Sweet Revenge

Sweet revenge

With thee after taste so bitter

 

Sweet revenge

Why are thee called sweet?

When thee leave an unsettled feeling

 

Sweet bitter revenge

That can only be ended

by forgiveness or death

Author's Note

Writen 05/2008

Reviews

[Brandon Henson 1990]

@ Heather Marie

What are you the poem doctor "perscribe"
You cant tell a person how they should write their own emotions and feelings down, it's her poem' let her write what she wants and if you dont like it get lost.
I "perscribe" for you to get off your high horse and do something of use to others and not beat them down.

[Heather Marie]

What this poem could use is an image. Right now it's all a bit abstract and I'm not getting much out of it. I also recommend taking it out of high speak. Using "thees" adds to the melodrama of your poetry, which is something you really want to avoid because it comes off as cliche. I would prescribe that for a poem like this, you show us the "unsettled feeling" and you show us why the revenge is sweet.

[Larry Dyson]

Depth of simplicity

[Coyote Poetry]

Your last lines are true.
"Sweet bitter revenge
That can only be ended
by forgiveness or death"
Revenge will always backfire done in hate or for the wrong reasons. Thank you for a poem with common sense wisdom.
Coyote

[EMF]

Publish.
Publish everything youve got

[Samuel Dickens]

You make an interesting observation. You're right, I think. Although revenge may taste sweet intitially, it often does leave a bad taste on reflection. I'm not sure about the use of the old English.