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Poetry from Scratch

by (author) Jennifer McCartney

Publisher
WW Norton
Initial publish date
Nov 2016
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781581574289
    Publish Date
    Nov 2016
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

The newest entry in the feline literary canon is here… so pee on this, cat poet wannabes

Hipster cats, stay-at-home-mom cats, windowsill cats, and outdoor cats—you’ll find them all here, immortalized in prose about, for, and sometimes by, cats. With a Brooklyn edge, author Jennifer McCartney ups the cool quotient on this burgeoning genre.

Of Mice and Men

There once was a cat who loved books

He liked bookshelves that had lots of nooks

He thought especially nice

The tomes about mice

One page and the kitty was hooked

 

From limericks to beat poems, haikus to sonnets, riffs on famous verse to original blank verse, there is something here for every cat lover to enjoy.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Jennifer Mc Cartney is the New York Times best-selling author of The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place. She has written for the Atlantic, Teen Vogue, Curbed, and elsewhere. McCartney lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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