A poem

From a cat........

When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, and all they
Have to those they love.
I too would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, wistful, lonely stray
I'd leave my happy home,
My dish, my cozy bed, my cushioned chair, my toy,
The well-loved lap,
The gently stroking hand,
The loving voice,
The place I made in someone's heart,
The love, that at the last
Could help me to a peaceful, painless end
Held in loving arms.
If I should die,
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."
Seek out some lonely, unloved cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy,
The love I leave behind,
'Tis all I have to give.

-- Margaret Trowton --

Touching sentiment and feeling, but unsatisfactory execution. As a
better poet than Margaret Trowton, whoever she is, I've tried to improve
it a bit:


When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, their things, their pets,
To those they love.
I too would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, yearning, lonely stray
I'd leave my happy home,
My dish, my cozy bed, my toys,
The well-loved lap and gently stroking hand,
The soothing voice,
The love, that at the least
Would help me to a peaceful, painless end,
In loving arms
If I should die.
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."
Seek out a lost and lonely cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy -
The love I leave behind.

-- Margaret Trowton, edited by Patok --



Bill Graham wrote:
From a cat........

When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, and all they
Have to those they love.
I too would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, wistful, lonely stray
I'd leave my happy home,
My dish, my cozy bed, my cushioned chair, my toy,
The well-loved lap,
The gently stroking hand,
The loving voice,
The place I made in someone's heart,
The love, that at the last
Could help me to a peaceful, painless end
Held in loving arms.
If I should die,
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."
Seek out some lonely, unloved cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy,
The love I leave behind,
'Tis all I have to give.

-- Margaret Trowton --


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"Patok" wrote in message
...
Touching sentiment and feeling, but unsatisfactory execution. As a better
poet than Margaret Trowton, whoever she is, I've tried to improve it a
bit:


When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, their things, their pets,
To those they love.
I too would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, yearning, lonely stray
I'd leave my happy home,
My dish, my cozy bed, my toys,
The well-loved lap and gently stroking hand,
The soothing voice,
The love, that at the least
Would help me to a peaceful, painless end,
In loving arms
If I should die.
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."
Seek out a lost and lonely cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy -
The love I leave behind.

-- Margaret Trowton, edited by Patok --

Nice......I am certainly not a critic of poetry, and I am terrible at
writing it, but I still have to say (without knowing or understanding why)
that I prefer the original.

Bill Graham wrote:
"Patok" wrote in message

Touching sentiment and feeling, but unsatisfactory execution. As a
better poet than Margaret Trowton, whoever she is, I've tried to
improve it a bit:


When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, their things, their pets,
To those they love.
I too would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, yearning, lonely stray
I'd leave my happy home,
My dish, my cozy bed, my toys,
The well-loved lap and gently stroking hand,
The soothing voice,
The love, that at the least
Would help me to a peaceful, painless end,
In loving arms
If I should die.
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."
Seek out a lost and lonely cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy -
The love I leave behind.

-- Margaret Trowton, edited by Patok --

Nice......I am certainly not a critic of poetry, and I am terrible at
writing it, but I still have to say (without knowing or understanding
why) that I prefer the original.

That's perfectly OK. It's all subjective tastes, after all. I tried
to change it, because it was grating when I read it, even though I liked
it very much (heh, otherwise I wouldn't bother, obviously). I re-read
both versions now, again, and yeah, I think I /did/ improve it. Or at
least, I produced a version that /I/ like better.

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"Patok" wrote in message
...
Bill Graham wrote:
"Patok" wrote in message
Touching sentiment and feeling, but unsatisfactory execution. As a
better poet than Margaret Trowton, whoever she is, I've tried to improve
it a bit:


When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, their things, their pets,
To those they love.
I too would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, yearning, lonely stray
I'd leave my happy home,
My dish, my cozy bed, my toys,
The well-loved lap and gently stroking hand,
The soothing voice,
The love, that at the least
Would help me to a peaceful, painless end,
In loving arms
If I should die.
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."
Seek out a lost and lonely cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy -
The love I leave behind.

-- Margaret Trowton, edited by Patok --

Nice......I am certainly not a critic of poetry, and I am terrible at
writing it, but I still have to say (without knowing or understanding
why) that I prefer the original.

That's perfectly OK. It's all subjective tastes, after all. I tried to
change it, because it was grating when I read it, even though I liked it
very much (heh, otherwise I wouldn't bother, obviously). I re-read both
versions now, again, and yeah, I think I /did/ improve it. Or at least, I
produced a version that /I/ like better.


Well, I think I probably like the spontaneity of the original......And if it
isn't perfect, well, after all, it's supposed to have been written by a
cat!....:^)

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 07:34:07 -0700, "Bill Graham"
wrote:


"Patok" wrote in message
...
Bill Graham wrote:
"Patok" wrote in message
Touching sentiment and feeling, but unsatisfactory execution. As a
better poet than Margaret Trowton, whoever she is, I've tried to improve
it a bit:


When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, their things, their pets,
To those they love.
I too would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, yearning, lonely stray
I'd leave my happy home,
My dish, my cozy bed, my toys,
The well-loved lap and gently stroking hand,
The soothing voice,
The love, that at the least
Would help me to a peaceful, painless end,
In loving arms
If I should die.
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."
Seek out a lost and lonely cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy -
The love I leave behind.

-- Margaret Trowton, edited by Patok --

Nice......I am certainly not a critic of poetry, and I am terrible at
writing it, but I still have to say (without knowing or understanding
why) that I prefer the original.

That's perfectly OK. It's all subjective tastes, after all. I tried to
change it, because it was grating when I read it, even though I liked it
very much (heh, otherwise I wouldn't bother, obviously). I re-read both
versions now, again, and yeah, I think I /did/ improve it. Or at least, I
produced a version that /I/ like better.


Well, I think I probably like the spontaneity of the original......And if it
isn't perfect, well, after all, it's supposed to have been written by a
cat!....:^)

Right, and their grammer is usually poor.

dgk wrote:
On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 07:34:07 -0700, "Bill Graham"
wrote:

"Patok" wrote in message
...
Bill Graham wrote:
"Patok" wrote in message
Touching sentiment and feeling, but unsatisfactory execution. As a
better poet than Margaret Trowton, whoever she is, I've tried to improve
it a bit:


When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, their things, their pets,
To those they love.
I too would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, yearning, lonely stray
I'd leave my happy home,
My dish, my cozy bed, my toys,
The well-loved lap and gently stroking hand,
The soothing voice,
The love, that at the least
Would help me to a peaceful, painless end,
In loving arms
If I should die.
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."
Seek out a lost and lonely cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy -
The love I leave behind.

-- Margaret Trowton, edited by Patok --
Nice......I am certainly not a critic of poetry, and I am terrible at
writing it, but I still have to say (without knowing or understanding
why) that I prefer the original.
That's perfectly OK. It's all subjective tastes, after all. I tried to
change it, because it was grating when I read it, even though I liked it
very much (heh, otherwise I wouldn't bother, obviously). I re-read both
versions now, again, and yeah, I think I /did/ improve it. Or at least, I
produced a version that /I/ like better.

Well, I think I probably like the spontaneity of the original......And if it
isn't perfect, well, after all, it's supposed to have been written by a
cat!....:^)

Right, and their grammer is usually poor.



But the meaning is the same. Best wishes. MLB

This is one of my favorites. I would like to think one of my cats would
write something like this........


"Bill Graham" wrote in message
...
From a cat........

When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, and all they
Have to those they love.
I too would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, wistful, lonely stray
I'd leave my happy home,
My dish, my cozy bed, my cushioned chair, my toy,
The well-loved lap,
The gently stroking hand,
The loving voice,
The place I made in someone's heart,
The love, that at the last
Could help me to a peaceful, painless end
Held in loving arms.
If I should die,
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."
Seek out some lonely, unloved cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy,
The love I leave behind,
'Tis all I have to give.

-- Margaret Trowton --

Bill Graham wrote:

"Patok" wrote in message
...
Bill Graham wrote:
"Patok" wrote in message
Touching sentiment and feeling, but unsatisfactory execution. As a
better poet than Margaret Trowton, whoever she is, I've tried to
improve it a bit:


When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, their things, their pets,
To those they love.
I too would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, yearning, lonely stray
I'd leave my happy home,
My dish, my cozy bed, my toys,
The well-loved lap and gently stroking hand,
The soothing voice,
The love, that at the least
Would help me to a peaceful, painless end,
In loving arms
If I should die.
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."
Seek out a lost and lonely cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy -
The love I leave behind.

-- Margaret Trowton, edited by Patok --

Nice......I am certainly not a critic of poetry, and I am terrible at
writing it, but I still have to say (without knowing or understanding
why) that I prefer the original.

That's perfectly OK. It's all subjective tastes, after all. I tried
to change it, because it was grating when I read it, even though I
liked it very much (heh, otherwise I wouldn't bother, obviously). I
re-read both versions now, again, and yeah, I think I /did/ improve
it. Or at least, I produced a version that /I/ like better.

Well, I think I probably like the spontaneity of the original......And
if it isn't perfect, well, after all, it's supposed to have been written
by a cat!....:^)

Well, yes, but cats are supposed to be elegant and smooth, you know.
The original was clumsy and trotting, as if written by a dog.

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