Jean Burden Professions : Poet Born : September 1, 1914 Died : April 21, 2008 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Jean Burden Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds. Jean Burden cat fire animal A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem. Jean Burden cat dog animal Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors