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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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