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Cat Haiku

by Deborah Coates · 2001

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This humorous collection of 150 haikus captures the psyche of cats, and distills the essence of kitty behavior in the five-seven-five scheme of classic Japanese poetry. The poems are accompanied by line drawings.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
catscatsMore like thisLess of thisanimalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 144 pages
Form
poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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