...our forefathers made it so. they were warriors so their sons could be farmers so their sons could be poets...this is a great write and i love that i [had] to read it three times to get the pic...poets like cats...i love the way you start and equally i like the transistion of just HOW poets aren't like cats...

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods, they have never forgotten this. I think it rather fine, this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before any poem worth writing can be done. I rather like it myself. I feel it is to be the chief thing that differentiates me from the cat by the fire. Any similie is is direct proportion to the contrast! Excellent poem! Thanks.

Coming back for a second round with this, I see clearly now the silhouette I'm guessing you meant to create here;). Well done. I love the lines "stop time to be". The poet here (you) delights me with many marvelous alliterations, imagery - "glowing yeasty hot magma of imagination", contrasting heroes and whores. I love "lava's love" and now I'm beginning to think the silhouette is a fish, not a cat, oh, my!

I love every morsel of this!
(Okay, listen Kristina, the silhouette changes: right now it could be the "bikes swift from growling dogs" part...a shredded paper ear from a nip...)

You know you teased me with the title like a kitten enticed by a itty bitty fishin for kittens fishing pole. My legs have been savaged from a Christmas kitten's play so this title grew my grin as I massaged three scratches. I love the shape of it as well as how you capture us in the comparison and better yet by how the comparison fails. Thank you for this gem, Glenn!

like cats, we may APPEAR to rest in the sun, even as OUR IMAGINATIONS ride the mind fantastic

I appreciate the effort taken into writing this form. I also like that the tone goes from slow to fast then slow again, just like a cat on a lazy day 'til its eye is caught by its preay and evenutally the chase leads to it catching its prey. Your poem does much the same with a simple single thought. Though I'm not to keen on poems about poetry or poets. But this is a good write.

The comparison and contrast remarkable! Definitely more differences than similarities by a mile--this comparison of cats and poets! But there is an independence of mind that surely belongs to each! Lots to digest here! Your definition of a poet both complex and inclusive.

I have always likened poets to owls and giraffes. however, I love this dance of poet and cat. The quality of their seeming independence unlike the dog who is bound for the leash, the cat is bound for glory. Yes. I love this dance of poet and cat and their ability to interchange into each others skins and characteristics without the slightest difficulty.