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Monday, March 19, 2007

"Cat" by JRR Tolkien

Being a huge fan of JRR Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings, I was excited to find this cat poem by the master storyteller.

The fat cat on the mat
may seem to dream
of nice mice that suffice
for him, or cream;
but he free, maybe,
walks in thought
unbowed, proud, where loud
roared and fought
his kin, lean and slim,
or deep in den
in the East feasted on beasts
and tender men.
The giant lion with iron
claw in paw,
and huge ruthless tooth
in gory jaw;
the pard dark-starred,
fleet upon feet,
that oft soft from aloft
leaps upon his meat
where woods loom in gloom --
far now they be,
fierce and free,
and tamed is he;
but fat cat on the mat
kept as a pet
he does not forget.

Labels: cat poetry

posted by Marc Gunn of Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers Gift CD @ 8:40 PM