<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366981" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bookends</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Two tiger cubs had claimed a tree<br>As if it were their own<br>And guarded it with dignity, <br>As if they were full-grown! <br>They glared at those that ventured near, <br>With stern-stared loathsome looks, <br>As if they hoped to instil fear, <br>Like proper gangster crooks! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They arched their backs, their necks held high<br>With awesome jawsome jowls, <br>As if to give the evil eye<br>Backed up with fearsome scowls...<br>The gruesome twosome joined by oath<br>To fight with all their strength! <br>The passersby ignored them both! <br>Just sauntered by at length...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Two tiger cubs had claimed a tree, <br>Their castle for the day...<br>Like bookends in a library, <br>Determined, all the way...<br>Each little rebel with a cause, <br>Defiant to the last! <br>Their tiny claws inside their paws, <br>Though harmless, were quite fast...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Denis Martindale, copyright, April 2011.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Bookends'. <br>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=366981" data-title="Bookends de Denis Martindale" data-description="Two tiger cubs had claimed a tree As if it were their own And guarded it with dignity, As if they were full-grown! They glared at those that ventured near, With stern-stared loathsome looks, As if they hoped to instil fear, Like proper gangst..."></div> </div> </div>

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