- à la Rebecca Thompson br br In the window of the restaurant br A blue cat sleeps. br On the banks of the Seine br Dreamily the waters flow by. br Ah, Paris. br br - May 3,2007 br br Rebecca thompson (1936-1999) . Her poetry encompasses Aesthetic Realism, the beginning idea of which is that 'the world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.' Her poems are her 'Letter to the World'.