<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367855" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Waiting For Mother</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Two tiger cubs with swishing tails<br>With so much still to learn, <br>As is the case, with all young males, <br>Awaited Mum's return...<br>At first, quite calm, no cause to fret, <br>No cause to sigh for now, <br>But soon spurred on by their regret, <br>Each wore a furrowed brow...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'She won't be long! ' they both agreed, <br>'No, no, not long at all...'<br>Could soothing comfort words succeed<br>When neither heard her call? <br>Impatiently they tapped their feet<br>And swished their tails again...<br>With nothing near or far to greet, <br>What use to count to ten? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Oh, come on, Mum! ' they growled aloud! <br>No longer quite serene, <br>No longer brave, no longer proud, <br>Just acting being mean! <br>'This just won't do! ' But suddenly, <br>She stood there in plain sight! <br>'Oh, Mum, we missed you! What's for tea? '<br>How tactful... How polite! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, February 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Waiting For Mother'.</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=367855" data-title="Waiting For Mother de Denis Martindale" data-description="Two tiger cubs with swishing tails With so much still to learn, As is the case, with all young males, Awaited Mum's return... At first, quite calm, no cause to fret, No cause to sigh for now, But soon spurred on by their regret, Each wore a f..."></div> </div> </div>

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