<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367822" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Three Sentries</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">They also serve who stand and wait...<br>And meerkats know this well, <br>For them, well, life's just great, just great, <br>As if you couldn't tell.<br>It's funny that they'll stare and stare<br>And watch the day go by...<br>From predators they must beware, <br>For some can even fly! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their little noses twitched away<br>Mid whiskers to and fro...<br>While they kept poses, come what may, <br>No matter what the foe! <br>Like shepherds guarding flocks by night, <br>They simply stood their ground...<br>While one looked left and one looked right<br>And one looked round and round...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Three sentries stood the test of time, <br>Comparing now and then, <br>Their loyalty was quite sublime, <br>Enough to shame some men! <br>With throbbing tootsies they stood tall, <br>Defiant, unafraid...<br>As if each were a sentinel<br>That God Himself had made...</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 'Three Sentries'.</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=367822" data-title="Three Sentries de Denis Martindale" data-description="They also serve who stand and wait... And meerkats know this well, For them, well, life's just great, just great, As if you couldn't tell. It's funny that they'll stare and stare And watch the day go by... From predators they must beware, For s..."></div> </div> </div>

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