Here is the first stanza of his poem "Alley Cat Love Song":
Come into the garden, Fred,
For the neighborhood tabby is gone.
Come into the garden, Fred,
I have nothing but my flea collar on,
And the scent of catnip has gone to my head.
I'll wait by the screen door til dawn.
Gioia now teaches at University of Southern California, where he is the Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture.
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