The cold Snow Leopard sat and stared,
No feast as yet to eat,
Just thinking of past meals he'd shared,
Right now, each seemed a treat...
The hunger pains were all he felt,
The snow made his eyes blur,
Yet he held fast to what life dealt
And all yet to occur...
The game of death was sometimes slow,
For here, such meals were few,
But he had nowhere else to go
And nothing else to do...
But suddenly, he heard a noise,
A yonder rustling scratch,
For his next meal he had no choice,
This was the one to catch...
And so he stalked on tender toes,
Across the void between,
Till all at once, the victim knows
And scampers from the scene...
But hunters scamper just as well
And nine times out of ten,
Their hunger pains they soon dispel,
Till hunger stalks again...
Denis Martindale, copyright, April 2015.
Poem based on a magnificent wildlife painting,
by artist Stephen Gayford nb Google-search
gayfordgallery and "Stephen Gayford poetry".
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford+poetry
Poem shared here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/young-stalker-too/
Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/young-stalker-too
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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 April 2015!
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.gumtree.com/for-sale/uk/stephen+gayford
(Notice camera link to each image to view.)
http://www.for-sale.co.uk/stephen-gayford
(Various website sales of Stephen Gayford prints.)
http://xxl-sale.co.uk/search/?q=Stephen+Gayford+signed
(Notice similar items at the end of each webpage.)
http://www.bezoon.co.uk/stephen-gayford-prints
http://www.saleclick.co.uk/Stephen+Gayford+Prints
http://www.worthpoint.com/inventory/search?query=Stephen+Gayford&categoryurl=&search-right=
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