<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367906" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Winter Finery</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lone wolf stared upon the hill, <br>Upbeat, for all to see, <br>As if to watch him was a thrill<br>In Winter finery, <br>With coat so thick, it kept him warm, <br>Against the Winter wind, <br>So he survived the swirling storm<br>And simply howled and grinned...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The other creatures weren't so blessed, <br>With gritted teeth, no smiles<br>And jealous that he was well dressed<br>With strength to run for miles...<br>Life isn't fair to one and all<br>And yet who could they blame? <br>They merely stared and watched snow fall...<br>So random without aim...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The wolf would last the Winter through, <br>Just one day at a time, <br>By doing what he had to do, <br>Though some think that's a crime...<br>Survival tactics, hunting skills, <br>Tenfold tenacity, <br>No conscience anytime he kills...<br>There, my friends, the pity...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, June 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Winter Finery'. </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=367906" data-title="Winter Finery de Denis Martindale" data-description="The lone wolf stared upon the hill, Upbeat, for all to see, As if to watch him was a thrill In Winter finery, With coat so thick, it kept him warm, Against the Winter wind, So he survived the swirling storm And simply howled and grinned... T..."></div> </div> </div>

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