Daily Poem Entries

Keeping Mum

Keeping Mum

Things not said can be important,
hidden cost is no informant,
the muttered words at close of play
are often what we need to say.

“What’s that you said, I didn’t hear?”
“Oh, nothing dear - it wasn’t clear
that I had anything to add.”
(to say aloud would just be mad)

So bind those words and keep them down,
or let them loose and risk a frown;
your shrink would call it dissipation,
but I say it’s - self preservation.


Line count: 12
Rhymed couplets
For The Daily Poem, Sept 05 2022
Prompt: Things not said. Your poem must be a minimum 10 lines, but not more than 12 lines. It must have a minimum 5 words per line, but not more than 8 words per line. You may NOT use the following words in your poem: regret, unsaid, memory/memories/memoirs, whisper, or remember.