<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367252" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In Pursuit</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cheetah checked the sudden sound, <br>His neck streamlined and sleek, <br>His eyes surveying all around, <br>His hunting skills unique...<br>His claws now arched, each step was soft, <br>He gently sniffed for scent, <br>If unsuccessful, others scoffed<br>At time unwisely spent...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cheetah chose the likely path<br>To stalk the prey ahead, <br>With chances better than a half<br>That he would soon be fed.<br>His next meal moved not far away, <br>Oblivious, at ease...<br>Yet this would be its final day, <br>From then on, rest in peace...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cheetah cheered when all went well, <br>A textbook hunt in truth...<br>Not bad, he thought, then slept a spell, <br>In hiding, quite aloof.<br>He simply, slowly, inhaled breath<br>And exhaled just the same...<br>Without a thought of life or death...<br>No conscience, guilt or shame...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, August 2010.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting<br>by Stephen Gayford called 'In Pursuit'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot.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=367252" data-title="In Pursuit de Denis Martindale" data-description="The cheetah checked the sudden sound, His neck streamlined and sleek, His eyes surveying all around, His hunting skills unique... His claws now arched, each step was soft, He gently sniffed for scent, If unsuccessful, others scoffed At time u..."></div> </div> </div>

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