Hmmm. Oddly, the only Interesting photos on flickr today are cats:
Which gives me an opportunity to close out Friday Cat Blogging 6, and begin Friday Cat Blogging 7. For those who think cats cats & only cats is just fine, here are my other Friday Cat Blogging links:
CATS ~ webrings, communities, & etc; and Cat Links ~ websites & blogs.
Tomorrow is the beginning of National Poetry Month:
National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets as a month-long, national celebration of poetry. The concept was to increase the attention paid-by individuals and the media—to the art of poetry, to living poets, to our poetic heritage, and to poetry books and magazines. In the end, we hoped to achieve an increase in the visibility, presence, and accessibility of poetry in our culture. National Poetry Month has been successful beyond all anticipation and has grown over the years into the largest literary celebration in the world.
This event is also celebrated by the
League
of Canadian Poets, and famously disdained by
Charles
Bernstein and others. You can participate in the activites in
a variety of
ways:
So what has this to do with cats, you ask? Well, as Aloysius tells us in Great Feline Authors: the indigestible furball of the poem:
In the annals of feline literature, few members of my species have actually gotten credit for their own work. Henry Beard, who put together this anthology [Poetry for Cats] recognizes that felines' literary accomplishments stretch back for centuries; the poems are not just for cats, but by cats.
Just a quick search for poetry + cats at Powell's results in 43 matches. Try Google and:
[Several were omitted from this list due to popups and/or obnoxious ads.]
Then we have the individual poems and poets:
Cats just are poetic, don't you think?
Enough poetry; more critters:
Friday Ark
I and the Bird
Carnival of the Cats
Carnival of the Dogs
Circus of the Spineless
Weekend Cat Blogging
Have a poetic weekend!
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