Esteemed American poet T. S. Eliot had a deep love of cats, evidenced in his 1939 collection
of humorous poems, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. The whimsical work was originally
composed to amuse his godchildren and friends, but earned the admiration of feline fanciers
the world over (and inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats). And Eliot isn’t the only poet with
a fondness for four-legged furballs. We’ve collected ten other poems for pussycats — tributes
to their mystique and reflections on their place in our (lesser) human lives. READ MORE >
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