The Great Cat

This delightful anthology gives us a teeming litter of literary tributes to the ever-fascinating, ever-mystifying cat.

The feline has inspired poetic adoration since the days of the pharaohs, and the poems collected here cover an astonishing range of periods, cultures, and styles. Poets across the continents and centuries have described the feline family—from kittens to old toms, pussycats to panthers—doing what they do best: sleeping, prowling, prancing, purring, sleeping some more, …