<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366907" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Regal Pose</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">One lioness stood out a mile<br>And thus in stature grows, <br>As though she had a sense of style, <br>Possessed a regal pose...<br>Had she observed some ancient rules<br>To win such fervent stares? <br>Did she have eyes like limpid pools<br>To catch some in her snares? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">One lioness transcended all<br>And others knew their place, <br>She held the lions in her thrall<br>Through dignity and grace...<br>Her hunting skills unbeaten here, <br>She shifted moods to suit<br>And chief of all, she knew no fear, <br>Not foolish, just astute...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One lioness still in her prime, <br>A prize if courted well, <br>A noble queen, if given time, <br>Yet who there could foretell? <br>A regal pose if seen by Man<br>Could target her one day, <br>To steal from her that noble plan<br>To live her life her way... </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'A Regal Pose'. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366907" data-title="A Regal Pose de Denis Martindale" data-description="One lioness stood out a mile And thus in stature grows, As though she had a sense of style, Possessed a regal pose... Had she observed some ancient rules To win such fervent stares? Did she have eyes like limpid pools To catch some in her snare..."></div> </div> </div>

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