Life Snail Poems

Have you seen the teapot snail?
I heard he has a really small tail
He sits on a mushroom most of the day
Enjoying his natural life this...

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Ho Xuan Huong (1772-1882) was a risqué Vietnamese poetess. Her verse — replete with nods, winks, double entendres and sexual innuendo — was shocking to...

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spirally coiled shell
     crawling across the sidewalk
           two tiny feelers...

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Lizard Snail
What does it matter what you say
What does it matter what you do
What does it matter what you think
What does it matter what you...

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humid trail of life
over dry words and numbers -
snail on a tombstone


11/20/2019	
A Nature Themed Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
Syllables Per Line:	5 7 5...

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On my driveway
glistening in the moonlight
magnificent display
of swirling, curling ribbons
intermingling...
a painted labyrinth!

Who has done this to my property?
it’s not my creation...but
it’s quite beautiful.
upon inspection,
elated fascination;
snail...

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I’m so sorry snail,

You work hard to live along your daily trail.

Either stepped on and damaged

Kicked away and savaged.

Only to be thrown off path,

Get away...

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Tortoise.
I will not only give legs to my coiling words
I will give them the hitting blow of your weakness
You black pot of sluggish disgrace and...

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A child when young
Could be compared to a snail,
Hidden away 
In a shy little shell.
Having parents divided 
Because one didn't care,
Caused turmoil and upset
I lived...

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Wading the Meramac River near Jesse James’ Cavern with my son…
I espied an adventurer who in stature was so very small to us.
Before me was...

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as the cumulonimbi thrash & tear the
sky,
the quiet chill envelopes you & stops you in your tracks,
snapping your head quick like a bird in the
wild
(looking...

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Some talk about Snails'
And how they act
But, there is no reason
Or recourse
When suddenly,
Snail's fight back
No matter the quorum
Or the decorum
There are so many thing's
That we...

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Some times' their are things'
That we want to take back
But, their is only so-much
Time,
Then the Lord and behold
The Snails' are back
They slithered in against
All the...

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The slow snail the fast fly now mocks 
               and taunts;
...

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the small
the annoying
the little pest
is it though?
have you ever thought about it
you throw a snail
maybe even kill
but do you know why it does it
or do...

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