<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367270" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Intrepid</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Intrepid tiger, there you are, <br>Exploring yonder stream, <br>Each day you've wandered oh so far, <br>As if life were a dream...<br>Yet now a cool reality<br>Surrounds your mortal frame, <br>Seducing you with ecstasy, <br>That chills eternal flame...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your nature isn't quite as strong<br>Within the water's hold, <br>As if to say, you don't belong, <br>With fur so hot, not cold...<br>Yet there you are, intrepid still, <br>To claim this next domain, <br>As if it were an act of will<br>And just for you to gain...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What creature dares to challenge now? <br>What creature risks his all? <br>Before your presence they should bow<br>And at your feet should fall...<br>Men cower when they know you're near! <br>Men gulp and dare not move! <br>Intrepid one, no need to fear...<br>You've nothing left to prove! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Intrepid'. </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=367270" data-title="Intrepid de Denis Martindale" data-description="Intrepid tiger, there you are, Exploring yonder stream, Each day you've wandered oh so far, As if life were a dream... Yet now a cool reality Surrounds your mortal frame, Seducing you with ecstasy, That chills eternal flame... Your nature is..."></div> </div> </div>

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