The Poetry of Cats

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This is a unique celebration of that most beautiful and self-possessed of animals, the cat. More than 50 poems are included, reflecting every feline mood: the comic, the aristocratic, the lazy, the fierce, the inscrutable. Lovers of cats and lovers of poetry will be delighted by the wide range of the collection, which contains poems by T.S. Eliot, Ted Hughes, W.B. Yeates, William Wordsworth, Stevie Smith, John Keats, Edward Lear, A.L. Rowse, Christopher Smart, and many besides.One of the most attractive features of the book is the choice of pictures. A stunning selection of drawings and paintings by such artists and illustrators as Renoir, Manet, Picasso, Hogarth, Cruikshank, Caldicott and Lear adds immeasurably to the charm of the verse. This is a book to be treasured by cat-lovers everywhere.