<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367325" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Little Jewel</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lioness cub, you look so cool, <br>Despite the hot sunshine.<br>Lioness cub, you little jewel, <br>So calm as you recline...<br>You take your ease! Yes, settle there...<br>You've not got much to do...<br>And if you did, you wouldn't care.<br>You'd rest the whole day through.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Can't blame you, though! It's flaming hot! <br>It's something I can't stand! <br>That's why I'm rooted to the spot...<br>Let others puff and pant! <br>Today's the day I'll take it slow...<br>Like you, I'll take my time...<br>There's no point being on the go...<br>Stay still... it's not a crime.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They say that lions are born free, <br>So who am I to scoff? <br>Do you feel guilty, just like me? <br>I've tried to shake it off...<br>But, no, you're right. Let's both relax...<br>No need to play the fool...<br>Let's lie flat out, upon our backs, <br>Like you... you little jewel...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2010.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Little Jewel'. </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=367325" data-title="Little Jewel de Denis Martindale" data-description="Lioness cub, you look so cool, Despite the hot sunshine. Lioness cub, you little jewel, So calm as you recline... You take your ease! Yes, settle there... You've not got much to do... And if you did, you wouldn't care. You'd rest the whole day t..."></div> </div> </div>

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