I will write my own stuff
But for now I'm stealing from T.S. Eliot. It's from The illustrated Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, one of my great poetic loves along with William Blake's songs of innocence and experience. I'm going to put up the first one, the naming of cats.
The naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
it isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all there's the name that the whole family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey-
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter-
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whisker and cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Copicopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names thet never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name you never will geuss;
The name that no human research can discover-
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular name.
So whadaya think? We also need to discuss formatting of poems here and exactly what it's about. Talk later.
LIFE
The naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
it isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all there's the name that the whole family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey-
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter-
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whisker and cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Copicopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names thet never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name you never will geuss;
The name that no human research can discover-
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular name.
So whadaya think? We also need to discuss formatting of poems here and exactly what it's about. Talk later.
LIFE