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Shhh.....
by Diana J Legun

Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Rated "G" by the Author.
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 Shhh....



It’s the way he did it . . .


how he handled the deal . . . 

the big brindle Mastiff-Shar-Pei

when that cavern-throated bark

made me start in a squeal.


I would have said “No!” real

firmly and said “sit” and “stay,”

but those measures seldom work,

not for me anyway.


Instead, he gently took the big face

in his hands and into the brown eyes

softly went, “shhhhhh.......” without a word.

It was like looking at the meaning of wise.



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Reviewed by dan Rosenhagen 7/12/2012
shhhhhhh, quiet please, I am listening to the sound of brilliance. :-)
Reviewed by Axilea MU 7/8/2012
i like such wisdom that makes its appearence in daily life. I wish it would work more often this way. Lovely description.

Axilea
Reviewed by Annabel Sheila 7/6/2012
Awesome! Animals don't really need words....they "get" us without them....

Anna
Reviewed by Ronald Hull 7/5/2012
Wow! Even big dogs bow to their masters. Brings back a memory.

I visited my uncle once. I didn't know, but he had taken in a male bull mastiff. As I got out of the car, the big dog came bounding down from the barn and promptly jumped up, placing his big paws on my shoulders and breathing his wet breath in my face.

I brought my arm up and he immediately grabbed a hold of it (my forearms are very skinny, almost just bone) like a big bone. My hand stuck out of one side and my elbow out the other. And then he began to shake his head from side to side, playing with this bone! I held my ground by firmly planting my feet while he played. My uncle came out of the house and was quite surprised to see him playing with me like that.

My uncle said that no more salesman came into his barnyard. I didn't fear the dog and that's probably why he didn't hurt me. It was an experience I'll never forget, though. My uncle had to give up the dog later–never said why.

Ron
Reviewed by D. Vaineo 7/5/2012
Diana, This shows us there are always other measures...nicly done.

Deborah
Reviewed by Richard King 7/5/2012
"It was like looking at the meaning of wise."

Same with this poem. Nicely done. Dick

Reviewed by Laura Fall 7/5/2012
A fascinating write indeed Laura
Reviewed by Shirley Houston 7/5/2012
Amazing how a gentle and serene spirit calms & soothes even in the most "charged" situations!
Reviewed by Lily of Lough Neagh C. Dennis-Woosley 7/5/2012
When you face something that can be this terrifying (as you use so metaphorically) the wisdom is gentleness and softness.

Nicely done Diana

Love and Light
Lily
Reviewed by Vivian Dawson 7/4/2012
A time to speak, and time when
silence is golden...thanks,
*Diana* for expressing it
so well....

Lady Vivian
Reviewed by Sandy Hoynacki 7/4/2012
Isn't that the wildest thing. I have the same problem with my cat. She thinks she is a dog. I think she needs a therapist..Husband can speak and she obeys..Animals have their own minds along with a bit of rebellion...

Sandy
Reviewed by Odin Roark 7/4/2012
How profound the simplest epiphany can become. These are the kinds of experiences that perhaps are best expressed through poetry, for they are the perceptions some would argue are abstracts and less friendly to journalism and prose. To learn the more extensive lesson of Quiet's power to disarm is indeed special. Congrats.
Reviewed by richard cederberg 7/4/2012
'Wise' comes in numerous demonstrations. Gleaning, and, with NO preconception, translating the substance of what enters the sensory system is a gift that few have. This is refreshing. The artist cogitating life, (and its 'ketesh' inhabitants) and offering the reader an unbiased sketch. rlc
Reviewed by Budd Nelson 7/4/2012
Diana,
some are like that, Nice tale.
Budd
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton 7/4/2012
It might have been the unexpected, but the canine understood the primal command and reacted accordingly. Very well put together poetry on this Fourth of July.
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