<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367134" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Forging Ahead</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Places to go! Places to see! <br>The tiger started well.<br>Life's journey was a mystery! <br>What next? He couldn't tell! <br>The water was his challenge now...<br>So slip-purr-y below...<br>He was forging ahead somehow...<br>Where to? He didn't know! <br>His paws were muddy, yet he tried<br>To reach the other shore...<br>Onlookers thought that he could glide<br>And watched him even more...<br>He told himself he mustn't slip! <br>That's why he did his best! <br>He coasted gently like a ship<br>That sailed from East to West...<br>Forging ahead! Some progress made! <br>The distant shore drew near...<br>By faith, he'd stepped in unafraid! <br>That's how he'd made it here...<br>Then suddenly, in waters deep, <br>The tiger had to swim...<br>And forward motion had to keep, <br>With him no longer slim! <br>Stiff upper lip and all that stuff! <br>He paddled, plodding on...<br>While the going was getting tough, <br>His strength was not yet gone! <br>He made it! Yes, success was his! <br>He sniggered, full of glee! <br>And in that time of purr-fect bliss, <br>His joy was plain to see...<br>He swaggered cross the sands beyond, <br>As if a thoroughbred! <br>Like every tiger who is fond<br>Of always forging ahead...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Forging Ahead'.</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=367134" data-title="Forging Ahead de Denis Martindale" data-description="Places to go! Places to see! The tiger started well. Life's journey was a mystery! What next? He couldn't tell! The water was his challenge now... So slip-purr-y below... He was forging ahead somehow... Where to? He didn't know! His paws were ..."></div> </div> </div>

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