He is a hobo;
his worldly goods humped
upon his back
He is an athlete;
in the race to be slowest
he excels
He is Hansel
leaving a silvery trail to mark
where he has been
He is a bear
hibernating in the cave
of his shell
He is a tank,
tough, tenacious, passing over
all obstacles
in the kingdom of the small
he looms large.
He is a king!
*after reading Beth’s post ‘Slowing Down’
John Malone 
I like this…..
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thanks Don for being first cab off the rank ; good to hear from you 🙂
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I love the idea of a snail as an athlete. I have this image of a great arena filled with energetic snails doing long jump and high jump and marathons that take a year. I too wrote a poem about snails. I might repost after your post after Beth’s post. 🙂
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LOL; please do; would love to read it; reckon Beth would too 🙂
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He is lunch
if in a French restaurant
you are dining
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I know, David; realizing the snail might be reading over my shoulder while writing this, I wisely kept that unpleasantry out 🙂
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😁
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It is a dirty hungry job, but
I’m happy to do it 🐌 👀
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love it, snails have the right idea –
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🙂 they have much to teach us, Beth 🙂
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After reading your poem, I appreciate snails much more than I ever did.
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that’s a wonderful comment, Neil; thanks 🙂
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I totally enjoyed this. I once saw a video on YouTube were a snake tries to devour the snail but it came back up. There was no commentary so don’t know it was real or remastered. However, I loved this snails win as marathon winner. 🐌
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thank you 🙂 I’m glad the snail got out 🙂
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I loved this one John
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thanks Hobbo; will do a Baldry search 🙂
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Great poem to one of natures unsung heroes.
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thanks Ulle ; yes, I often like to write about the under-rated, the unsung, the neglected: it is actually easier because there is so much that has NOT been said —
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It might be beneficial for all humankind to adopt some of those “snail” habits.
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A snail is a Hansel. How inventive!
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thank you 🙂
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