Consider this fair warning. Do not tempt
Or tease me for I've little patience left.
I've had enough. You surely aren't exempt
From all my wrath. I'll never be bereft
Of that. While love may be a different thing,
This founded hatred... this will surely last.
And while the days don't find my wallowing
In our repulsive self-endulgent past,
Time hasn't made me curse it any less.
So take this kind advice, and leave me be,
Go far far far away and I will bless
Your sad and boring life eternally,
But if you choose to stay and haunt me still,
I'll promise you the ride will never bore,
But it will break you and without doubt kill
Your perfect little life. I'll say once more;
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
And O! the fury this one has in store.
For though it seems a century I've mourned,
I know now, all is fair in love and war!
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Absolutely wonderful! It's like you've harnessed the fury of the tiger!"Your perfect little life". What beautiful and astonishing powerful scorn!
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned nor heaven a change like love to hatred turned.
Your poem reads like it is written from the heart I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of your wrath lol
I can imagine the words hissed through clenched teeth
And while the days don't find my wallowing
In our repulsive self-endulgent past,
Time hasn't made me curse it any less.
So take this kind advice, and leave me be,
Go far far far away and I will bless
Your sad and boring life eternally,
love these lines just perfect for any woman who finds herself tossed aside. They say the best revenge is to be happy -
Prolific creature, aren't you? Lately, I sign in just to see what you've posted.
Never fails to make me grin when I see that simmering anger in a poem. Someone that can impregnate a piece with open wounds like this is rare. Living words are worth a million dry, dusty pages of empty prose.
Good one, stranger.
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Your comments always make me smile. Thank you!
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Intense
It's always a pleasure to read your stirring work friend,
I personally liked the flow of it all from top to end,
it had flawless wording and the theme itself despite being a common cliche was duly served .
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Raven! I've missed you.
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Frodofan... I know you've said that your poems do not all come from personal experience, and certainly it's a danger to attribute too much of a writer's work to the person themselves, but I can't help notice that broken love seems to be a common theme for you lately. If so, you have sincere apologies, for whatever they are worth. It is certainly a painful thing, being scorned by one you love.
As for the poem, it's terrific. Excellent concluding stanza, and I loved the first and last lines of it. The way you often manage to wrap thoughts from line to line adds a lot to the flow of your pieces. As I've said of your other works, this poem has teeth to it!
Has the crooked tree made any further appearances in your poems lately?
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You are so sweet Sir Iliad! Thank you. I am not sure what the last poem was where the crooked tree was mentioned... I will try to find it for you.
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