Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Poetry Books about Cats

Cats have been the subject of poetry around the world, from haiku to classics like “The Owl and the Pussycat” or “The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat.” Here is a sampling of “cat” poems of all types, including several fun concrete or shape cat poetry collections.

The list begins:

            Crawley, Dave. 2005. Cat Poems. Honesdale: Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press.

            Creech, Sharon. 2008. Hate that Cat. New York: HarperCollins.

Demi. Ed. 1994. In the Eyes of the Cat: Japanese Poetry for All Seasons. Translated by Tze-Si Huang. New York: Henry Holt.

Florian, Douglas. 2003. Bow Wow Meow Meow: It’s Rhyming Cats and Dogs. San Diego: Harcourt Brace.

Franco, Betsy. 2009. A Curious Collection of Cats. Ill. by Michael Wertz. San Francisco: Tricycle Press.


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