John Smith Poet Light Verse

Diet Coke

Sweet things don't always cloy.  
The rainbow comes and goes 
and lovely is the rose.  
But few drinks bring me joy 

and the taste I favor, 
that Splenda in the glass,
that dance of bubbly gas.  
Ahhh...Diet Coke; savour.  


* Credit Wm Wordsworth's 'Intimations of Immortality' 
   and Andrea Dietrich's 'A Favorite Soda.'  
   Yes, I know; there's no Splenda in Diet Coke.  
   So, poetic license I invoke.

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Robert Pettit January 1, 2012 at 10:42 PM Good wording and rhyming in this witty piece. Coca-Cola did produce a brand of Diet Coke that contained Splenda. If it is no longer in the store, perhaps the company discontinued production.

Nancy Jones November 13, 2011 at 5:37 PM ok, i am so barfin' now but will admit to an addiction to diet coke twenty years ago. sweet things don't always cloy and cloying things aren't always sweet, namaste~N

Sara Kendrick October 31, 2011 at 12:47 PM Enjoyed reading this but don't really enjoy Splenda in the glass..Thanks for stopping by, reading, and commenting on my work..Your presence at my poems is encouraging..Sara

Andrea Dietrich October 30, 2011 at 1:10 AM Just rereading it. Yes, I love that splenda in the glass line!!

Gwendolen Song October 27, 2011 at 2:41 PM Welll...what is the sweetener in it then, YOU? ha ha. I was wondering who would chose DC....you are the one! I think it is still the number one diet drink. Fun to read your dance of bubbly gas, JOhn. Gwendolen

Jack Horne October 25, 2011 at 8:03 AM LOL, witty piece, John

Andrea Dietrich October 25, 2011 at 12:19 AM Ahhhhh, refreshing!!! Glad you felt inspired to write of Diet Coke. (pepsi and Dr. Pepper are also great!) Sweet poem! (btw, what is YOUR idea of eroticism then? I think maybe only a woman understands its meaning. haha)