ARCTIC SUN, TOO

Even the Arctic wolf has plans
On waking from his sleep,
The search for food Man understands,
Those hunger pains run deep...
His life depends on others, too,
Without these, starved then doomed,
That's just the same for me and you,
No other course assumed...

He either hunts and kills and lives...
Or dies just like the rest,
What other course, right there, that gives
Such food that he feels blessed?
What other choices could he take?
Eat cold grass every day?
Continue with a stomach ache
That just won't go away?

Perhaps when Christmas comes once more,
What need have you to roam,
With Christmas presents shared galore
And you to feast at home?
But he's still out there, day and night,
For any food to find,
Still there to catch and there to bite,
When Nature's not so kind...


Denis Martindale August 2017.


A poem based on the magnificent Stephen Gayford
wildlife painting. Google search phrases
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and also for Heaven and Earth Designs...


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ARCTIC SUN

Wrapped up within his blanket fur,
The white wolf looks serene,
The arctic sun makes him a blur,
Pristene and oh so clean...
And while he's there, not here with you,
You're safe as safe can be,
To zoom in through your camera's view,
To see what you can see...
He looks like Lassie painted white,
Quite harmless, don't you think?
He looks refined and most polite,
But wait until you blink...
For in a moment, he can stand
And run from there to here...
And suddenly, he'll shake your hand
And shake your heart with fear....
Appearances deceive us all,
Sometimes you just can't tell...
It's only when you hear wolves call,
That beauty casts no spell...
It's then that Nature's rules enforce
Her laws by night and day...
To tell us, who has teeth and claws,
The hunter or the prey?

Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2009.

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

The poem is based on the magnificent painting
by Stephen Gayford called 'Arctic Sun'.
Shared on http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/arctic-sun/
Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/arcticsun

The Stephen Gayford Gallery website is here:
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Update: My poem, 'An Ode To Stephen Gayford' is featured in
the website's News Section!
http://www.gayfordgallery.com/news.htm

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