Don't Stick Your Tongue Out Too Soon
A Poem About Irreverence
This is for Mikeydred's Truly July Challenge. Read the requirements here and hop aboard!
Today's the day for a little laissez faire - it's Stick Your Tongue Out day, and, as you may well guess, a day that marks a bit of irreverence.
While mutual respect is key, there are times when going against the grain and sticking one's tongue out is allowable, and sometimes necessary. It's all about balance.
We can be off-key with close friends, in creative settings or in casual conversations if you and your conversation partner have established trust.
It's best to keep that tongue in when situations are more serious, professional or when you don't know owyour conversation partner well.
So, do stick that tongue out once in a while - with a little thought.
Enjoy this little tritina.
Quick tongue goes out when it knows
Others like it in the room
In a place of gentle calm
Sharp tongue goes out when it's calm
When beauteous souls so well it knows
When there is knowledge room
Witty tongue in when it knows
Aura serious in the room
When words are no longer calm
Tongue goes out when it knows the room and the scene is calm.
About the Creator
Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.



Comments (3)
I will have to practice keeping mine tongue in check!!
Hey I think you've published this same piece twice
A wonderful July related tongu twister so to speak , this was a fun one