Today's poet

[Harry H Howgill]

Some of us may be pretending Valentines day isn't happening HHH, but would not want to spoil it for the rest. I think I have a race that day so I will be posting poems about mud and sweat.

Awww, I wish I'd not mentioned it now. A race sounds like a good way to mark the day mind you.

[XRunner]

Did the cat belong to the poet P B Shelley?

Here are some "Verses on a Cat" by P B Shelley(courtesy of g..gl.)

A cat in distress,
Nothing more, nor less;
Good folks, I must faithfully tell ye,
As I am a sinner,
It waits for some dinner
To stuff out its own little belly.

You would not easily guess
All the modes of distress
Which torture the tenants of earth;
And the various evils,
Which like so many devils,
Attend the poor souls from their birth.

Some a living require,
And others desire
An old fellow out of the way;
And which is the best
I leave to be guessed,
For I cannot pretend to say.

One wants society,
Another variety,
Others a tranquil life;
Some want food,
Others, as good,
Only want a wife.

But this poor little cat
Only wanted a rat,
To stuff out its own little maw;
And it were as good
Some people had such food,
To make them hold their jaw!

[Hes]

Here are some verses on Shelley's cat (courtesy of g..gl.)
Verses On A Cat

By Percy Bysshe Shelley

A cat in distress,
Nothing more, nor less;
Good folks, I must faithfully tell ye,
As I am a sinner,
It waits for some dinner
To stuff out its own little belly.

You would not easily guess
All the modes of distress
Which torture the tenants of earth;
And the various evils,
Which like so many devils,
Attend the poor souls from their birth.

Some a living require,
And others desire
An old fellow out of the way;
And which is the best
I leave to be guessed,
For I cannot pretend to say.

One wants society,
Another variety,
Others a tranquil life;
Some want food,
Others, as good,
Only want a wife.

But this poor little cat
Only wanted a rat,
To stuff out its own little maw;
And it were as good
Some people had such food,
To make them hold their jaw!

Wasn't just me then?!

[stevefoster]

I hope that everyone are saving their best for valentine's in a couple of weeks. Or would the FPS consider that now too commercial?

Hoping to be in the Lakes on Feb 14th

[Hes]

Hoping to be in the Lakes on Feb 14th

Nice. Will you be wearing those sunglasses and crooked smile Merry?

[Harry H Howgill]

I don't know if any of you have come across this site...

http://www.blackcatpoems.com/

But there is some good stuff there.

Thinking about it, it might have been Mossy that mentioned it once before.

[stevefoster]

Nice. Will you be wearing those sunglasses and crooked smile Merry?

[Harry H Howgill]

Hoping to be in the Lakes on Feb 14th

Just looked at the calendar. Its Fairmile that day in the Kendal Winter League. One of my favourites.

What are you up to that day?

[stevefoster]

Just looked at the calendar. Its Fairmile that day in the Kendal Winter League. One of my favourites.

What are you up to that day?

BG recce.

[Harry H Howgill]

BG recce.

Come Valentines day
Merry is serenading
The beautiful fells