A small anthology of cat related poetry. 34 poets have expressed their thoughts about that most mysterious of creatures. Some complete poems but this also includes some extracts from longer poems and some nice illustrations.

As usual in such a collection some of these poems speak to me; some I'm not too fond of but overall as a cat and poetry lover this is a nice addition to my bookshelves. It is slightly annoying to only have extracts from some longer poems but maybe it will spur me to find copies of the complete poem.

So to give you a flavour of such frustration here is an extract from one of the poems that I liked

Uncanny by Elliott Walker (19th century)

I wish they wouldn't do so, for it isn't very nice
To have attention drawn from pleasant book
And nervously imagine —when they only think of mice—
And feel a strange sensation, when they look. ( )