HERE'S TO THE ARTISTS OF RENOWN

Here's to the artists of renown,
Their legacies pass on,
Paintings and prints in every town
For folks to look upon...
For in each exhibition hall
And in each gallery
God's treasure trove's a miracle
For those with eyes to see...

To stand and stare, then simply smile,
To memorise each frame
And causing these to stay awhile,
Now truly glad they came...
For those that smile are truly blessed
By artists young and old
Who shared with these their treasure chest,
Their silver and their gold...

The Internet preserves delights
With images and such,
Paintings and prints and precious sights
The whole world loves so much..
Here's to the artists of renown,
Each had their tales to tell
And while on Earth none wore a crown,
In Heaven, they're known well...


Denis Martindale, copyright May 2016.


A poem based on all of the
magnificent wildlife paintings
by artist Stephen Gayford.
Use Google to search and find
'Stephen Gayford paintings' and
'Stephen Gayford poetry'.


Poem shared here:

http://poemhunter.com/poem/here-s-to-the-artists-of-renown/

Shortcuts:
http://tinyurl.com/heres-to-the-artists-of-renown
http://tinyurl.com/stephen-gayford-tribute-poem

Poemhunter art gallery image featuring the
painting Liberty Eagle by Stephen Gayford.



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STEPHEN GAYFORD TRIBUTE

THEY ALSO SERVE WHO STAND AND WAIT


They also serve who stand and wait,
Just like an artist can,
Great expectations to create
According to a plan...
With patient souls that seek to bless
Mankind with something new,
To share a special happiness,
Perhaps that's overdue...

That's why the watchman's on the wall,
Surveying near and far,
That's why the waiter's serving all,
No matter who they are...
That's why the doctor checks our hearts,
To make sure they're O.K.,
That's why the lighthouse keeper guards
The light that leads the way...

The artist paints as years roll by,
With skills beyond compare,
A tranquil scene beneath the sky
Transformed by thoughtful flair...
And at the end, a masterpiece,
A work of art and more,
Like God, whose wonders never cease
To bless both rich and poor...

And so a debt of gratitude
Forms in our hearts and minds,
With dedication thus renewed
Like every star that shines...
To praise the Lord for those who stood
Thoughout the years so brave,
To do the very best they could,
A testament to faith...


Denis Martindale, copyright May 2016.


A poem based on all of the
magnificent wildlife paintings
by artist Stephen Gayford.
Use Google to search and find
'Stephen Gayford paintings' and
'Stephen Gayford poetry'.


Poem shared here:

http://poemhunter.com/poem/they-also-serve-who-stand-and-wait/

Shortcuts:
http://tinyurl.com/they-also-serve-who-stand-and-wait

http://tinyurl.com/stephen-gayford-tribute

and also here:

Shortcut:
http://tinyurl.com/gayford/they-also-serve-who-stand-and-wait

Poemhunter art gallery image featuring the
painting Liberty Eagle by Stephen Gayford.



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FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION!

The meek young meerkat stared ahead
Beside his elder friend,
Who stood on guard until he fled,
On that you can depend..
But till that time, he looked quite stern
And steadfast in his way,
As if obedient to his turn
At keeping foes at bay...

The game, of course, was just to stand,
Defiant and to taunt,
The foes approached across the land
The meerkats' dens to haunt...
But elder meerkats have tricks, too,
Their beady eyes see all,
Determinedly they keep in view
When hunters pay a call...

The meek young meerkat learnt to run,
To scamper and to hide,
To screech his warnings to each one
So they got down inside...
Though humans have their house alarms
Detecting to and fro,
The mighty meerkats have their charms
Compared to all we know...


Denis Martindale, copyright May 2016.


A poem based on a magnificent wildlife painting,
Anticipation by Stephen Gayford. Google-search
gayfordgallery and 'Stephen Gayford poetry'.


Poem shared here:

http://poemhunter.com/poem/from-generation-to-generation-4/

Shortcut:
http://tinyurl.com/from-generation-to-generation
and also here:
Shortcut:
http://tinyurl.com/gayford/from-generation-to-generation

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RAINFOREST PHANTOMS VIDEO

YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Wwpb2Xur4

Shortcut:
http://tinyurl.com/rainforest-phantoms-video


RAINFOREST PHANTOMS


The leopards listen to each noise
Of their surrounding sounds...
On steadfast feet they gently poise,
Resisting fearful bounds.
Perhaps it isn't time to run,
Like cowards fearing pain,
Or just like girls who love the sun,
Yet flee from falling rain...
The leopards like the spot they've seen,
It suits them to a tee...
They'll stay till others intervene,
Like phantoms on their tree...
The forest has its moody times,
Its fierce and frantic days,
Its pleasant passing sunny climes
And melting dew-dropped phase...
The sun shines through the trees above,
The clouds go gliding by...
And soon the moon will shine with love,
To grace the midnight sky...
The leopards lack for nothing now,
True friends in harmony...
Receiving what the Fates allow,
Like phantoms, fancy free...


Denis Martindale, copyright September 2009.


A poem based on a magnificent wildlife painting,
by artist Stephen Gayford. Google-search
gayfordgallery and 'Stephen Gayford poetry'.

Consider the UK Sky Digital Rainforest Rescue
charity appeal found on the UK sky-dot-com as
this explains how losing the rainforests destroys
the lives of those humans, animals and plants
in the name of progress for some, but not for all.

https://rainforestrescue.sky.com/

The partnership with WWF ended in September 2015...

Poem shared here:

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rainforest-phantoms/

Shortcut:
http://tinyurl.com/rainforest-phantoms
and also here:
Shortcut:
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MAGICAL, TOO...

The white wolf came to me one night,
His face intent, extreme,
Content to stare and cause a fright,
Though it was just a dream...
At peace, as if he'd found his prey,
His victim and his feast,
So proud, in fact, he could delay
His nature as the beast...

But in the dream, I stood my ground,
I owned the land and deed,
While he could make a fearful sound,
I knew I could succeed...
He stood alone, I stood alone,
Each one to wear a frown
And while I stood there on my own,
I simply stared him down...

While he was strong, I, too, was strong
And wily, just like him,
That's why we stared the hour long,
That's why we looked so grim...
But at the end, he slinked away,
That coward turned about,
Because my courage saved the day,
By faith, without a doubt...


Denis Martindale copyright May 2016.


A poem based on a magnificent wildlife painting,
by artist Stephen Gayford. Google-search
gayfordgallery and 'Stephen Gayford poetry'.


Poem shared here:

http://poemhunter.com/poem/magical-too/

Shortcut:
http://tinyurl.com/magical-too
and also here:
Shortcut:
http://tinyurl.com/gayford/magical-too

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BORNEO AND SUMATRAN CLOUDED LEOPARDS

Thanks to subscribing to the Pinterest website picture pins, I was sent an email about cute fluffy kittens and so on, yet among these there was a new cat species being shown. The image was on the http://www.pinterest.com website here:

https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/451204456396060072/

https://uk.pinterest.com/dailymail/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-442309/New-species-leopard-largest-fangs-cat-world-discovered.html

The Daily Mail article, from 2007, reveals the story behind the picture of a Borneo Clouded Leopard and mentions the Sumatran Clouded Leopard as well. The Daily Mail article provided a lot of info about the newly-discovered species and explained the need to protect their lands for future generations. While we know that the human population has its own needs for the using of world resources, there are some organisations that campaign on behalf of wildlife and thus create an awareness and a compassion for what would be called protected or endangered species. The article doesn't overlook the facts about leopards having their own hunting skills and ways to survive in the wild. The word ellipsis being mentioned is referring to the grammatical name for the 3 little pause dots like the ... or the . . . depending on the styles of the publisher as well as the writer... You can see the 3 dots in the close-up picture and the enlarged picture:

Close-up picture:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/03_01/leopardR1403_468x660.jpg

Enlarged picture:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/03_01/leopardR1403_600x463.jpg

See around the mouth and also upon the shoulder. While such images look cute, we aren't getting all the facts from these, as these leopards have the largest fangs of all the cats, somewhat like the pictures we've seen of the Sabre Tooth Tiger. Scientists researched the genetic make-up of such leopards and found dozens of differences there, so as to confirm the status of such creatures proving these are different species. So it just goes to show, we really haven't seen everything, after all. Borneo research has confirmed dozens of other species, too. Even so, in the last one hundred years a multitude of worldwide species has already become extinct. No longer protected or endangered... because they are no more...


Denis Martindale, May 2016.

POETRY LINKS AND SHORTCUTS

For the Stephen Gayford poetry blogspot website, the top of the web page cookies notice must be cleared from the initial display.

So click OK to reveal the top left SEARCH option eg leopard.

Please note that visitors can now use the https:// URLs here...

http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com/search?q=leopard

From there, choose Stephen Gayford poems for date or title search results.

The Show All option will help, too.

The search results poems will also be available on the Poemhunter website link for searches, so here's my dmpoems link:

http://tinyurl.com/dmpoems

http://poemhunter.com/denis-martindale/poems/?search=leopard&B1=SEARCH

To assist in accessing Stephen Gayford poems on the Poemhunter website, we need to remember the exact poem title and its extra number if that applies, too. For many, though, there are quite enough of the 600 poems that have the original wildlife painting title.

http://poemhunter.com/poem/ then the title... then the / character to follow...

I created a shortcut version of that part of the website URL:

http://tinyurl.com/gayford

So... now I can use that for any poem on the Poemhunter website, whether it's a Stephen Gayford poem or not...

Consider Leopard Sunset as an example:

http://poemhunter.com/poem/leopard-sunset/

Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/leopardsunset

Blogspot link:

http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com/2011/07/leopard-sunset.html

Now I can link to this Poemhunter poem in this new way:

http://tinyurl.com/gayford/leopard-sunset

as that goes here:

http://poemhunter.com/poem/leopard-sunset

That's because this poem has no extra number... It's just an alternative way to promote the Stephen Gayford poetry...

It could be useful as an idea for other themes, such as Revelation TV poems:

http://tinyurl.com/revtvpoem/ then whatever title for that theme.

http://poemhunter.com/denis-martindale/poems/?search=Revelation+TV&B1=SEARCH

The dmpoems search for Revelation TV found about 250 poems, including the title for A Tribute To Blake,

ie William Blake, famous for his poem about the tiger...

http://poemhunter.com/poem/a-tribute-to-blake/

or the alternative shortcut:

http://tinyurl.com/revtvpoem/a-tribute-to-blake


Denis Martindale, copyright May 2016.