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# Grudge
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/grudge/
- Published: 2021-07-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: to err is human, to forgive divine I heard that from a poet friend of mine An altogether decent sort of trope if you maintain the patience of a pope
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

to err is human, to forgive divine  
I heard that from a poet friend of mine  
An altogether decent sort of trope  
if you maintain the patience of a pope

I don't forgive, forgive my being so  
instead, recount, revisit, blow by blow  
and to forget??? please let me dash their hopes  
I'll leave forgiving and forgetting to the popes

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783719-Lyric-Prompt- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander\_Pope https://allpoetry.com/An-Essay-on-Criticism