on โ06-01-2013 11:43 PM
on โ01-02-2013 08:13 PM
Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Pawโ For he's the master criminal who can defy the Law. He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair: For when they reach the scene of crimeโMacavity's not there!
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity, He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity. His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare, And when you reach the scene of crimeโMacavity's not there! You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the airโ But I tell you once and once again, Macavity's not there!
Macavity's a ginger cat, he's very tall and thin; You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in. His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed; His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed. He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake; And when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake.
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity, For he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity. You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the squareโ But when a crime's discovered, then Macavity's not there!
He's outwardly respectable. (They say he cheats at cards.) And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard's And when the larder's looted, or the jewel-case is rifled, Or when the milk is missing, or another Peke's been stifled, Or the greenhouse glass is broken, and the trellis past repair Ay, there's the wonder of the thing! Macavity's not there!
And when the Foreign Office find a Treaty's gone astray, Or the Admiralty lose some plans and drawings by the way, There may be a scrap of paper in the hall or on the stairโ But it's useless to investigateโMacavity's not there! And when the loss has been disclosed, the Secret Service say: It must have been Macavity!'โbut he's a mile away. You'll be sure to find him resting, or a-licking of his thumb; Or engaged in doing complicated long division sums.
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity, There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity. He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare: At whatever time the deed took placeโMACAVITY WASN'T THERE ! And they say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known (I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone) Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime!
By T S Eliot
on โ01-02-2013 08:15 PM
I have just found this poem again I have always loved it, even if I had to remember the whole thing at school LOL
It has been going through my head all day.
on โ01-02-2013 08:18 PM
What a most gloriously splendid poem Rose, love it ... :^O
on โ01-02-2013 08:35 PM
on โ01-02-2013 08:51 PM
Great earrings tas even if Lilliecat doesn't think so :^O
And I love McAvity Cat - taken from T S Eliot's Old Possums of Practical Cats on which
the musical Cats was based
Here's a part of another of his cat poems
The Naming of cats
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Baileyโ
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeterโ
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
on โ01-02-2013 09:08 PM
That's great Bright .. I've downloaded it and will learn it ...
on โ01-02-2013 09:14 PM
Love the poems lion and bright
and the earrings tas ..ha ha .
on โ01-02-2013 09:23 PM
Love that poem as well and it is so true.
Hi annie XXX
on โ01-02-2013 09:31 PM
Night night Annie, Bright, Katy Rose and all .... :-x
on โ01-02-2013 09:36 PM
Hi lion x.
night tas xx