<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367535" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Snow Cat</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tiger stirred from sweet repose<br>For hunger grew once more...<br>Despite the cool, cool ice that froze, <br>The pain began to gnaw...<br>His eyes now looked with stern intent<br>At creatures near and far, <br>Not one of these could be his friend, <br>For his sharp claws could scar...<br>He prowled along, with stealth, with guile, <br>His eyes like black night coals.<br>His hidden hunger would defile<br>His soul with evil goals.<br>He didn't pine for fruit or grass<br>Like other creatures would...<br>If he saw them, he'd merely pass<br>For he sought something good.<br>To him, that meant some meat to eat<br>And nothing else seemed right...<br>For this, he'd chase and he'd compete<br>With courage and with might! <br>He looked so sleek, so fit, so firm, <br>So proud and quite supreme...<br>Yet he must serve this Winter term<br>A prisoner to his dream...<br>The creatures feared him night and day...<br>They hid when he came close...<br>To him, they were his meat, his prey...<br>To them, his life he owes...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Snow Cat'. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Stephen Gayford poems can be viewed 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=367535" data-title="Snow Cat de Denis Martindale" data-description="The tiger stirred from sweet repose For hunger grew once more... Despite the cool, cool ice that froze, The pain began to gnaw... His eyes now looked with stern intent At creatures near and far, Not one of these could be his friend, For his sha..."></div> </div> </div>

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