<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366938" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ambush</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The leopard laid low to ambush<br>Whatever came his way.<br>When hunger gives big cats a push, <br>They'll hunt the livelong day.<br>His whiskers twitched as tensions grew, <br>He dare not tap his toes, <br>He merely crouched, maintained his view<br>Of passing friends and foes...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His back was stretched, at peace for now, <br>No awkward pains to bear...<br>While he was poised with furrowed brow<br>And one almighty stare! <br>He licked his lips imagining<br>The thrill the chase would be, <br>The feast the drawn-out day could bring<br>If all went hopefully...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His stomach rumbled without shame! <br>He licked his lips again! <br>He lacked all guilt, all sense of blame, <br>Until the moment when<br>All hell broke loose, the chase was on! <br>His body was a blur...<br>And suddenly! One life was gone, <br>His mouth was full of fur...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2010.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting<br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Ambush'.</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=366938" data-title="Ambush de Denis Martindale" data-description="The leopard laid low to ambush Whatever came his way. When hunger gives big cats a push, They'll hunt the livelong day. His whiskers twitched as tensions grew, He dare not tap his toes, He merely crouched, maintained his view Of passing friends..."></div> </div> </div>

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