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Write your way (or T.S. Eliot's) to 'Cats'

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From: Charleston Gazette
Date: 20061109
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The characters brought to life on stage for the Broadway show "Cats" began in the imagination of poet T.S. Eliot, who wrote a bunch of poems about cats for friends of his.

Rum Tum Tugger and his fellow felines are now famous, but maybe there's a cat old Eliot left out. Maybe there's a cat that should have made it into the lineup, but didn't. Send us a brief poem (25 lines or fewer) with your idea of a good cat to see up on stage, and maybe you'll win free tickets to the Clay Center's Dec. 5 performance of "Cats."

The best five cat poems will win their authors two free tickets to the show. Any ...

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