From Generation To Generation! Poem by Denis Martindale

The meek young meerkat stared ahead
Beside his elder friend,
Who stood on guard until he fled,
On that you can depend..
But till that time, he looked quite stern
And steadfast in his way,
As if obedient to his turn
At keeping foes at bay...

The game, of course, was just to stand,
Defiant and to taunt,
The foes approached across the land
The meerkats' dens to haunt...
But elder meerkats have tricks, too,
Their beady eyes see all,
Determinedly they keep in view
When hunters pay a call...

The meek young meerkat learnt to run,
To scamper and to hide,
To screech his warnings to each one
So they got down inside...
Though humans have their house alarms
Detecting to and fro,
The mighty meerkats have their charms
Compared to all we know...


Denis Martindale, copyright May 2016.


A poem based on a magnificent wildlife painting,
Anticipation by Stephen Gayford. Google-search
gayfordgallery and 'Stephen Gayford poetry'.