From Generation To Generation!

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'.