Category Archives: Poem

The Cat and the Moon

This setting of a Yeats poem is light, playful, and delightful. It describes the relationship between The Cat (called Minnaloushe) and the Moon. This distant yet powerful attraction might parallel Yeats’s real-life affection for Maud Gonne, the owner of an actual … Continue reading

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How Do I Break Thee?

“How do I break thee? Let me count the ways. I break thee if thou art at any heightMy paw can reach, when, smarting from some slight,I sulk, or have one of my crazy days.I break thee with an accidental … Continue reading

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was a cat lover. Edgar Allan Poe and his wife, Virginia, had a beloved tortoiseshell cat named Catterina who used to sit on Poe’s shoulder while he wrote. It has been reported that Catterina slept on Virginia … Continue reading

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