Read by Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 23mins)

Featuring poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, W B Yeats, Ambrose Bierce & others.

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.

In this compilation - 

1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems , 1 Topic.  Cats - An Introduction

2 - The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear

3 - The Rat-Catcher and Cats by John Gay

4 - The Cat and the Old Rat by Jean de la Fontaine

5 - Verses on a Cat by Percy Bysshe Shelley

6 - The Cat by Charles Baudelaire

7 - The Cat and the Moon by W B Yeats

8 - Milk For the Cat by Harold Munro

9 - The Cats Have Come to Tea by Kate Greenaway

10 - The Vain Cat by Ambrose Bierce

11 - Mrs Reynold's Cat by John Keats

12 - To My Cat by Rosamund Marriott Watson

13 - An Oxford Don Curses His Cat by Thomas Master