All Comments on 'An Old Friend'

Is it internally directed hatred or externally directed hatred?

Powerful sentiments!

eternal force , sometimes used for Good !!!

I liked this because it was surprising. "Gentle scrape" somehow didn't fit the rest of the poem IMO. The next to last stanza was a great lead in to the final line.

Old Friend

The gentle scrape of your caress

Causes much duress

The fate of all our hate

brings us to

an end

Creepier when in rhymes

just sayin'

5ed, I like the structure, some of the words

I did not study creative writing. I wrote my first poem a few months ago, and I am not young. What I am is saying is, I am no expert. I do not know how other people rate poetry.

If it evokes and emotion, if I like the way it sounds, if I relate, if it makes me think - I seem to enjoy it.

That being said, I do not know how to rate poetry, but I gave this one a five.