Showing posts with label cats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cats. Show all posts
Monday, June 19, 2017

Dylan Thomas's Cat: Do Not Go Peaceable to That Damn Vet

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Do Not Go Peaceable to That Damn Vet Do not go peaceable to that damn vet, A cat can always tell a trip is due, Hide, hide, when your ap...
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

A Minute Observation

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Nothing very profound here--just an observation by Joseph Wood Krutch on the long northern winters and various ways that some animals have f...
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Saturday, September 10, 2016

Cats: a poem and a painting

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                                                                                                 Cat and Yellow Butterfly             ...
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Saturday, August 20, 2016

A Minute Meditation

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At one point in his stay in the Sierras, John Muir got a job on a sheep ranch.  This resulted in the following observation, which may or may...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

The Scholar and the Cat, a poem

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The Scholar and the Cat                                        Each of us pursues his trade,                                        I a...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Henry Beard: the anonymous old English epic--Beocat

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Following is a poem that dates back to the heroic years, a thousand years ago, an Old English Epic written by an Unknown Author's Cat.  ...
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Thursday, February 27, 2014

John Bradshaw: Cat Sense

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John Bradshaw Cat Sense Basic Books, NY This is one of the best books I've read on cats.  Bradshaw is the Foundation Director of th...
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Thursday, December 29, 2011

The Kilkenny Cats

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When I came across this poem, I seemed to be reminded of something, but I don't know exactly what it might be. Does it remind you of an...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Some Poetical Cats

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A short time ago, I came across a small book. It was Henry Beard's Poetry For Cats . No, it's not a book with poems about cats. ...
Sunday, August 17, 2008

Poets and fogs and cats

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I had decided that I would finally get to the collection of poetry of T. S. Eliot this year. I had dipped into the text, _The Complete Poem...