Australia – The Brown Snake Poem by Paul Warren

Australia – The Brown Snake



We were cadets who as part of the training went
To the Adelaide Hills in hiking and compass sent
Dropped from Echunga to find our way back
The groups of four were walking by map a fact

We decided to follow the compass bearing
And so took off in single file a direction sharing
To the wire fence the first in line climbed
As he was stepping to the ground a snake to find

It was curled up in the sun
And when seen made us all run
I can still see us now running and yelling
About a brown snake we were loudly telling

The moral of the story is for all
Before walking in fields with grass that’s tall
Look out before placing your foot down
For brown snakes who are curled up on the ground!

© Paul Warren Poetry

Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: my country
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Walking in tall grass in the country - nearly on a venomous brown snake.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jayatissa K. Liyanage 19 August 2015

Lovely narration Paul. I enjoyed i thoroughly. Thanks for sharing.

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Rajnish Manga 19 August 2015

Remarkable narrative. I must call it photogenic poetry. The reader is also following the cadets to find out a way out and in the end he is happy to touch upon the moral of the story. Entire scene is nicely recreated. Thanks, Paul.

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ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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