Unknown Poem

[Emil Miller]

Is there anyone out there who can tell me the title and author of a poem about looking into a cat's eyes and trying to understand what it is thinking.
The poem is very short, about six lines I think, and is not Rudyard Kipling's
'The Cat That Walked by Itself.'

[kiz_paws]

If I come across this, I'll for sure let you know.

But if you enjoy cat poetry, please have a look at Good Kitty Poems Link (http://www.sniksnak.com/poems.html), and in the mean time, good luck with your quest. :)

[Emil Miller]

If I come across this, I'll for sure let you know.

But if you enjoy cat poetry, please have a look at Good Kitty Poems Link (http://www.sniksnak.com/poems.html), and in the mean time, good luck with your quest. :)

Thanks for your interest and the poems, some of them are amusing and remind me very much of my own cat who I have just shooed off my computer
keyboard.

[Logos]

Actually, Kipling's "The Cat that walked by Himself" http://www.online-literature.com/kipling/163/

is a short story which ends with the poem :) ...


PUSSY can sit by the fire and sing,
Pussy can climb a tree,
Or play with a silly old cork and string
To'muse herself, not me.
But I like Binkie my dog, because
He Lnows how to behave;
So, Binkie's the same as the First Friend was,
And I am the Man in the Cave.

Pussy will play man-Friday till
It's time to wet her paw
And make her walk on the window-sill
(For the footprint Crusoe saw);
Then she fluffles her tail and mews,
And scratches and won't attend.
But Binkie will play whatever I choose,
And he is my true First Friend.

Pussy will rub my knees with her head
Pretending she loves me hard;
But the very minute I go to my bed
Pussy runs out in the yard,
And there she stays till the morning-light;
So I know it is only pretend;
But Binkie, he snores at my feet all night,
And he is my Firstest Friend!



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[Emil Miller]

Actually, Kipling's "The Cat that walked by Himself" http://www.online-literature.com/kipling/163/

is a short story which ends with the poem :) ...


PUSSY can sit by the fire and sing,
Pussy can climb a tree,
Or play with a silly old cork and string
To'muse herself, not me.
But I like Binkie my dog, because
He Lnows how to behave;
So, Binkie's the same as the First Friend was,
And I am the Man in the Cave.

Pussy will play man-Friday till
It's time to wet her paw
And make her walk on the window-sill
(For the footprint Crusoe saw);
Then she fluffles her tail and mews,
And scratches and won't attend.
But Binkie will play whatever I choose,
And he is my true First Friend.

Pussy will rub my knees with her head
Pretending she loves me hard;
But the very minute I go to my bed
Pussy runs out in the yard,
And there she stays till the morning-light;
So I know it is only pretend;
But Binkie, he snores at my feet all night,
And he is my Firstest Friend!



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Thanks for the post Logos. I had no idea that the poem was connected to a short story, as I haven't had much to do with Kipling.
It is interesting how he uses childlike verse to reveal a fundamental difference between felines and canines.
Although in the Winter my cat often sleeps on my bed at night rather than face the cold outside.