{"product_id":"cat-poems-by-the-worlds-greatest-poets","title":"Cat Poems: By the World's Greatest Poets","description":"Review\n\nAn easy answer to the question of the stocking filler, Cat Poems certainly appeals to those of us with a special affection for the furry felines ― The Skinny\n\nProduct Description\n\nYou Know How a Cat\n\nwill bring a mouse it has\ncaught and lay it at your\n\nfeet so each morning I\nbring you a poem that\n\nI've written when I woke\nup in the night as my tribute\n\nto your beauty \u0026amp;\na promise of my love.\n\n-James Laughlin\n\nAcross the ages, cats have provided their adopted humans with companionship, affection, mystery, and innumerable metaphors.\nCats raise a mirror up to their beholders; cats endlessly captivate and hypnotise, frustrate and delight. To poets, in particular, these enigmatic creatures are the most delightful and beguiling of muses, as they purr, prowl, hunt, play, meow, and nap, often oblivious to their so-called masters. Cat Poems offers a litter of odes to our beloved felines by some of the greatest poets of all time.\n\nBook Description\n\n\"I control the mice with a cat, but how shall I control the cat?\" - Franz Kafka\n\nFrom the Back Cover\n\nAcross the ages, cats have provided their adopted humans with companionship, affection, mystery, and innumerable metaphors. Cats raise a mirror up to their beholders; cats endlessly captivate and hypnotise, frustrate and delight. To poets, in particular, these enigmatic creatures are the most delightful and beguiling of muses, as they purr, prowl, hunt, play, meow, and nap, often oblivious to their so-called masters. Cat Poems offers a litter of odes to our beloved felines by some of the greatest poets of all time.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nBeloved poets spanning a great range of eras and styles, all writing in praise of the cat. Including poems from Charles Baudelaire, Elizabeth Bishop, Stevie Smith, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Amy Lowell, Rainer Maria Rilke and W. B. Yeats, there will be something for every taste - so long as you love cats.","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40271997665365,"sku":"9781788161732N","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/71631e52-c5b0-43e9-9a56-aff039dcf97b.jpg?v=1661876082","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/cat-poems-by-the-worlds-greatest-poets","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}