 "(Of) The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles" was first published on 5 October 1939 in T. S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats".Dogs are treated as "gullible simpletons" in the book and this particular poem revolves around a public commotion caused by warring dogs.Eliot specifically mentions "Pollicle Dogs" to be Yorkshire Terriers in the poem as a reference to his first wife's dog Polly.