<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367180" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Good Mother</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The mighty meerkat family<br>Preserves both young and old, <br>Good mother love humility, <br>Good father strong and bold...<br>Good children learning what they can<br>Within their happy home, <br>Yes, such as these are blessed by Man, <br>Wherever we may roam...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Good mother love preserves the peace, <br>When squabbles come to call, <br>Good father disciplines don't cease, <br>Some wisdom to install...<br>We see the mighty meerkats stand<br>Like watchmen on the tower, <br>United in their steadfast band, <br>Protecting every hour...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Good mother guidance at its height<br>Can melt each meerkat's frown...<br>So one looks left and one looks right<br>And one looks up and down...<br>Togetherness can bless their lives, <br>So they see eye-to-eye.<br>The mighty meerkat still survives, <br>Though centuries fly by...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, February 2011.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Good Mother'. </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=367180" data-title="Good Mother de Denis Martindale" data-description="The mighty meerkat family Preserves both young and old, Good mother love humility, Good father strong and bold... Good children learning what they can Within their happy home, Yes, such as these are blessed by Man, Wherever we may roam... Goo..."></div> </div> </div>

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