Shadow of the Snake Anthology
Shadow of the Snake: An Anthology of Poems from the Rattlesnake Museum reading on May 30, 2015 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dedicated to our adopted rattlesnake “Costaquerque.” Bob Myers, Director of the American Rattlesnake Museum.
Includes poets: Kim Adonna, Joanne Bodin, Susy Crandall, Emily Dickinson (read by Donna Audette), Mark Fleisher, Philip Frisk, Teresa E. Gallion, Ginny Gaskil, Iris Gersh, Beatlick Pamela Hirst, Valerie Hookman, Gayle Lauradunn, William Matthews (read by Julie Brokken), Nate Maxson, Jules Nyquist, Kate Padilla, Susan Paquet, Andi Penner, John Roche, Georgia Santa-Maria, Lauren Schwartz, Eleanor Stewart, Stewart Warren.
Poetry Playhouse Publications
Edited by Jules Nyquist
5.25” x 8”, 56 pages, with black and white photographs
“What are you afraid of?” Asks the mama rattlesnake. “My shadow!” says the baby snake. (Shadows can haunt you all your life if you let them). “It’s just a shadow,” says mama rattlesnake. “Turn around and it’s not there, see?” Baby snake coils up, still a bit scared. “Do you love me?” asks baby snake. “Of course,” says mama rattlesnake. All snakes just want a little love.
