<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366999" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Cheek To Cheek</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Two tigers wandered to and fro, <br>Like restless tigers do, <br>Until they chose to take things slow<br>Just like the chosen few...<br>Let others pounce and leap for joy, <br>Explore for all they're worth, <br>But these two tigers played it coy<br>And settled on the earth...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thus side-by-side and cheek-to-cheek<br>They nestled 'neath the sun, <br>Content merely to pause and peek<br>At others having fun...<br>As if to say, 'You go for it! <br>We'll stay here keeping guard...<br>Conserve your strength, keep fighting fit, <br>Just don't you play too hard! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">While others every joy embrace<br>As if Hell-bent on thrills, <br>Some tigers simply spend their days, <br>Like statues watching hills...<br>They look like bookends on the shelves, <br>Now rooted to the spot! <br>Wise tigers learn to pace themselves! <br>That sun is too darned hot! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, April 2011.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Cheek To Cheek'. </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=366999" data-title="Cheek To Cheek de Denis Martindale" data-description="Two tigers wandered to and fro, Like restless tigers do, Until they chose to take things slow Just like the chosen few... Let others pounce and leap for joy, Explore for all they're worth, But these two tigers played it coy And settled on the ..."></div> </div> </div>

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