The cheetah and cubs were resting,
Content to take their ease,
As if beyond all testing,
All tensions to release...
A tranqil moment all their own,
With none to intervene,
While in the distance, I, alone,
Observed their gentle scene...
In contrast to the adult's speed,
This precious time felt right,
For gone was every kind of need,
Excitement or delight...
This time was theirs, no cause to run,
No purpose but to stay
And pause beneath that golden sun,
The day to while away...
And so, I, too, sat down as well,
Breathed in, breathed out real slow,
As if there were no tale to tell,
With no new place to go...
Yet when they left, I stood up, too,
As if now energised,
For there were many things to do...
More than first realised!
Denis Martindale, copyright November 2015.
Poem based on a magnificent wildlife painting,
by artist Stephen Gayford. Google-search
gayfordgallery and 'Stephen Gayford poetry'.
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=Stephen+Gayford+poetry
Poem shared here:
http://poemhunter.com/poem/tranquil-moment/
Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/tranquil-moment
Printer-friendly text version, nb increase text size:
http://poemhunter.com/best-poems/denis-martindale/tranquil-moment/
http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com/2015/11/tranquil-moment.html
My Poetry website: http://www.denismartindale.supanet.com/poems.html
My Poemhunter poems can be searched here: http://tinyurl.com/dmpoems
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 November 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
NB that's for basic displays of Ebay auctions,
but this display of 200 items helps even more:
http://tinyurl.com/stephen-gayford-on-ebay
Better title descriptions and item numbers!
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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
(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
http://heavenandearthdesigns.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=160_620
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