Big Cats! Poem by Denis Martindale

On Sky TV, I watched two shows
That told the big cats' tales,
Of how their journey grows and grows
Thanks to these alpha males...
From land-to-land and shore-to-shore,
Exploring here and there,
Surviving all by tooth and claw,
No matter how unfair...

Whatever big cats choose to eat,
They hunt and kill each day,
They use their heads, their backs, their feet,
Designed to catch their prey...
They crawl, they walk, they run, they leap,
They glide from tree-to-tree,
Sometimes they hide, sometimes they creep,
With awesome subtlety...

Then came the cute domestic cats,
That feed on fish and such,
That live inside our homes and flats,
Caressed and loved so much...
With prints and paintings on our walls,
Displaying all they are,
God's precious, mighty miracles,
For each cat looks a star!


Denis Martindale May 2017.


A 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...


Search for Sky One's two shows, BIG CATS!