You Know How a Cat will bring a mouse it has caught and lay it at your feet so each morning I bring you a poem that I've written when I woke up in the night as my tribute to your beauty & a promise of my love. -James Laughlin Across the ages; cats have provided their adopted humans with companionship; affection; mystery; and innumerable metaphors. Cats raise a mirror up to their beholders; cats endlessly captivate and hypnotise; frustrate and delight. To poets; in particular; these enigmatic creatures are the most delightful and beguiling of muses; as they purr; prowl; hunt; play; meow; and nap; often oblivious to their so-called masters. Cat Poems offers a litter of odes to our beloved felines by some of the greatest poets of all time.