarify that what's "unusual"
in the title is the poem, not the cat. The title gives the game away;
Cope is needling the authors of saccharine cat-poetry. At the same time,
she chooses the word "decided" to signal her sense of restrained grief.
I find her achievement remarkable -- she has packed a lot of internal
conflict into a little space.
For Mr. Arthur, the best I can offer is a poem by Judith Viorst from "If I
Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries": I suspect others can
improve upon its 227% ratio, if they're so inclined. [I follow his
judgment in counting the hyphenated word as two.] Mr. Blackburn will be
pleased to note that the poem rhymes and scans.
James Swenson
THOUGHTS ON GETTING OUT OF A NICE WARM BED
IN AN ICE-COLD HOUSE TO GO TO
THE BATHROOM AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
Maybe life was better
When I used to be a wetter.
--Judith Viorst
hey i thought that your poem was one of the worst poems taht there are and i
dont even consider it a poem and i think that you shoudl just take it off the
internet so that you dont get anymroe critisicim from it cause when anything
die sit is a big deal especially for me cause my cat died almost 3 years ago
and that was the hardest thing that i ever had to go through and i know tha t1
day i will have to go throught it again so jsut take it off thank
you*jennifer*
Well *I* liked it.
Wendy cope is dead
But i have decided not to make a big tragedy of it.
Wendy Cope is dead
But i have decided not to make a big tragedy of it.
Sad.... you haven't got a heart and without a heart you can't write poetry.
Have been very fond of this poem every since I was a wee sprog. Makes me
laugh.
I luv this poem(Im 10)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I shall not delve into what should be the criterions; just get an
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There should be some kind of moderator that reviews the comments and quickly
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I shan’t delve into what should be the criterions; just get an intelligent
person with an open mind and good taste.
(After installing the above-recommended functionary he is invited to remove
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