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Vengeance Is Mine

the sack cloth lay
black as ash upon the mourners  
the sack cloth lay
tears could not soften or defray
rods could not break its rough corners
upon witnesses at vespers
the sack cloth lay


Revelation 11:3
And I will cause my two witnesses to prophesy 
a thousand two hundred and sixty days dressed in sackcloth...
Romans 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, 
but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, 
Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

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Olusegun Arowolo

Date: 12/20/2011 9:24:00 AM

Congratulations, Deb!Your have done it again...

Harry Horsman

Date: 12/20/2011 6:14:00 AM

excellent winner, Debbie, can read, many aspects in to this poem. harry

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl

Date: 12/20/2011 2:13:00 AM

Congratulations Debbie x

John Freeman

Date: 12/19/2011 5:23:00 PM

Yep, hard at times to talk the flesh out of it some times but love is flife. Congrats on your first plac, Deb. Agape, Moses

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/19/2011 3:20:00 PM

Congratulations, Deb!

Bl Devnath

Date: 12/19/2011 11:59:00 AM

Congratulation on your marvelous win, my friend.bl

Ralph Taylor

Date: 12/19/2011 11:44:00 AM

Congrats on well deserved first place, Deb. Excellent piece. Nice going. Happy Holidays to you and yours. luv Ralph

Jon Arno

Date: 12/19/2011 6:42:00 AM

Congratulations on your win :)

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 12/19/2011 6:14:00 AM

Congratulations on the 1st place win Debbie. Love, Carol

Joe Maverick

Date: 12/1/2011 11:55:00 AM

Hmm..i was interested to read this piece Debbie, very worthwhile post..!

Tony Williams

Date: 10/11/2011 12:33:00 PM

Your range of writing is amazing. Your writings causes me to want to expand and get better. To repeatedly demonstrate a high level of acuity is extraordinary.

Nancy Jones

Date: 9/25/2011 11:56:00 PM

heavy! congrats~N

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 9/24/2011 5:55:00 PM

Congratulations on your win with your Weave A Rondelet poem Debbie. Love, Carol

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 9/23/2011 7:49:00 AM

Congratulations on the win in the contest of nette, Debbie

Mohammad Taha Effendi

Date: 9/23/2011 2:08:00 AM

A touch of your genius reflects in this one Debbie. And wonderful touch added by adding the revelations for impact. Brilliant write and a sure winner in my books. Thanks for your kind comments on my poetry "Rongtern Mansion". Love and blessings, Taha

John Freeman

Date: 9/22/2011 7:50:00 PM

Yep, love will and does collect its damages. Congratulations on a worthy poem in top thre. Agape, Moses

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 9/22/2011 5:42:00 PM

Congrats Debbie on another great win with another grand poem luv...

Joe Maverick

Date: 9/16/2011 4:37:00 PM

Enjoyed the piece here Debbie, so pleased you incorporated the revelation verses they are so relevant, and good to look into the mirror they hold out..

Jeffry Cohan

Date: 9/16/2011 2:03:00 PM

STOP IT! I JUST HAVE TO READ YOU, I AM FORCED TO LISTN TO HER SAY "GET BACK TO WORK OR YOUR ASS IS MINE...WISH I COULD TELL HER IF IT BELONGS TO ANYONE IT'S DEBBIE MARRIED NAME OR NOT....AND cee happens to be my maiden name, or is there something wrong with that thesis...my dead pet squirrel Tuffy who i had for three years contacted me from the great suirrel beyond and said "free, i don't miss you, but they don't print poetry in "RODENT READER" stop making me smile, i told you, each time you do the pain grows greater, greater, that's what you ARE.....who's the bigger coward, the man who wants to kill himself but can't, or the man who wants to and does? write and wuv.....~your "brother" come on, advise me when Iearn that honor! ~free cee!~