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Thanks (and apologies) to Dr. Vandana Sharma for inspiration :-)

For Heaven's Snake

Did you know, for Heaven's sake,
last week, I maligned a snake
in a poem that was misguided -
and patently one-sided.  
I now have an affinity 
for the serpent of divinity.
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Etgen-Baker Avatar
October 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
clever rhyme scheme.
Crandall Avatar
October 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Thanks, Sara!
Sharma Avatar
October 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Oh! well no apologies. Thank you for such wonderful poems , both outshine each other in their own perspectives. Good and bad , both are part of us and of every creature on this earth.
Crandall Avatar
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thanks, Vandana, I like your way of looking at things!
Sharma Avatar
October 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
:) beautifully done, the serpentine vibes, !! The mother of all snakes in "Kadru", as per our Hindu scriptures. The divine serpent (Vasuki naag), was used as a rope around the mandara mountain for for churning ocean during the war between devtas and asuras.
Sharma Avatar
October 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It is perfect!
Crandall Avatar
October 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
that's interesting...I'm wondering if these differences in the way snakes show up in folklore says that various cultures imbue different characteristics which we think of as intrinsic to things, in this case animals, which are really something put upon them...I'm not too sure I explained what was going through my head there too well - lol!
Sharma Avatar
October 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
In many Indian folktales. In India, in Hinduism, we even have a festival dedicated to snakes, know as 'naag panchmi', where milk is offered to snakes. (Of course it is symbolic offering in a temple).
Crandall Avatar
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Wow, lots of interesting stuff. It seems like snakes show up a lot in Western folk tales, but a lot of times, they're up to no good.
Crandall Avatar
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Wow, lots of interesting stuff. It seems like snakes show up a lot in Western folk tales, but a lot of times, they're up to no good.
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