The Tongues

The Lying Tongue
sang a song
The Flattering Tongue
played along
The Know It All Tongue
intended the composition
The Meddling Tongue
held it's position
The Harsh Tongue
kept quiet for once
The Tactless Tongue
reluctantly obliged 
The Rude Tongue
got annoyed
The Loquatious Tongue
was soon overjoyed
The Discouraging Tongue
hummed on
The Self-Depreciating Tongue
became withdrawn
The Argumentative Tongue
thought it all wrong
The Boasting Tongue 
thought it right on
The Hasty Tongue 
felt it was contrite 
The Discouraging Tongue
and all this singing
The Indiscreet Tongue's
awkward whistling
The Complaining Tongue's
plodding drone
The Cursing Tongue
let out a no-no moan
The Judgemental Tongue 
liked that a lot
The Self-Absorbed Tongue
rolled it's eyes
The Retaliating Tongue 
held out a hat
The Intimadating Tongue
offered a prize
The Cynical Tongue 
just laughed
The Accusing Tongue
choreographed
The Gossiping Tongue 
signed autographs
The Doughting Tongue
crooned the refrain
The Accusing tongue 
blasted the blame
The Hasty Tongue
fanned the flames
So the Belittling Tongue
dismissed the party
The Devisive Tongue
composed the ending
And the Silent Tongue
looked on.



* All tongues borrowed from < Thirty Days to Taming Your Tongue by author Deborah Smith Pegues >

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 2/12/2022 8:04:00 AM
Hi Thresha this is and interesting and humourous poem. Regards Mpho.
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Thresha Reese
Date: 2/14/2022 2:35:00 PM
Thank you for your read and encouraging comment :-)
Date: 2/12/2022 6:25:00 AM
Brilliant. Great flow. I was hooked right up until the last line. Very original.
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Thresha Reese
Date: 2/14/2022 2:35:00 PM
The party has to end sometime :-) Thank you for the read!
Date: 1/7/2019 3:32:00 PM
This is briliant, a FAVE For sure.. and do not fave a lot.. I am the silent tongue, but you already know that..
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Thresha Reese
Date: 1/12/2019 9:50:00 AM
I do know this! hehe. Thanks for the read and encouraging comment :-)
Date: 1/5/2019 11:23:00 AM
Nice one, Thresha, nearly got me talking in tongues. Very good to see you again.
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Thresha Reese
Date: 1/5/2019 12:26:00 PM
lol @ talking in tongues. Thankyou for your read and comment. Onward...
Date: 1/5/2019 10:21:00 AM
This is great! Hope you get Poem of the Day! Fun one and a slap too...lol
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Thresha Reese
Date: 1/5/2019 11:08:00 AM
ty for your read and encouraging comment :-)
Date: 1/5/2019 10:11:00 AM
Well expressed considering the theme...
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Thresha Reese
Date: 1/5/2019 11:09:00 AM
ty for that :-)
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