Time Snail Poems

Hey Mr Snail, Mr Snail, Mr. Snail
I want to check my mail, Mr. Snail, Mr. Snail.
Snail rolled his eyes; he was tired of this bug.
Give...

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Pink sixties floral design on the back of this snail so gay,
I look and ponder, wondering who owned it once upon a….
Was it an older...

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a snail
on the move?
almost motionless...
to nowhere,
mocking time.



Date written: 05/18/2021...

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Puller of a big shell home, no hobo
Tracked brightest of silver patterns
Bold snail, Hugh wobbled with mojo 
Hubris resumes his powerful status

Side to side saunter,...

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Trump has smeared our Snail Mail with slime
Insisting it is not a crime
Ballots need inspection
To win an election
And Biden may die with more time!...

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A snail stuck in jail
was quick to rail over the
slow pace of his case....

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My transportive 
awesome Muse
speaks of a hiking trail
for an aging snail.

My communicative
wondrous music
is dancing choreography
for an ageless bee
coming.


I ask if I might speak
with the Editor...

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James E. Tate 

The little man answered the doorbell,
But saw no one there. 
Seeing a snail on his porch, 
He pitched it in the air.

Three...

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Faulkner's comment, I imagine him
tossing it off like Yogi Berra between games
of a doubleheader. The hero, the expert, the virtuoso
has no real control, is going...

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Lost, empty, dead inside—
All typical words of irrational despair
Cradled lust
Wandering in a foreign land,
Dazed and disoriented
Crushed and soured in youthful wisdom
I wish I had hung...

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A snail and a rabbit,
Had a competition called,
The tortoise and the hare,
The rabbit a show off,
Look at my competition,
Ha ha ha,get outta here,
But the snail...

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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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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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Why my Snail left
I soon forget the
Reason why,
All that I know is
He left such an empty
Plate,
Such an empty trace
Which I did not even
Want to try...

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A Snail is a Snail
But how can you tell
Some say he has whisker's
I say that he has a tail
Fore where ever he goes'
He always' leave...

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