Great Cat (Everymans Library Pocket Poets)

Thefelinehasinspiredpoeticadorationsincethedaysofthepharaohs,andthepoemscollectedherecoveranastonishingrangeofperiods,cultures,andstyles.Poetsacrossthecontinentsandcenturieshavedescribedthefelinefamily-fromkittenstooldtoms,pussycatstopanthers-doingwhattheydobest:sleeping,prowling,prancing,purring,sleepingsomemore,andgazingdisdainfullyatlesserbeingslikeourselves.HereareYeats'sMinnaloushe,ChristopherSmart'sJeoffry,LewisCarroll'sCheshireCat,T.S.Eliot'sRumTumTugger,WilliamBlake'stygerandRilke'spanther.HerearetributesfromSufimystics,medievalChinesepoets,andhaikumastersofimperialJapan,fromChaucer,Shelley,Borges,Neruda,Dickinson,andShakespeare.HerearethecatsofMotherGoose,andtheonewhoworethehatforDr.Seuss.TheGreatCatwilldelightcatloverseverywhere,celebratingasitdoesthebeauty,themystery,thegravity,thegrace,and,ofcourse,theunassailablesuperiorityofthecat.