<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=575633" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Cat Poem - with discussion</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I must not write a poem<br>because I want to write a poem.<br>I must try to write the poem<br>when the poem has to be written.<br>Yes but what if my cat dies? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, what if my cat dies <br>and I know my cat lived a <br>good and honest life<br>I can write a poem? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I can can’t I <br>I can have a cat poem can’t I<br>Life of an honest cat and that</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes I know, I said the cat was honest<br>but I didn’t say that I was, and<br>I lied about the cat</div><div style="margin:10px 0">________________________________<br>Discussion: <br>The poem begins as a slightly <br>finger wagging exercise in telling <br>people not to write just because <br>they want to write a poem - it must<br>be DRIVEN by the poem's insistence<br>on being written. The poet is <br>unable to sustain this arrogance<br>hence the cat. Then, using the<br>cat as an excuse, writes the poem<br>but in the end has to admit that <br>the cat was just a device to break<br>the rule outlined in the 4 opening<br>lines. (Secretly of course the poet<br>believes or at least hopes that the<br>poem is good enough to excuse itself<br>and be allowed to break the rule.) <br>But of course it isn't</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by - <i><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/" target=_blank></a></i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=575633" data-title="The Cat Poem - with discussion" data-description="I must not write a poem because I want to write a poem. I must try to write the poem when the poem has to be written. Yes but what if my cat dies? Yes, what if my cat dies and I know my cat lived a good and honest life I can write a poem? I ..."></div> </div> </div>

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