<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367909" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Winter Snows</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">As he laid down his weary head, <br>The tiger heaved a sigh...<br>'Not snow again? ' he asked, then said, <br>'Oh, dear, please, tell me why.'<br>The snowflakes flopped upon his nose<br>And nestled on his ears, <br>On twitching whiskers, then his toes<br>And made him feel his years...<br>'I don't deserve this day-by-day<br>And even night-by-night...<br>It doesn't matter if I pray, <br>My world's a constant white.'<br>Depressed, he stayed, frustrated still...<br>Life's not as we would choose.<br>Sometimes the chill can make us ill -<br>That's hardly called good news.<br>His fur coat kept him warm at best...<br>He wasn't all that cold.<br>Yet snow north, south and east and west? <br>Oh, dear... he felt so old...<br>He used to climb the tallest trees<br>And bask beneath the sun! <br>Snow was slippery just like grease...<br>It simply wasn't done...<br>Yes, Winter snows tame tigers, too.<br>Like them, for Spring, we wait...<br>For now, there's nothing we can do...<br>I know, that's great... just great...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, January 2010.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Winter Snows'. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford wildlife poems: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">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=367909" data-title="Winter Snows de Denis Martindale" data-description="As he laid down his weary head, The tiger heaved a sigh... 'Not snow again? ' he asked, then said, 'Oh, dear, please, tell me why.' The snowflakes flopped upon his nose And nestled on his ears, On twitching whiskers, then his toes And made him ..."></div> </div> </div>

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