Cat Haiku

The haiku is an ancient Japanese verse form - three lines of 17 syllables that encapsulates the essence of something. So "Cat Haiku" is a collection of haiku verses about cats and the way they might think.

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The cat has been with us since time began - think back, for example, to ancient Egypt. Enigmatic, independent, surprising, single-minded, loving - cats are all these things and impose themselves on our lives. The haiku is an ancient and honourable Japanese verse form - three lines, 17 syllables, encapsulating a vision of the essence of the thing, scene or person being written about. Cat Haiku presents cats as you've never seen them before. In a series of brilliant vignettes, Deborah Coates gets inside the minds of our cats and comes up with some surprising revelations I yowl to the moon; I am king of the night. Hear Me and weep, Fluffy. I figure if I Stare at this door long enough, You will let me out. You will never look at your (or anyone else's) cat the same way again.