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Stabbed In the Back

Two beady black eyes
jump to the wrong conclusion ...
a piercing tongue

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stabbing me in the back



Dial it back Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Maureen McGreavy
5/7/19

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Mystic Rose Rose Date: 6/6/2019 6:16:00 AM How nasty it its when we can't trust a true friend or what we thought was a true friend. Congratulations my dear on a witty poem well expressed. Love xo Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/7/2019 6:12:00 AM thanks Pixie:-) hugs Jan xx

Geoffrey Brewer Date: 5/20/2019 2:06:00 AM Sharp, keen, acute, spiky, peaked, salient, cupspidate, prickly, spiny, thorny, bristling and to the point! Your verse is all of these, Jan - sharp pen! (thanks Thesaurus) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/6/2019 2:58:00 AM LOL thanks Geoffrey please accept my sincere apologies for not responding sooner:-( hugs jan xx

Jack Horne Date: 5/9/2019 2:32:00 PM a sure winner here, my friend - the undead viper strikes again Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/6/2019 2:58:00 AM LOL Jack, so sorry for the delay I know you understand:-) hugs jan xx

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 5/8/2019 8:15:00 AM - ... a theme I know well - Great written, Jan :) - Good luck in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/6/2019 2:57:00 AM sad isn't it Anne-Lise - can relate big time from a member of my family:-( so sorry for the delay in replying was at the cancer hospital when i wrote this:-( hugs Jan xx

Alexis Y. Date: 5/8/2019 5:41:00 AM Hi Jan, You penned a good entry for the contest theme. I wish you the best of luck in the contest:-) Alexis Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/6/2019 2:56:00 AM thanks Alexis, so sorry for the delay in replying:-( hugs jan xx

Gershon Wolf Date: 5/7/2019 9:52:00 PM Right up Maureen's alley, methinks. G.L. in the contest. Best wishes, Gershon Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/6/2019 2:55:00 AM thanks GW, was at the cancer hospital with hubby and had limited internet access when this was written, sincere apologies for the delay:-( hugs jan xx

Line Gauthier Date: 5/7/2019 9:25:00 PM Great poem, Jan. Great visual. Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/6/2019 2:55:00 AM thanks Line, am sure if you read my comments below you will understand my late reply. Hugs jan xx

Carl Fraser Date: 5/7/2019 7:36:00 PM Bible says the power of life and death is in the tongue. How true your words. Blessings Carl Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/6/2019 2:54:00 AM thanks Carl, I'm so sorry for not responding earlier - I wrote and posted this when I was at cancer hospital with hubby had very limited internet access and somehow I never got caught up with comments when I got back, many apologies:-( hugs Jan xx

Rico Leffanta Date: 5/7/2019 5:49:00 PM Aye, the tongue has proven to be mightier than the pen or sword! (Not surprising when one considers children learn that before they learn to read and write!) Aloha! Rico Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 6/6/2019 2:54:00 AM I'm so sorry for not responding earlier - I wrote and posted this when I was at cancer hospital with hubby had very limited internet access and somehow I never got caught up with comments when I got back, many apologies:-( hugs Jan xx