There May Be Some Who've Wondered Why the Rat

February 7, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is the Chinese, or Lunar New Year, which began on February 5, and this year is the Year of the Pig.

I welcome comments on my poems at https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com .

A poem for the Chinese, or Lunar New Year of the Rat, from the Rat’s point of view:

There may be some who've wondered why the rat

Happens to be first to have a year

Exclusively devoted to his name.

Yet clever, crafty creatures never fear:

Eventually they'll win -- that's where they're at!

And this is how it came about: The rat,

Racing for the prize, fell towards the rear.

Out of breath, he thought he'd lost the game.

Fast rampaging Bull was drawing near;

The problem was: How to reach his back?

Here came by the lost, high-leaping cat.

Eureka! Up they went, the two friends dear,

Riding on the bull's back towards fame.

At the last, Rat pushes Pussy clear,

Then leaps ahead of Bull -- and that was that!

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Chinese, or Lunar New Year

2/4: The Point Is Just that I Don’t See the Point

2/5: There’s Nothing Really Wrong with Being Last

2/6: There Is No Knowledge – Only Good Opinion

2/7: There May Be Some Who’ve Wondered Why the Rat