Sleeping Dogs

Whispers and secrets
keep silent council
with mouldering lips
and stone cold hands

down in the grave
they slumber
and rot

sleeping dogs
tell no lies

Reviews

[Clayton Bardwell]

What is it about the word moldering that I love so much? Let those damn sleeping dogs lie. I like the turn of phrase you used there. Clever. You must be from one of those "OU" countries. I always feel like it's your language and we are just borrowing it here in the U.S.

[Elizabeth]

Ha. I am as American as apple pie, sir. Thanks, though :)

[Clayton Bardwell]

Oooops,
Well, great then.

[Relic]

Perhaps in the grave was where they belonged. Secrets hide nefarious things sometimes that would hurt a lot of people were they revealed. Nicely done.

[SuspectGray]

Yes by all means do not awaken the sleeping dogs. They not only lie but sometimes they tell the hurtful truth

[Horizons]

I got your message what you want to say through the poem. Well structured words. I liked the concept of the poem.

[Inspiring Writer]

sleeping dogs
tell no lies... words're powerful and the write's great. you remind me about some dogs who bark at night and don't get some kinda fear of dark nights... so, don't tell lies. A write made by your but Imagined by your pure soul that's pure and can scent the smell of the world even in the nights too. It's all about city's, locality's and more even about the Worldwide. Great write, Nicely penned.97

[ChemicalMadness]

Your mind makes my mind happy. Loved "silent council".....

CM.

[Clockwork]

This poem reminds me of part of a novel I read today. I'm paraphrasing here, but the character said that the dead make good neighbors. In essence, he cited the core message of the final couplet in this poem.

Aside from that little story on my part, I like how concise your style is. You have a way with word economy and delivery a message in a short space. Even still, what you put on the page still packs a punch, and I like that.

[Richard]

direct and simple and short and sweet and other adjectives apply ... this was fantastic :)

RIchie

P.S your about me section was really funny

[M Breen]

Mouldering and lips is a frighteningly tricksome combination. Disturbing. Yet there is a macabre twist of a grin that isn't obvious in one particular line but more a result of the all. And the play on the sleeping dogs cliché is a smooth stroke that ends in a slap. Just one reading of an open and excellent poem. Glad to see this one. Thanks for sharing.

[Elizabeth]

Thanks for that. I liked the sleeping dogs bit, as well. I wondered how it would go over.