Today Paul Pepper and WALTER BARGEN, Missouri's first Poet Laureate, take a slight detour from the holiday season to discuss snakes. Rattlesnakes. Copperheads. Black Snakes. Find out why, plus listen to a performance of "Snake Music" - a short poem written by Walter. December 11, 2015
Paul Pepper: Poet Walter Bargen, "Snake Music" (Performance)
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