GUY

Guy the Gorilla was famous,
He lived at London Zoo,
Yet perhaps that fact should shame us,
To put his life on view...
To lock him up, to make him stay,
To let the public stare,
But that, I guess, is just Man's way,
For convicts in his care...

Guy the Gorilla stayed enclosed,
To walk from left to right,
While humans looked on, quite engrossed,
At such a wondrous sight...
Yet who of these would take his place?
Exchange their lives for his?
They merely stared at Guy's old face
And not much more than this...

Yet in those eyes there seemed a soul,
That looked right back as well,
Beyond the playing of a role,
No words his mouth could tell...
I'm glad I never joined that crowd
Of strangers passing by...
Because I'd never have allowed
What humans did to Guy...


Denis Martindale January 2017.


Poem based on the magnificent Stephen Gayford
wildlife painting. Google-search phrases
gayford prints and Stephen Gayford poetry
and also for Heaven and Earth Designs...


Poem shared here:

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http://heavenandearthdesigns.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=160_620


HAED finished pieces gallery:

Please click the link and then click on the left
of screen link for "Show Albums and Stories".

http://s1327.photobucket.com/albums/u678/HAED-Gallery/

Several HAED Fantasy Art artists have pictures
on my website click-a-pic full screen galleries
slideshows, including some wildlife pictures.

http://www.fantasyart.ukartists.com/

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PUZZLED!

The cuddly baby Gorilla
Was very poor indeed
And that's why he had no villa,
No servants for each need...
No Rolls-Royce parked inside the drive,
No Rembrandts or Renoirs,
But he felt joy to be alive
Beneath the sun and stars...

He had no suit in black or grey,
No cufflinks, shirts or ties,
No Rolex told the time of day,
He merely watched the skies...
He didn't chomp on caviar,
He didn't swig champagne,
But he was loved by Ma and Pa,
Come sunshine or come rain...

That's why I'm puzzled even now,
Why Man thinks he's so great,
For all his wars and bombs somehow
Just prove he loves to hate...
I'd rather be an innocent
Gorilla in the mist,
Than think myself intelligent
And act the egotist...


Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2014.


The poem is based on the magnificent wildlife
painting by Stephen Gayford nb Google search:

gayfordgallery

Find more wildlife poems using Google search
for the search phrase Stephen Gayford poetry.

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

Poem shared here:

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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 October 2014!

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.baato.co.uk/stephen%20gayford
(Various website sales of Stephen Gayford prints.)


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DAYDREAMER...

DAYDREAMER...


This gorilla was playful now,
With innocence so clear,
His heart was full of joy somehow,
Without one trace of fear...
To him, the world seemed full of love,
His family nearby,
The times were neither rough nor tough,
No cause to sigh or cry...

He lacked the knowledge yet to be,
Of struggles dead ahead,
Life held no sense of urgency,
No troubles filled his head...
He knew not death or pain or strife,
He knew not love's remorse,
He only smiled the smiles of life,
He couldn't see its flaws...

Nor did he know how Man would smile,
His homeland to remove,
That time would come in a short while,
No chance to disapprove...
Daydreamer, savour every day,
Endangered till life's end,
You've some time left, so play, play, play,
I'll pray for you, dear friend...


Denis Martindale, copyright, September 2014.


The poem is based on the magnificent wildlife
painting of a baby gorilla, entitled Daydreamer,
by Stephen Gayford. Google search my poems
using the search phrase Stephen Gayford.


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

Poem shared here:

http://poemhunter.com/poem/daydreamer-15/

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Shortcut: http://tinyurl.com/daydreamer-poem

http://denis-martindale.blogspot.com/2014/09/daydreamer.html

My Poetry website: http://denismartindale.co.uk

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/


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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.baato.co.uk/stephen%20gayford
(Various website sales of Stephen Gayford prints.)


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