BEST WISHES!

A tiger sketch was found one day,
'Best Wishes' it proclaimed,
Apart from that there was no way
To learn what it was named...
Yet it had helped my mind recall
One cat we used to keep,
Who used to stretch, meow and crawl,
Then was much prone to sleep...

One afternoon, I sketched his form,
So fluffy like he was,
So soft to touch, so smooth, so warm,
So very rarely cross...
He lay there quite contentedly,
While I still carried on,
Till I had finished what pleased me
And he had upped and gone...

His name was 'Tiger' and I know
His picture was a treat,
Because to me, it went to show
How 'Tiger' was so sweet...
Purrhaps that's why, now I'm a man,
I love what artists do
And I'm a Stephen Gayford fan,
To whom I say, 'Thank you...'


Denis Martindale, copyright, July 2015.


Poem based on a magnificent wildlife sketch,
by artist Stephen Gayford nb Google-search
gayfordgallery and "Stephen Gayford poetry"
plus his year-by-year calendar pictures, too.

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

Poem shared here:

http://poemhunter.com/poem/best-wishes-14/

Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/best-wishes-poem

Printer-friendly text version, nb increase text size:

http://poemhunter.com/best-poems/denis-martindale/best-wishes-14/

http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com/2015/07/best-wishes.html

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 July 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=

http://salemagic.co.uk/Stephen%20Gayford

http://uk.picclick.com/Art/Prints/Contemporary-1980-Now/Limited-Editions/?q=stephen+gayford

Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/picclick-gayfords

http://www.living3000.co.uk/shop/search/?q=Stephen+Gayford+print

http://stuccu.co.uk/so/Stephen%2520Gayford


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