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John the cat Member
since 2000-03-23
Posts 357England |
Mick the Dog. A simple man with unkempt hair, He always had a smile for everyone who met him, He'd stop and chat a while, For those who didn't know him, They never would have known the talents which the man posessed, They would love to call their own. He could draw cartoons like no-one I had ever seen before, He could capture peoples image, With a few lines that he'd draw. One day the neighbourhood magazine, Came delivered to the door, Inside I read some poetry, Like I'd never seen before. Such humour and such freshness, From poignant to surreal, No matter what the subject they always made me feel. I never knew the author of those rhymes and monologue, for the signature was a pen name, A simple Mick the Dog. I got talking to the editor of this special magazine, And told her that the poetry was the best I'd ever seen. She said, 'You know who writes it?' I said, 'I don't, please share.' She told me, 'It's Mick, the man with unkempt hair. Then one day I overheard a conversation so absurd, I could really not believe the words. 'Mick is dead.' 'Not Mick the Dog?', My mind went fuzzy, in a fog, Surely not, he was so young? But he was taken from among the people that he knew so well, I wondered what fate befell the man with the unkempt hair, They say he died asleep in his chair. Then, when I caught the writing bug, The need to write was like a drug, I needed to think of a non-de-plume, Thoughts of Mick the Dog did loom. I thought, 'I need a name like that', So there was the birth of John the Cat. A tribute very small I know, But when I'm asked I'll always show, If not for Mick the Dog I fear that John the Cat would not be here. May your roof never fall in and those beneath it never fall out. Irish proverb. |
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Gene Senior Member
since 2000-01-23
Posts 935Colorado, USA |
What a wonderful story! This was very enjoyable and very well written.  ~Gene |
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twinsgd Member
since 2000-02-13
Posts 416Ontario,Canada |
What a great story John. A superb poem...wonderful. Jack From day to day, nothing so surely defines the quality of our lives as the unwavering affirmation in the eyes, in the voices, in the presence of our friends. It is through them that we truly begin to know ourselves; and it is their affection that assures our dignity and worth. - Robert Sexton |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This brought tears to my eyes. Wow! This is so touching. What a great tribute to the person who inspired you to write! Challenge well met, John! Denise |
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childomine Senior Member
since 2000-01-25
Posts 818st. petersburg, FL |
Cat this is wonderful. You do Mick honor not only with your "name" but with the words you have written. This is very, very good. ...Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is.... Black Eagle Oglala Sioux holy man |
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freckles Member
since 2000-02-12
Posts 160Virginia USA |
JTC--You've met the challenge wonderfully. You honour your "namesake" with the words you have penned. "Unto thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night, the day; thou cans't not be false to any man."---Shakespeare |
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ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
This is a great tribute....the name and the poem. Great answer to the challenge! Love and hugs, Lizzie  |
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Swåmp¤Faerÿie Member
since 2000-03-29
Posts 358Illinois |
I loved this poem,it's quite a story,and a very good one =] Swamp And there she weaves by night and day, a magic web of colours gay.~Tennyson |
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John the cat Member
since 2000-03-23
Posts 357England |
Thank you all for your kind words. They say truth is stranger than fiction, I believe it to be true. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Bump! |
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Jonas Senior Member
since 2000-03-03
Posts 796Oregon |
This is excellent John...to be so inspired by another is wonderful. As stated by the others, every word you write is a tribute to Mick. "A poet is someone who is astonished by everything." - anonymous |
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StarrGazer Senior Member
since 2000-03-05
Posts 679Texas |
This was great and to know it is based in reality makes it even more so great job!! Mystical being which makes ink flow Surround me in your incandescent glow Fill my brain with thoughts and rhyme As I try to capture but a moment in time ~Shan~ |
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Jon Mewett Senior Member
since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304 |
Mick the dog lives in John the Cat,good story well written,a trbute well paid. Jon |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
I love this ! Great poem, great tribute !  |
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