All Hail the Amazing Glutinous Snail©



All Hail the Amazing Glutinous Snail ©
Gary Shulman,  MS. Ed.
December 24, 2021

All hail the amazing glutinous snail
Molluskian marvel whose virtues prevail
In forests so thickened with foliage pristine
Or denizens of oceans sadly no longer clean
Slime trails glistening a silvery sheen
Declaring shelled beauties soon will be seen
Geometric armor so rainbowed in hue
Resplendent in form leaving such a lovely goo
You might think me ill or think my senses have flown
But in my mind those mollusks should sit on a throne
For they bide their own time never rushing through life
Adding beauty in abundance never causing stress nor strife
Oh to live the life of a snail, that I do say
Not rushing through days,
Now that is the way
Slowly and surely ingesting sweet moments in time
Of life’s daily delights……..while spreading the slime
I know you are thinking, has he lost his mind!
The life of a snail isn’t wondrous, admirable or kind
But any creature so lovely who meanders each day
Taking in nature’s beauty for eons to stay
And if by chance, reincarnation is real
I would not come back as snake, a chicken nor eel
But a snail I would be with symmetry and style
Enjoying life’s wonders
Forever and a mile

About this poem

A celebration of a creature who never hurries through life but takes in every beauty that nature has to offer.

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Written on December 24, 2021

Submitted by shulman.gary on December 24, 2021

Modified on March 17, 2023

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Scheme Axx Aabbbbccddeefxfgghhffiijxj
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,220
Words 222
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 26

Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.

Gary Shulman, MS. Ed. has spent a lifetime supporting vulnerable families and children. He began his career working with children with and without disabilities in an inclusive Head Start program in Brooklyn NY. He then transitioned to become the Special Needs and Early Childhood Coordinator for the Brooklyn Children's Museum for 10 years. His passion for advocacy grew as he worked more and more with parents of children with disabilities. For over 24 years he passionately advocated for the needs of these parents as the Social Services and Training Director for Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. in NYC. The last 8 years of his working life, Mr. Shulman served as a private Special Needs Consultant conducting hundreds of training sessions throughout NYC and beyond to help parents and professionals find and access the services and systems required to facilitate maximizing the potential of their children with disabilities. Now Mr. Shulman is happily retired in Palm Springs CA, but still volunteers his time any way he can to provide information to those in need of his expertise. Today, Gary enjoys sharing his poetry that he passionately writes with the goal of leaving this world a better place one word at a time. more…

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