Denis Martindale Poems

The cheetah vigil first began
When hunters searched for game,
With rifles hanging from each man
Until they each took aim...
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Everything comes to those who wait,
If they wait patiently...
If not on time, it may be late,
But comes eventually.
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Time melts in magical moments,
As if within love's spell,
Each day we can share it with friends,
Before we say farewell...
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I like most elephants I've seen,
I like them, yes, I do...
I like it when they don't act mean,
I like how they swim, too...
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Back to back, there stood two meerkats,
Just staring into space,
As if they looked like scruffy brats
Who had no poise or grace...
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The Summer's heat can calm the soul
Of creatures great and small
And with this comes their self-control
With tenderness for all.
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The lion strode with confidence,
As if the world were his,
He had no call for eloquence,
What more was there than this?
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Together they were quite a pair,
Devoted to a fault,
Forevermore each one to share,
Like pepper close to salt.
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The lion's eyes looked dead ahead,
No smile or smirk in sight,
Just sending out a sense of dread
That others may take flight...
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And there he was, like mercury,
Dressed in his leathered skin,
The elephant that looked at me
And knew that he would win!
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