<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366926" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Afternoon Dip</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, the stream sure looked exciting<br>And pleased the tiger's eyes, <br>With his memories delighting, <br>He ran to Paradise! <br>He squelched his way on soft warm mud<br>And leapt into the air, <br>To part the waters with a thud<br>That made the birdies stare! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'He's back! ' they said in unison...<br>'We'll never get him out! '<br>They watched him while he had his fun<br>As he splashed all about...<br>'He's acting like a cub again! <br>Just like he did last week! <br>You'd never guess that he was ten<br>And simply past his peak! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tiger paused, looked up a spell...<br>'What's that! ? ' he growled aloud! <br>The birdies trembled, silence fell...<br>The tiger felt right proud! <br>The birdies gulped, as birdies do, <br>And shut their beaks real tight.<br>The tiger sniggered for he knew<br>His power and his might! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2010.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Afternoon Dip'. </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=366926" data-title="Afternoon Dip de Denis Martindale" data-description="Yes, the stream sure looked exciting And pleased the tiger's eyes, With his memories delighting, He ran to Paradise! He squelched his way on soft warm mud And leapt into the air, To part the waters with a thud That made the birdies stare! 'H..."></div> </div> </div>

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