A hiss of the snake – v3

Guttural, pain

a hiss of the snake

their minds reeling

their face a blank

Caught in mid-flight

the fight vanished

lost for that moment

on the brink

Running, panic

ancient, primal

moment of the snake

amygdala hijack

edited February 6, 2015

A hiss of the snake – v11

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-hiss-of-snake-v11.html

(editing version 8)

edited November 26, 2014

A hiss of the snake – v10

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-hiss-of-snake-v10.html

(editing version 3)

edited November 19, 2014

A hiss of the snake – v9

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-hiss-of-snake-v9.html

(editing original again)

edited May 14, 2014

A hiss of the snake – v8

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-hiss-of-snake-v8.html

(editing version 6)

which had 17 page views on 5/14/14)

edited February 19, 2014

A hiss of the snake – v7

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-hiss-of-snake-v7.html

(editing original again)

Edited December 24, 2013

A hiss of the snake – v6

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-hiss-of-snake-v6.html

(editing version 2)

Edited November 29, 2013

“A hiss of the snake – v5”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-hiss-of-snake-v5.html

(editing original again)

Edited September 29, 2013

“A hiss of the snake – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-hiss-of-snake-v4.html

(editing original again)

Edited August 1, 2013

“A hiss of the snake – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-hiss-of-snake-v3.html

June 30, 2012

“A hiss of the snake – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/hiss-of-snake-v2.html

see also

edited July 2, 2012

(adding fifth verse)

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/one-wakes-within-us-v3.html

started writing after reading

“one wakes within us – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/one-wakes-within-us-v2.html

July 2, 2012

at the Poet’s Corner

monthly poetry readings

Suncook Senior Center

edited July 1, 2012

&

June 30, 2012

“A hiss of the snake”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/hiss-of-snake.html

June 29, 2012

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/one-wakes-within-us.html

Chapter Two of book ,A General Theory of Love

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375709223/104-5531350-4503140

entitled “Kits, Cats, Sacks, and Uncertainty”

with Gene Wolfe quote

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/76285

&

written after attending

and beginning to read the handouts from

NH Bar Continuing Legal Education seminar

http://www.collaborativedivorcenews.com/2012/03/practical-neuro-literacy-where-divorce.html

http://www.legalspan.com/nhbar/catalog.asp?ItemID=20120327-414189-71832

“PRACTICAL NEURO-LITERACY”

Where Divorce Practice,

Neuroscience, and Legal

Conflict Resolution Intersect

with Pauline H. Tesler

http://www.lawtsf.com/teslerpro.html

http://www.blogger.com/profile/07519487529449708253

http://www.collaborativepractice.com/_t.asp?T=TrainersDir&M=8&MS=7&S=VIEW&ID=1849091615

June 14, 2012

&

triune brain

http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/bcp/brainbasics/triune.html

http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/triune%20brain.htm

&

mirror neurons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron

&

Amygdala hijack - wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack

&

subliminal persuasion

priming

video – “Derren Brown - Mind Control”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjueOXCy3OM

&

It Takes a Village

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village

&

It Takes a Family

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Takes_a_Family

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