WRINKLES!

The elephant looked really rough!
He'd had a long, long day!
With wrinkles only Mums could love,
That's always been the way!
With weary eyes that looked half dead,
With ears that weighed a ton,
With pointed tusks that always led
And overhead, the sun...

But wrinkles really said it all,
They signified his strife,
As troubles drove him up the wall,
Throughout his long, long life!
And yet he wouldn't change a thing,
Life's price he chose to take,
Despite his weary wondering,
Despite his sad heartbreak...

He knew that he'd endured the lot!
He'd lived, survived and thrived!
That's why he didn't give one jot
At how he'd now arrived...
He'd been a son and brother, too,
A father given time...
Despite those wrinkles that you view,
His life has been sublime!


Denis Martindale, copyright, December 2013.


The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Wrinkles'.


Find more wildlife poems using Google search
for the search phrase Stephen Gayford poetry.

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford+poetry

The bid tv twitter website update here links to my
http://www.poemhunter.com poetry, nb over 400 poems:

https://twitter.com/bidtv/status/2016992586?screen_name=bidtv
https://mobile.twitter.com/bidtv/status/2016992586?screen_name=bidtv

Love Stephen Gayford? Here is a link to poetry inspired by
Stephen Gayford's prints -written by one of our customers.

http://bit.ly/16jh3o

9:41 p.m. Wed, Jun 3

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The Stephen Gayford Gallery website is here:

http://www.gayfordgallery.com

It was being updated in December 2013!

http://gayfordgallery.com/the-artist/

Youtube video: http://tinyurl.com/gayfordgallery-dot-com-video

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Update: My poem, 'An Ode To Stephen Gayford'
is featured in the website's News Section!

http://www.gayfordgallery.com/news.htm

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The Stephen Gayford poems can be viewed here:

poemhunter.com links:

http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems or
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2

blog website links:

http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com
http://tinyurl.com/stephen-gayford-poetry

Framed pictures can be bought from UK websites:

http://www.bid.tv (on UK Freeview)
http://www.price-drop.tv (on UK Freeview)
http://www.pokemoncraftstore.com/index.php?cPath=24

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