Judge not the man by his words alone,
But set his deeds and actions against them
and judge the three together.
To judge the man by his words alone
May be enough to convict him three times over
Or in other cases cause to make him a saint,
When often the reverse is true.
Do we not say his bark is worse than his bite.
Have you not known him to speak lines full of prejudice and hate
And then seen him giving a helping hand
To those he has so demeaned with his tongue.
Has he not said he has no time for a particular race
Or group of people,
Only for you to find one of them as his best friend.
And have you not found yourself saying words
That you could cut your tongue out for having said.
So judge not the man by his words alone,
But listen, that you may hear his deeds and actions
Speaking for themselves.
Pete
The family dog is a yin yang
Two faced in black and white
Lives his life on a log chain
Likes to play with his bite
Pearly, ivory, toothy fangs
Partial faced in the moonlight
His Pyrenean bark is like a big bang
His bark is worse than his bite
~ Leonard Napierskie
Doggone it! Can't you believe it, it's happening again!
Somone call off them dogs, because it's about to be a murderous sin!
My fellow poets, Andrea Dietrich is a poet I admire.
But in case you didn't know it, P.D. is a dog-face liar!
A few poets soup mailed me and said, "Let sleeping dog's lie."
But I just wanted to "Collabo" on a "dark fantasy" and be a poetic samurai!
You lie down with dogs P. D., and you'll wake up with fleas.
She laughed at my poetry then got strung by my poetic bees!
I just wanted to end P.D.'s poetic career, not her death!
But something is seriously wrong I fear and I think it's her dog breath!
So Nathan Dilts steps in the mix, but his bark is worse than his bite.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks, you poetic parasite!
I told P.D. , "girl you like my doggy-style."
But then again, it would be a sin to sleep with a reptile!
Let me seal this with a kiss, so P. D. raise the write flag.
I'm throwing Sidney in the abyss and sealing up my doggy-bag!
*Wrote for the lovely Andrea Dietrich and her contest...The title will remain the same;)