Daniel G. Snethen |
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The July Featured Poet is Daniel G. Snethen Please feel free to email Daniel at: snethen@hotmail.com |
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THE SHAMBLEAU “There have been too many myths and legends for us to doubt it. The myth of the Medusa, for instance, can never have had its roots in the soil of Earth.” (C.L. Moore) Seduces men Beckons them closer, Her crimson medusoid wormy hair JOHN DEAN, I THINK I FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHY It made no sense, Nothing frightened you. Continual wear and tear to the body The visible scars, Yours was an intangible one Love is a driving force But it also weakens us And wild nature And you loved your dog And you couldn’t You had had enough. And then you chose Hemingway did it And when Uncle Leon “May your ashes enrich the Sublett-landscape, I believe Southeastern Idaho UNKNOWN CORPSES Murder, not Jack’s red-rum. |
Daniel G. Snethen lives in South Dakota. His mother was born in a reputedly haunted house in Minnesota. While attending college in Idaho, Snethen once hand-grabbed an adult rattlesnake which was trying to escape down a hole. Snethen has also been known to hand-grab scorpions. He has also had a few smelly encounters with the striped skunk. He enjoys bats, scorpions, spiders, centipedes and nudibranchs. He has a Masters of Science degree in zoology. He serves as the vice-president of the SD State Poetry Society and is currently editing their Spring 2019 edition of Pasque Petals. Snethen’s favorite piece of literature is the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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