<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367422" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Out Of Reach!</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The playful tiger watched the leaves<br>That fell from yonder tree<br>And while that nothing yet achieves, <br>His eyes lit up with glee...<br>So on his belly he crept close, <br>For just one leaf to catch, <br>With whiskers trembling by his nose<br>At plans he hoped to hatch...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Advancing forward yard-by-yard, <br>Eyes tilted skyward now, <br>He squinted, focussing quite hard, <br>With furrows on his brow...<br>Though in his mind he saw a bird<br>For every leaf that fell, <br>His error hadn't yet occurred, <br>He simply couldn't tell...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then suddenly he leapt quite high! <br>Though somewhat overweight! <br>Yet out of reach! Oh, my, oh, my! <br>'That's great! ' he said, 'Just great! '<br>Opticians can't help tigers, friend! <br>Just folks like me and you...<br>They're there to help us comprehend<br>Our changing point of view...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Denis Martindale, copyright, July 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Out Of Reach'. </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=367422" data-title="Out Of Reach! de Denis Martindale" data-description="The playful tiger watched the leaves That fell from yonder tree And while that nothing yet achieves, His eyes lit up with glee... So on his belly he crept close, For just one leaf to catch, With whiskers trembling by his nose At plans he hoped ..."></div> </div> </div>

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