<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367569" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Staying Cool</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'O.K., that's it! ' the tiger said! <br>He'd simply had enough! <br>And in a rage, he shook his head, <br>Yes, things were looking rough! <br>He'd searched the jungle for that stream<br>Because he'd lost his way, <br>So hot, he wandered in a dream<br>And thus was bound to stray! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet suddenly... he smelt wet leaves, <br>Their scent upon the air<br>And thus a long, long sigh he heaves, <br>'At last, I'm almost there! '<br>Since staying cool was his concern, <br>That water saved his skin! <br>The path that led here he must learn, <br>So he could get back in! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And all at once, he waded past<br>The leaves that helped him find<br>This precious Shangri-La at last<br>That offered peace of mind...<br>Tense muscles slumped! His body swayed...<br>The heat was quickly gone...<br>And motionless, he thus delayed, <br>Beneath the sun that shone...</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 'Staying Cool'. </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=367569" data-title="Staying Cool de Denis Martindale" data-description="'O.K., that's it! ' the tiger said! He'd simply had enough! And in a rage, he shook his head, Yes, things were looking rough! He'd searched the jungle for that stream Because he'd lost his way, So hot, he wandered in a dream And thus was boun..."></div> </div> </div>

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