Thursday, November 26, 2020

Keats Helps Carry a Cat to the Veterinarian - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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Keats Helps Carry a Cat to the Veterinarian

 

[I]f Poetry comes not as naturally as the Leaves to a tree it had better not come at all

 

-John Keats, Letter to John Taylor, February 27, 1818 1

 

The leaves come naturally from the trees today

As autumn floats away, onto the pages of life

Memories set down, one word at a time

Or phrases scribbled in heart-leaping haste

 

But in humility the poor poet perceives

That lines often don’t come naturally at all

Resisting as fiercely as hissing cats

Being crated for a trip to the vet

 

No

 

Poetry doesn’t come as easily as all that -

Come, Mr. Keats, and help me with this cat!

 

 

1 John Keats – "Keats's Axioms" -- Letter to John Taylor, February 27, 1818 | Genius

 

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