<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367174" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Going In</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tiger's tail was piping hot<br>All the live-long day...<br>And that one tail was all he'd got<br>To swipe the flies away! <br>Its twists and turns were quite enough<br>To signal it was time<br>To find that place when things got tough...<br>The stream was so sublime...<br>So off he went in search of peace, <br>His own sweet Shangri-La...<br>Where all his tensions found release<br>As if it were a spa...<br>When going in, the soft mud feels<br>So squelchy there below...<br>Yet somehow that sensation heals, <br>As mud slips to and fro...<br>Now halfway in, with all legs wet, <br>He stands still there and then...<br>He loses every frown and fret<br>And he's refreshed again.<br>The final part to be revived<br>Must be his twisting tail<br>And just as soon as it's arrived, <br>It quivers without fail...<br>He's well and truly in it now! <br>He's cooling down a treat...<br>Yes, Mother Nature, take a bow! <br>This river's hard to beat! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Going In'. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">More poems here: 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=367174" data-title="Going In de Denis Martindale" data-description="The tiger's tail was piping hot All the live-long day... And that one tail was all he'd got To swipe the flies away! Its twists and turns were quite enough To signal it was time To find that place when things got tough... The stream was so sublim..."></div> </div> </div>

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