Copperhead Poems - Poems about Copperhead

copperhead alert senryu

...copperhead alert
not real happy to see me
shaggy reaction...

Interview With a Snake

...Jim Stokes is at the Memphis Zoo.
He’s been assigned to interview
a Southern copperhead. A few
have scared him s _ _ _ less in the past.
Thank God this one’s behind thick glass!

Jim: Good, mor...

Living In Reverse

...I live in a town where all things go in
reverse. The bushes grow reversely,
shrink smaller back into seeds, and roll back
into the past-life seeds. The river flows

reversely, very swiftly. My f...

Hiking the Red River Gorge

...Vibrant chroma dots the mountains and valleys;
we hike the Red River gorge, taking in it’s
majestic pigmentation; leaves of October
crunch beneath booted feet.

We take our journey wi...

Snakes In Rural Pennsylvania

...SNAKES IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA

The snakes in his head 
were timber rattlers, easily
agitated, disinclined to fight,
their rattling a warning to all
before slipping away silently from 
conflict ...

Personal Scenes of Mine

...A walking track through the forest,
shrouded by giants, providing shade,
with broken boughs, leaf litter and life,
and a cool mountain stream in a glade.

This stranger can only see beauty,
whe...

Copperhead In the Leaves

...A pile of leaves to a child is better than a shiny toy.
but a copperhead can blend in perfectly.

Every neighborhood has a pile of leaves.
and a copperhead or two....

Ted

...One fine day Ted sat up like an arrowhead
Straight out he jumped out of bed
Had a quick coffee and a bite of bread 
Ted liked to think things through in his head

Nothing he liked better than pl...

Where Are All the Story Songs

...Where are all the story songs,
like 'Gypsies, Tramps and thieves'?
'The Gambler' and ' a boy named Sue',
'Ruby', where his wife leaves?
'The night they drove old Dixie down',
the American Civil ...

A Real Real Spicy Kick Three Hundred Fifty Words Form a Hot Chili Pepper

...
""Entirely you know 
I cannot change 
the whole of the 
World all on my 
own." - 


"Or can I?"  

"I mean whom 
better to start 
with?"" 


""Yes, finding I 
am; Humility 
...

The Billabong

...There’s an old river course with beginning and end,
now the river runs straight without this river bend,
where the water is still and the reeds do grow strong.
New life has taken over in a billabo...

A Torn Page

...A hundred pounds bite.
It was a matter of faith
with copperhead.

A maddening silence
dodging the window,
where the moon sits.

The peril will always stay
reneging, of the big space
for nex...

Songs From the Woods

...walking silently with the spirits of the woods 
             the stunning acquaintance of a snowy Owl
             Hearing songs from many around yet not seen or found
           
             carefu...

A Rattlesnake In Georgia

...Haiku one of my first poems on soup
rattlesnake


Georgia rattlesnake
venomous dangerous foe
hidden in garden  

A Rattlesnake In Georgia
Metamorph Revi...

The Copperhead

...Copperheaded Snake
Highland moccasin dread
Kin to cottonmouth...

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