<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367145" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Frosty Beginnings</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The treasured cougar cubs looked round<br>At all the new-laid snow...<br>For magic stole away the ground<br>That still remained below...<br>Their paws were cold, their noses, too, <br>And all that was between<br>And from the cougars' point of view, <br>It's true they weren't that keen...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">While we, as humans, still complain, <br>When sunshine starts to fail, <br>Or we receive one ounce of rain<br>Or short term fall of hail...<br>Their lives go on, surviving youth, <br>With all their smirks and smiles.<br>Old cougars are the living proof, <br>Triumphant through their trials...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Frosty beginnings warn us well<br>That Autumn's on its way, <br>Before the full-blown Winter's spell<br>When snow on lawns must lay...<br>Each snowflake silver star then falls, <br>From dark clouds up above...<br>As we await till Christmas calls<br>To fill our hearts with love....</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2011.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Frosty Beginnings'. </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=367145" data-title="Frosty Beginnings de Denis Martindale" data-description="The treasured cougar cubs looked round At all the new-laid snow... For magic stole away the ground That still remained below... Their paws were cold, their noses, too, And all that was between And from the cougars' point of view, It's true they ..."></div> </div> </div>

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