MOUNTAIN MAJESTY

Snow leopard's fur, you blend so well,
You match that yonder rock,
I had to stare enough to tell
And then got quite a shock...
Snow leopard, look at you, so fine,
Relaxed like cats can be,
Yet what can match such great design
Or mountain majesty?

Ascending high, descending low,
Both up and down you climb,
It doesn't matter where you go,
You'll always look sublime...
Yes, that's your portion, so it seems,
To melt into each scene,
The gift to vanish 'mid our dreams,
Then lie there so serene...

Surviving Winter's cold embrace,
Its random swirling winds,
You simply meet them face-to-face
As each new one begins...
That touch of class endures them all,
Forever and a day
And that's the reason I'll recall
Your beauty, come what may...


Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2014.


The poem is based on the magnificent painting by
Stephen Gayford, nb Google search gayfordgallery.


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

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My Poetry website: http://poem.says.it

My Stephen Gayford tribute poems are here:

http://poemhunter.com/poem/stephen-gayford/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/the-prince-of-prints-2/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/a-brush-with-genius/
http://poemhunter.com/poem/gayford-gallery/

The Stephen Gayford Gallery website is here:

http://www.gayfordgallery.com

It was being updated in September 2014!

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

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

Click-a-pic!

http://gayfordgallery.com/original-paintings/

http://gayfordgallery.com/originalwatercolours/

http://gayfordgallery.com/originalpencildrawings/

http://gayfordgallery.com/signedlimitededitionartistproofs/

There's also a Guest Book!

http://users2.smartgb.com/g/g.php?a=s&i=g25-52612-21

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The Stephen Gayford poems can be viewed here:

poemhunter.com links:

http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems or
http://tinyurl.com/gayfordpoems2
(that's for the A to Z title listings)

blog website links:

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

Framed pictures can be bought from UK websites,
NB use zoom-in feature when viewing pictures.

http://search.ebay.co.uk/stephen-gayford
http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.preloved.co.uk
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford

http://www.baato.co.uk/stephen%20gayford
(Various website sales of Stephen Gayford prints.)


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