<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367807" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Watchers</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Two wily wolves were waiting there<br>For something new to see, <br>Beyond investing time to stare<br>At endless scenery...<br>It didn't matter, his or hers, <br>Full stomachs now were gone<br>And deep within, where hunger stirs, <br>Reminders rumbled on...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Familiar thoughts had thus returned<br>To haunt them once again, <br>Recalling lessons both had learned<br>Which helped them now and then.<br>They licked their lips like hunters do, <br>Though nothing was in sight, <br>Yet sensing there was something new<br>About to get a fright! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The watchers chose their lucky spot, <br>Their waiting game to play...<br>Four starving eyes checked every dot<br>That flew or walked their way...<br>At last, their next meal sauntered by, <br>Quite calm and fancy free...<br>And since he had no wings to fly, <br>The rest is history...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, August 2010.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting<br>by Stephen Gayford called 'The Watchers'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot.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=367807" data-title="The Watchers de Denis Martindale" data-description="Two wily wolves were waiting there For something new to see, Beyond investing time to stare At endless scenery... It didn't matter, his or hers, Full stomachs now were gone And deep within, where hunger stirs, Reminders rumbled on... Familiar ..."></div> </div> </div>

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