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You have a true gift for imagery. I love the way you put the reader in the scene with your descriptive words. I have two boys and imagined them in your scene, lol. Your poem was like reading a day with them on one our walks on the trails in our area. :-) Good times. They're older now and those days are over, so thank you for the nostaligic moment. I look forward to reading more of your work.
posted by
RamfamilyWritings
on July 20, 2012 at 9:56 AM
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Re: Oh! I have only encountered one snake and it was enough, lol!
Thank you, Kat. I tried to make it as surprising as the experience was.
posted by
2902
on July 20, 2012 at 4:59 AM
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Re: sam
I've found the same thing - they can be stubborn. I wrote a poem about how a blacksnake refused to even budge, and even shook his tail like a rattler to scare me away. I've since read that lots of non-poisonous snakes do that.
posted by
2902
on July 20, 2012 at 4:57 AM
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Re: Snakes would rather slither out of the way than find thensleves in
It was a total shock - for both of us, I'm sure. I'm reminded of Emily Dickinson's poem, "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" that ends so vividly, saying she
"... never met this fellow,
attended or alone,
without a tighter breathing,
and zero at the bone."
Now THAT says it all.
posted by
2902
on July 20, 2012 at 4:51 AM
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Oh! I have only encountered one snake and it was enough, lol!
Strong conveyance of the experience..
posted by
Katray2
on July 20, 2012 at 1:51 AM
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I can relate totally~ My daughter was mowing the lawn this evening and one stopped her in her tracks because he would not slither away! I eve tossed a couple of stones his way to get him to move but he was a stubborn one! Thankfully she got the lawn mowed! sam 
posted by
sam444
on July 19, 2012 at 10:25 PM
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Snakes would rather slither out of the way than find thensleves in
trouble, but I am sure it was a surprise.
posted by
Kabu
on July 19, 2012 at 8:03 PM
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Re: wellingtons
My legs are particularly attractive, CC, but thank God the snakes don't think so.
posted by
2902
on July 19, 2012 at 12:29 PM
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Re:copperheads
Hoo boy! I didn't know that about copperheads.
posted by
2902
on July 19, 2012 at 12:21 PM
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Re:stepping on one
I've actually done that, but luckily I picked a nice one- he wriggled out and fled before I put my weight down. Memorable!
posted by
2902
on July 19, 2012 at 12:18 PM
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Re: 2902
Ace, I've been lucky - only a blacksnake, but he made me jump. I wasn't looking for him at all. As for the other kinds, I often wonder just how close they've been.
posted by
2902
on July 19, 2012 at 12:10 PM
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Good one. That's the way it is here right now--copperheads seeking water.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 19, 2012 at 12:00 PM
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That's the trouble when one is in the camping mood ,I like wellingtons, but you boys like to show off your legs. 
posted by
C_C_T
on July 19, 2012 at 11:30 AM
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Re: phobia
It was a hot day, as I recall, but I suddenly felt cold!
posted by
2902
on July 19, 2012 at 11:16 AM
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Liked this one! It's better than stepping on it, to say the least.
posted by
mariss9
on July 19, 2012 at 10:14 AM
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2902
Well if this is a story that happened to you, I sure hope you are OKAY! Get you a good walking staff. Be careful and safe! Ace.
posted by
aceblade
on July 19, 2012 at 10:11 AM
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Damn! And I was hoping to have rid myself of the phobia - a huge shudder at the end of this poem.
posted by
adnohr
on July 19, 2012 at 9:39 AM
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