Dear tabby cat with stubby tail,
I sketched you many times
In funny black and white cartoons
For you inspired my rhymes.
Oh Foss, oh Foss I feel your loss.
You were a friend to me.
Oh Foss, oh Foss I feel your loss.
And miss you terribly.
You were my muse of melodies.
You were the one I wrote
Into my famous children's poem
About the pea green boat.
Oh Foss, oh Foss I feel your loss.
You were a friend to me.
Oh Foss, oh Foss I feel your loss.
And miss you terribly.
When you were sitting on my desk
You always helped me think.
You rolled across my manuscripts
To help me dry the ink.
Oh Foss, oh Foss I feel your loss.
You were a friend to me.
Oh Foss, oh Foss I feel your loss.
And miss you terribly.
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Author:
Susannah (
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- Comment from author about the poem: This poem is about Edward Lear\\\'s cat. This cat, Foss, was an inspiration for his poem \\\'The Owl and the Pussy-cat\\\' . He also sketched Foss in many comic cartoons. In the poem I take on Lear\\\'s voice - he was very upset when Foss died.
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A great tribute to a character. A fun read that has extended meaning to other figure missed and lost to time. Very nice
Welcome to MPS. You will eventually accustom yourself to some of the eccentricities of the machine.....
Yes, pets are members of the family too.
Nice one. Dickens had a Raven that he put in Barnaby Rudge.
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