Stephen Gayford And His Wildlife Art Paintings Poem by Denis Martindale

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Stephen Gayford painted hundreds of paintings,
and the eBay website still sells these,
as prints and canvasses, and it's thanks to these
that I was able to write about 700 poems
for the poemhunter website.
This journey began because of the
wildlife art gallery shows on bid tv
and price-drop tv on UK Freeview and Sky.
I was able to see just how detailed
these paintings were for the adults
as well as their young ones.
So many different creatures
such that the big cats had their tales to tell,
as did the dolphins, the pandas, the meerkats,
the macaws, the eagles, the owls,
and so many more.
At times, the scenery was magnificent as well,
so it's no wonder, that as a poet,
I should write about such creatures,
as if the shared wonders of the world,
before any of these become extinct,
and are lost forever...


Denis Martindale. April 2021.