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'One Snodgrass, two Snodgrass, three Snodgrass, four . . .
I took my own rollcall when I counted seconds;
'One two three, Two two three, Three . . .,' the drum score
Showed only long rests to the tympani's entrance.
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Peace to the world! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
I’m not familiar with Snodgrass though I’ve seen his name and maybe read a poem or two by him. This one was an interesting experience for me feeling like I was pulled in one direction and then, somewhat abruptly, in another. But, at the end, I felt it was worth the read. I particularly liked, in part II the first stanza, at their birth, young rumps had been tendered warm accolades. -GK
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7/21/2025 5:37:52 AM # 1.0.0
Oh-oh-oh leff; leff; leff-toh-righ-toh-leff, ' The sergeant cadenced us footsore recruits; The heart, poor drummer, gone lame, deaf, Then AWOL, gets frogmarched to the noose. -Beautiful poem -thank you for sharing.Voted 10.