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Monday, October 30, 2023

Wendell Berry

 The Snake 

From The Collected Poems of Wendell Berry, 1957-1982

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Monday, October 5, 2020

Michael Harty

Rattlesnakes

 


From The Statue Game

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Labels: death, earth, hibernation, January, Michael Harty, October, rain, rattlesnakes, seasons, snakes, spring, winter

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Wendell Berry

The Snake


From Terrapin
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Mary Oliver

Click to enlarge. From Contemporary American Poetry (5th Edition).
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Labels: autumn, blood, body, excitement, fire, food, foxes, fruit, grapes, Mary Oliver, nature, October, plants, thorns
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