Cat Haiku/Limericks
Okay, these have been floating around in my signature on JM (a really cool CATS forum on which you can find me as Mystitat), and someone suggested I get them all together, so here they are!
Note: if you don't know already, haiku is a kind of Japanese poetry in which the first line has five syllables, the second has seven syllables, and the third has five syllables. It's usually used for nature poetry, but I really like the spin it puts on Cats. Interpret them as you like. Limericks are fun little kids' poems with a very fun cadence. You'll remember as soon as you read one. They almost always start out: "There once was something from something..."
Haiku:
Some say I like them.
They think I adore kittens.
They're really a pain.
-Jellylorum
Mom doesn't like me.
She screams when I wake her up.
My claws aren't that sharp!
-Electra
Alonzo sits there.
He does not see me. ZAP!! Run!
Misto strikes again!
Oh, little Misto.
You underestimate me.
I know where you sleep.
-Alonzo
Let me outside, now!
Oh shoot! Help!! I got outside!!
Let me back inside!!
-Tugger
Kittens are crazy.
Run around and scream all day.
I'm so glad I'm one!
-Pouncival
Misto says he's magic.
I know truth. He's really not.
It's all done with string.
-Alonzo
I don't get Bomby.
She sits with me, then she leaves.
Could it be my breath?
-Rum Tum Tugger
Tugger, that's silly
Brick fell on you on its own.
Why'd you think it's me?
-Tumblebrutus
Oh, come on, Vicky.
You know that I cannot do that.
Love spells are too hard.
-Mistoffelees
Etcy's notes to self:
Tugger does not like feathers.
Don't read Misto's books.
Misto's notes to self:
Ask Cori about new spells.
Get a great big lock.
Macavity's notes:
Jellicles are on to you.
Don't use warehouses.
Grizabella's note:
Get rid of cheap mascera.
It's not waterproof.
Macavity's note:
When shorting out lights at Ball,
Remember flashlight.
Pounce's notes:
Do not scratch Grizabella,
Munkustrap spanks hard.
Munku's notes:
At Jellicle Ball next year,
Just do talent show.
Limericks
Alonzo just wanted to play.
"But I can't!" Tumblebrutus would say.
"I must stay in bed!
Jennyanydots said.
I ate some of her students today."
There once was a magical cat,
Who brought seven kittens right out of a hat!
But there was s'posed to be eight.
One had a bad fate.
He got stuck because he was too fat!
There once was a curious cat,
Who preferred a nice house to a flat.
He was often kicked out,
But he didn't pout.
He had finding new families down pat!
There once was a nice Gumbie cat,
Who would teach all the mice and the rats.
But they didn't like school.
It wasn't too cool.
So she ate them and got really fat!
A/N: be sure to tell me what you think! More to come (hopefully)!