Cuteness DisclaimerThe photo of my cat on a book is unstaged, but (unless I turn her chartreuse or solarize her) unavoidably cute.
Like yellowing cellophane tape, the use of cuteness in library materials has a high cringe factor for some of us. Cuteness will be avoided if this blog continues. (Photos of animals, small children, and Portuguese soccer players are exempt.) Semi-cute reviews won't happen often.
Poetry for Cats: the Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse, by Henry Beard. New York: Villard Books, 1994. 811.54 B368p "Forty immortal poems by the world's greatest poets' cats"
Fellow lit majors should enjoy this skewering of familiar cadences, as the parody fits the poet. From Meowl for example:
"...silverwhiskered hipcats purring in blissful herbal intoxication leaping to bat the hard white moon-ball bouncing in the black-top sky..."
Suitably, The Love Song of J. Morris Housecat was most impressive, and made me wonder how I forgot to name any of the cats Prufrock.
For a detailed review, see:
http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/09/poetry-for-cats-by-henry-beard.html
