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Not a crossword question.... but you seem like bright guys, and the site seems quiet at the moment!

For reasons too dull to go into... I was thinking about a poem about a big cat that I studied doing night school English, but I can't for the life of me find it.

The only definitive thing I can remember about it was something about the movement of the muscles under the skin reminding the poet of bowling balls..I think? But I'm not managing to find it.

Anyone know the poem , or willing to use their superior Googling skills to help me find it?

Thanks in advance

Will have a go at this, but it doesn't ring any bells at the moment.

I got it into my head that it was a Ted Hughes poem... but the only thing I can find is The Jaguar which doesn't fit the bill.

I remember I loved the imagery and its just come back to me.

The only one I could think of was 'The Lion & Albert' and I'm pretty sure there were no bowling-ball muscles in that...

No.. It wasn't a comic poem.

It was a fantastic description of the sinews of an beautiful animal

Could this be it?

http://www.poetry-online.org/blake_the_tiger.htm

Blake's The Tiger has been ruled out, I suppose. "Fearful symmetry", but no bowling balls as I remember.

Reminds me of a scene from "Cat People" but don't think bowling balls featured

Second Glance at a Jaguar - Ted Hughes

Skinful of bowls he bowls them,
The hip going in and out of joint, dropping the spine
With the urgency of his hurry
Like a cat going along under thrown stones, under cover,
Glancing sideways, running
Under his spine. A terrible, stump-legged waddle