Monday it is Quadrille Monday. De is the pubtender. what is a quadrille? It is a poem of exactly 44 words, excluding the title. The quadrille must include a prompted word. today it is “kick” – kicked, kicking, kicks, kickle, a form of the word kick. Come join us for these fun and short poems. The Pub opens at 3:00 pm EST Monday.
Kicking Leaves
I like my morning walks
especially in autumn –
leaves have fallen –
they lie stacked up on the sides of our lane.
I kick a group of them up in the air.
A snake goes flying.
Now, ain’t that a kick in the head?
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Nov 06, 2017 @ 12:02:22
It is a beautiful time of year, especially with all the color in the trees – though it will soon be leaving. The cold rains this weekend took out a lot of the leaves in the back yard. It is like a box of crayons.
I am rather fond of walks this time of year as well.
Haha. My heart might have skipped a beat when the snake flew into the air. I am not scared of them, just wary. But what a surprise that would have been. He was obviously enjoying the autumn leafbeds and the bit of warmth under their blanket.
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:13:36
Yes. I have a feeling he thought he was safe and sound. It was a copperhead and boy, was he mad. I’m not frightened of them either but wary. I always take my sheathed sword with me both as a walking stick and as protection, although the fiercest thing I have encountered was the neighbor’s Pekingese. Yes, the leaves are like crayons or, piles of spices – cayenne, turmeric, paprika, ginger, cinnamon….I love the smells. Poor snake. I wouldn’t have killed it. I live and let live.
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:10:34
I hope the snake fared well and you do… probably he was quite cold and stiff poor thing… but it must have scared you a lot. But kicking in leaves sounds like being child again.
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:15:30
I love kicking the leaves along our lane. The snake was a poisonous copperhead. I imagine it was settling down for the winter. It didn’t scare me. It startled me though. I always carry my sheathed sword for both a walking stick and as protection. But I wouldn’t have hurt the snake even though it is dangerous. I live and let live. I’ll be more cautious tomorrow!
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:18:30
I’m sure the copperhead knew that you were a samurai
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:22:22
Come to think of it, I’m sure he did. 🙂
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:13:28
Poor snake, having an innocent snooze among leaves – hope s/he is not concussed and had a soft landing! :o) xxx
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:16:57
Oh my Xenia. Snakes are pretty flexible and fall like rubber. It was a dangerous poisonous one who I imagine thought it was in a safe place for the winter. It was really mad when it it hit the lane and when sliding down into the ditch beside the road. We let each other be.
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:22:16
Oh dear, lucky the snake wanted to move on too! ;o) xxx
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:23:17
Well I don’t know if it really wanted to but it did. I think it realized it needed to go off the cold hard stuff (asphalt) and on into the woods.
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:23:42
;o) xxx
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:14:11
Yeeeeeow! I’d be in shock and running back down the road in the opposite direction! A kick in the head indeed!
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:17:58
Lordy Lillian, snakes don’t bother me – even the poisonous ones which this one was. I live and let live. It’s the way we roll down here in the country. 🙂
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:22:41
I can roll with the best of them….EXCEPT for snakes! 🙂 😦
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:23:43
Just a little three fot copperhead Lillian, LOL
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:24:50
…and I repeat…yeeeeeeeeeeow!
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:26:22
Wow, that was unexpected! For me, for you, and for the poor old snake!
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:27:40
Teehee. Poor snake. 😉 Love this, Toni. I can feel those leaves under my feet.
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:29:17
The leaves were gloriously dry De. Poor snake my butt. It was a poisonous copperhead.
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:42:06
Ha. That’s hilarious. Is this legit? Sounds like a very close call! Was it poisonous, you think?
Nov 06, 2017 @ 15:45:22
Of course it is true. and yes, it was very poisonous – it was a copperhead. It was really made when it hit the ground, postured a bit and then slid off down into the ditch by our lane. I had my sheathed sword with me just in case – snakes and other critters (men) out here in the country. But I only use my sword as a walking stick. I wouldn’t have hurt the snake. I’d have used my sword to lift it and fling it. It was settling in for the winter, probably a female getting ready to lay eggs in a month or so. Live and let live is my motto.
Nov 06, 2017 @ 16:05:52
You are a freaking bad-ass. I would have totally freaked out and started squealing and hopping around like a nut-job. 🙂
My husband thought I was a sweet angel when he met (and even married) me. But a few weeks in, we were out in the back yard messing around, and he thought it would be so hilarious to toss this (dead) snake at me. Well, I thought it was alive of course, so when it hit me, I screamed and threw a big fit. He started laughing, and (he still quotes me on this) I said, “That was such a shitty thing to do.” So I don’t think I had ever cursed around him before. He really did think I was a very good girl. After that, I started to let him see the truth, little by little. Now he knows I’m the devil. 😛
Nov 06, 2017 @ 16:21:14
Nope, not a bad ass. Just a long time practitioner of bushido – I can’t imagine anyone thinking it is funny to throw a snake, dead or alive at someone. Glad you woke him up a bit.
Nov 06, 2017 @ 16:27:07
One of my favourite things – right up there with splashing in puddles! Not sure about the snake, though. We don’t have many of them around here, just the odd adder in hot weather.
Nov 06, 2017 @ 16:39:08
A snake the colour of Autumn – makes kicking leaves an act of bravado. Amusing tail that kick
Nov 06, 2017 @ 16:48:00
The copperhead pretty much does blend into its autumnal colors…my husband is just going to shake his head when I tell him about it tonight.
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Nov 06, 2017 @ 16:54:53
A Wonder Woman of a wife methinks he thinks
Nov 06, 2017 @ 17:30:03
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Nov 06, 2017 @ 16:48:27
One doesn’t know what is resting in a pile of leaves.
Nov 06, 2017 @ 16:51:54
Nope. But I should have been more careful. A lot of copperheads in this area this fall.
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Nov 06, 2017 @ 17:25:22
Oh my! Love the imagery…. I’ll go to sleep with the image of hapless snakes being kicked about. That snake must have got the shock of its life! I think I would have fainted on the spot….. or run into on-coming traffic!
Nov 06, 2017 @ 17:29:31
Lol…no traffic back this way. You would have run straight into the woods! It was an extremely poisonous snake and oh! Was it angry when it but the ground! It slithered into the roadside ditch and took off for safer parts.
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Nov 06, 2017 @ 18:36:54
Wow!!
Nov 06, 2017 @ 17:49:35
I too love autumn walks but I will definitely jump out if I see a flying snake ~ Good one Toni ~
Nov 06, 2017 @ 17:56:01
Oh, mon Dieu. I’ve been raking leaves all morning and out to do another batch in a few. Not surprising, my poem goes with kicking leaves, too. Very fun quadrille.
Nov 06, 2017 @ 18:04:55
Ah, how nature teaches us, one way or the other. Happy that you and the copperhead let it be! 🙂
Nov 06, 2017 @ 21:11:58
Wonderful turn out, Toni, Copperhead–damn, they have those & coral snakes on the Gulf coast of TX, where my wife is from. A pile of leaves can mantle dead corpses or rodents or snakes; hate snakes and big spiders.
Nov 07, 2017 @ 01:08:52
No, of course I didn’t step back back when I saw the snake. I’m much to brave for that. *cough*
Nov 07, 2017 @ 20:31:33
LOL…sorry I am not your typical screaming woman!
Nov 07, 2017 @ 12:18:09
Ha! Nice ending- glad she didn’t come after you!
Nov 07, 2017 @ 20:31:01
So am I!