Korky the Cat

Hello Poetry Lovers

Well, that talented poet Sue Burge came up with yet another extraordinary keyword in her weekly mind gym, a mythical pet named with the initial K.

I didn’t need to think twice about that staple childhood cover star of the Dandy. Not that I would have had Korky as a pet, more of a mate really. Second to Beryl the Peril who I longed to play with after school. Korky had a cunning yet very tender side…

Anyway, I’ve jotted down some thoughts, do read on….

Korky the Cat

Oh Korky the Cat 

Behaving like the worst type 

Of human being 

Your round green eyes and flicked up tail, 

inked so splendidly in feline glory

on the Dandy front cover

Spoke volumes every Thursday morning 

Raising the day to a new level 

No one could smoke cigars 

And steal chickens the way you did 

I never once questioned why you didn’t purr

Nor tolerated strokes behind the ears 

And not got taken to the vets  

H M 2023

Well, thank you Ms Burge for taking me down that inked comic route. Poor Korky got dropped from a great height in 1984 from The Dandy front cover before the comic itself shuffled off on 4th December 2012.

Thanks for tuning in, PL’s. Let me know who your favourite comic character was……