Denis Martindale Poems

The lion lay upon the rock,
His son beside him now...
As if the two were taking stock
Of what God would allow...
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As precious as a snowflake that's born on Christmas Day,
Or icing on the Christmas cake that makes us shout, 'Hoorah! '
As gracious as a waterfall and rainbows up above,
Is she to me, the girl I call the sweetheart that I love...
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The penguins waddled gamely on,
Not one said, 'Boy, we're lost! '
They had the sun to hope upon
And so the ice they crossed!
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The lion stared with gemstone eyes
And heard with ears erect,
Alert and focussed, sternly wise
At all he could inspect.
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Some days I feel,
I feel somethin’s missin’.
Der’s a hole in ma life,
Somethin’ left undun...
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The leopard lingered in the sun
Almost at close of day,
With all its hours almost done
And fast to ebb away...
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The man who lost his keys
Begged God while on his knees
For sometimes God agrees
And doesn't play the tease
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Two dolphins swam, as dolphins do,
United, side-by-side,
Despite the fact that they could view
The ocean clear and wide...
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If you can learn what must be learned
As lions like to do,
Then one day, what respect is earned
When others look at you...
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What first began with ecstasy continued for a while...
She captured every part of me with each seducing smile...
It's not that she intended this, yet that's how things turned out
And some would say that perfect bliss is what life's all about...
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