Living

The Kitten Picture

by Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905

From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)

Living

Two little sisters, one little brother,
Five little kittens, and one cat mother.
One little kit is tossed up overhead,
One little kit is put upon the bed;
One very little cat, solemn as a fish,
One great big cat is feeding from a dish.
Two little kitty-kits seated on the floor,
Each little kitty-kit washing his own paw.

One little pig-tail. Now, where is that?
One little crown-piece; cap, is it, or hat?
Four little blue eyes, and three little chicks;
Five little kittens full of pretty tricks.
Kitty-kits, pig-tail, blue eyes, and bed;
Chicks, cat, and crown-piece top of baby's head;
Dish, tricks, and downy paws being licked so clean,
All, in the picture, are plainly to be seen.

MLA

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “The Kitten Picture.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/180/.

Chicago

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “The Kitten Picture.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/180/.

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