September 22, 2004
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okay, I had such great luck (primeva) with the offenbach piece that I have to ask… does anyone remember a book length illustrated poem about a cat. something about a bell with a cracked voice and the cat was named good fortune. the line I remember is “out of pure joy good fortune died.” anyone know the author??
**update**
thanks all!
Comments (13)
Is it, “The Cat Who Went to Heaven” by Elizabeth Coatsworth?
Is it? And why aren’t you about to be flattered and loved on at the computer at all? Hmphf.
Love you anyhow, Lara girl
Timothy
Ah, someone beat me to it!
cat on a hot tin roof?
Tim’s got it. the poem you mentioned is on page 69 (the pages before and after that look like narrative prose, unless I’m missing something)
I’ll take “Poems I’ve never heard of” for a thousand Alex…
Ah, beaten to the punch. So to speak.
that was one of my favorite books as a little kid…
Is it coincidence that it’s on page 69? I think not.
I’ve decided that I was deprived as a kid…no other readers in my family, so they didn’t understand how big a deal having books around was to me…I had to settle for picking up ANYTHING from the school library and an occasional book fair.
heheh, i’m glad I’m not the only immature one that noticed it was on page 69.
I’ve never heard of this, but it’s pretty fucking rad.
First I’ve ever seen it.
I do believe I’ve been called immature.
Whew! I’ve been called worse…
me too!
Okay, I’ll ’fess up and say that’s the VERY FIRST thing I noticed, even before readin the post OR the poem.
Well, that an Klawonj’s comment about “poems I’ve never heard of”
Oh, and that primeva wasn’t the first one to answer.
d’oh!!!