Sheepskin Rug (Manxu)

Oh cat!
You sit
on
a mat made of sheepskin.
It
takes some licking
!

Picture credit: Marc Perkins Photography

Manxu

Here we have a poem in the Manxu form, which is an ode to cats with a 2, 2, 1, 6, 1, 4, ! syllable count (ending with “!”).

2 – ears
2 – eyes
1 – nose
6 – whiskers
1 – mouth
4 – legs
! – no tail

Oh cat!
You spit
at
those who dare to mock you
for
having no tail
!

Do you think it’ll catch on?

Disclaimer: Any resemblance to any real poetry, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Featured image: A Manx cat