Here is a picture of a cat:
If I call it 'dog', there is no
difference; the image is unchanged.
If I take fourteen cats and write
a line of poetry on each,
they form a sonnet in soft fur.
If I say they are dogs, does that
make it doggerel? Yes, I know
this joke sounds cheap and pre-arranged.
A cat's mew is worse than its bite.
If proverbs get reversed, they teach
us 'words mean something'. Dogs don't purr.
And while I write 'cat' with my pen,
Magritte paints 'ce n'est pas un chien'.
Comments
Silver Spun Sand | September 26, 2008 - 07:46
So much enjoyed this one. Quite a little gem ... but then I do have a soft spot for cats, and good poems.
My favourite stanza:-
"If I take fourteen cats and write
a line of poetry on each,
they form a sonnet in soft fur."
Tina;-)
WilkyBarKid | September 26, 2008 - 09:45
This was written in response to a comment/debate under one of my poems In Another Place.
14 lines of 8 syllables with a rhyming scheme (!) of abcdefabcdefgg.
Macjoyce | September 26, 2008 - 14:30
But 'pen' doesn't rhyme with 'chien'.
What's French for bitch-dog, is it 'chienne'? That'd work.
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WilkyBarKid | September 27, 2008 - 12:23
Yes, you're right. It's not a perfect rhyme, unless you speak franglais.
Mind you, I'm writing about a painting of the word 'chien' so, even though the 'n' is silent, it is still clearly visible. A conceptual rhyme, if you like.
That's my excuse, until I find a way round it.