SUNSET STROLL

The leopard family set forth
To stretch their legs again,
Quite randomly, they went off north,
Yet pausing now and then...
Just strolling here and strolling there,
Content with cubs in tow,
As if they'd got an hour spare,
No special place to go...

An appetite's all well and good,
Just walking in the sun,
If parents do the things they should,
For dinner to get done...
The cubs stayed close, because they must,
As parents walked ahead,
All still dependent, full of trust
That soon they'd all get fed...

The cubs were prone at first to yawn,
Not keen to plod around,
For not long since it had been dawn,
Now they were northward bound...
But soon their hunting skills returned
And on each tail they'd bite,
As if now proud of what they'd learned
And hoped they'd got it right...


Denis Martindale, copyright, June 2013.


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

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