by Mark Murton

Original Airdate: 2004

Directed by: Colin Still

Synopsis: A reading of Christopher Smart’s (1722-1771) poem For I will consider my cat Jeoffry, taken from the larger work Jubilate Agno (English: Rejoice in the Lamb), written between 1758 and 1763 while Smart was confined to Bedlam for his supposed “religious mania.”

Featured Feline: A flame point Siamese cat is present throughout the reading, first being held by the reader, Aidan Andrew Dun.

Then on the floor in close-up.

At other times playing with a “fishing rod” toy.

Or just happily frolicking in the straw on floor.

Final Mewsings: Cats are mother nature’s poetry.

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