<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367505" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Scanning The Skies</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The mighty meerkat, to his friends, <br>Was humbly standing guard! <br>With vigilance that never ends, <br>For each must play his part! <br>Don't think that staring up above<br>Is easy all day long...<br>Yet his sore neck will prove his love, <br>If he has patience strong...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The mighty meerkat, to his mates, <br>Alerts when danger's near, <br>Then, oh, what panic he creates! <br>They scarper off in fear! <br>But until then, the meerkats roam, <br>Contented as can be...<br>Until it's time to hide at home<br>And snigger helplessly! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The mighty meerkat, to his pals, <br>Protects from predators, <br>The hero of the meerkat gals, <br>Whatever fate occurs...<br>They look at him, so noble there, <br>Defiant, proud and wise! <br>Yet all he does is stand and stare, <br>Merely scanning the skies! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Denis Martindale, copyright, August 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Scanning The Skies'. </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=367505" data-title="Scanning The Skies de Denis Martindale" data-description="The mighty meerkat, to his friends, Was humbly standing guard! With vigilance that never ends, For each must play his part! Don't think that staring up above Is easy all day long... Yet his sore neck will prove his love, If he has patience st..."></div> </div> </div>

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