Description
I’ve rounded up a rowdy assembly
Of my own Consequential Dogs
As counterparts to Eliot’s mogs.
Mine are a rough and ready bunch:
You wouldn’t take them out to lunch . . .
But if they strike you as friendly, funny,
Full of bounce and fond of a romp,
Forgetful of poetic pomp,
I trust you’ll take them as you find them
And, at the very least, not mind them.
T. S. Eliot’s best-selling collection of practical cat poems has been one of the most successful poetry collections ever. At last, in the 80th year of Old Possum’s Cats, we have the companion volume that Eliot had envisaged, written by master poet and Costa-winner, Christopher Reid.
This wonderfully witty and varied collection, illustrated in full-colour by the brilliant Sara Ogilvie, is perfect for younger readers to appreciate. A book that will be enjoyed by generations to come, perfect for reading together!







Confessional Sonnets
Jinx
Let's Celebrate!
Pretend You Don't Know Me
Let Us Compare Mythologies
Dog Poems
New and Selected Poems. Volume One
Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Words the Turtle Taught Me
Shuffle and Squelch: Book and CD Pack
Bedouin Of The London Evening: Collected Poems
Gold from the Stone
Collected Poems and Drawings of Stevie Smith
Insistence
Poems of the Dead and Undead (Everyman Pocket Poets)
Funny Ha-Ha, Funny Peculiar: A Book of Strange and Comic Poems
New and Selected Poems (Book & DVD)
Thomas Lux
The Handle of the Door
Is This a Poem?: What makes a poem, and how YOU can write one
Swansea Automatic
This Is Yarrow
Hansel and Gretel