Poetry Thursday - My Old Cat - Hal Summers

Read aloud and discussion of the poem by Hal Summers.
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as supplied by Poetry Crone.
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[@poetrycrone6061]

Even though I've tried to swear off of big anthologies, I may have to get this one or something like it. There is so much American poetry of the 20th Century that I've admittedly neglected British poetry of the same period. You're doing a great job of using the survey in a fluid way--using the prompts as a jumping off point for exploring your perceptions of the poem without feeling too bound by them. I'm thoroughly enjoying your responses to them--in part because some of them are totally individual and unpredictable. Like jazz for this poem. Love it.

[@NP-Hunt]

Very good installment of poetry Thursday. I've been watching all of your entries and enjoying the variety etc. I'm definitely a dog person, rather than a cat person, but this was really enjoyable and interesting episode, and the poem itself is just soaked in skillful execution, in my amateur opinion 👍

[@willchambers8065]

Thank you. I think the same poem done in the style of a dog-lover would be equally effective. I am keen to go and read more Hal Summers (the only drawback of anthologies is the sometimes single entry).

[@NP-Hunt]

@@willchambers8065 absolutely. You never know if it's the only one you'll like, or if it demonstrates that you'll love all of their work, but equally great for introducing us to poets we might never had heard of. But still, this was highly enjoyable and makes me want to look up some others