A Dirge for a Righteous Kitten

created by liha

(idea) by liha (3.7 mon) (print) ? 3 C!s I like it! Tue Sep 26 2000 at 13:11:58

This poem comes from the first section of The Congo and Other Poems which are poems intended to be read aloud, or chanted.

To be intoned, all but the two italicized lines, which are to be spoken in a snappy, matter-of-fact way.

Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong.
Here lies a kitten good, who kept
A kitten's proper place.
He stole no pantry eatables,
Nor scratched the baby's face.
He let the alley-cats alone.
He had no yowling vice.
His shirt was always laundried well,
He freed the house of mice.
Until his death he had not caused
His little mistress tears,
He wore his ribbon prettily,
He washed behind his ears.
Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong.

-Vachel Lindsay The Congo and Other Poems 1914.

(idea) by creases (1.4 hr) (print) ? 4 C!s I like it! Tue Oct 31 2000 at 16:17:32

For my friend, c.1984-1999ce.

My orange cat died.
Feline leukemia sucks.
I'll miss you, Stanley.

printable version
chaos

On a favourite cat, drowned in a tub of gold fishes	Cat breeds	Eulogy for a Burnt Kitten	Watching my kitty-cat die
For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffrey	The cute kitten represents violence and carnage	Dai-Un's Memory	Little Beef
I saw a kitten	You will be wrong. Embrace it.	Cats make great alarm clocks	I don't owe you sympathy. You owed it to her.
October 29, 2000	Leukemia	100 Worst Britons	Ping storm
Sleeping Panther	April 5, 2007	October 24, 2002	Dai-un is dead
Quicksilver	Boy meets me, boy becomes infatuated with me, boy realizes I take up space, boy runs like hell	Righteousness	slush puppie

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