Bell the Cat

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NOTE: Uses the new poetry form called THE BELL, which is an elongated version of a Cinquain. It has 9 lines and rigid syllable count of 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 8, 2, 1, respectively. Usually presented with centre alignment [center ..../center]. The Ninette form (nine lines with syllables increasing and then decreasing) is very similar to the BELL form.

Cat menace, fierce predator, But which mouse has paws up to bell the cat with warning tell. It takes courage to risk stepping forward with so much pain, for gain in vain: Knell rung Bell -------------- 5 June 2017

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