Senryu When the anger leaves The soul can finally rest In peaceful relief Copyright © 2022 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Daily Haiku – Wednesday August 24, 2022
Tag: Anger
Butterflies – A Quadrille
Butterflies
Ugliness lives in an anger-filled world careening out of control Violence and hatred rule in the name of rights minus responsibilities Butterflies live and flutter in silence The delicate beauty of the moment touching senses with colorful vision and gentleness Imagination captured Escape secured Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Lillian is hosting Monday Quadrille at D'Verse Poets She has prompted us with the word "Careen" A Quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words minus the title Photo by __ drz __ on Unsplash
Devil’s Fire
Devil’s Fire
Your temper defines you and you have become its slave At these times no one can reach you to calm the devil’s fire raging out of control Love no longer douses the scorching hot flames of your anger Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Stream of Consciousness - Hot
Moments Stolen
Moments Stolen
A mellow feeling of contentment Nourishing body and spirit Experienced for no more than fleeting seconds before being wildly dragged from a euphoric state Assaulted by angry words of dissension Vilifying the soul Destroying harmony in rage because the moment was not theirs Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved Words Prompts Mellow - RDP Wildly - Word of the Day Nourish - FOWC
Daily Haiku – Tue. November 24, 2020
Senryu Learning to temper thoughts of anger toward you I feel much stronger Copyright © 2020 Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing All Rights Reserved
Blindness
Blindness
Anger is the fortress protecting you Words weaponized Becoming knives Wielded in fury Slashing the air Until they reach their target and blood is drawn Your victim shrivels as breath is sucked from the life of love Once held as a gift to you in her open hands Now in powdered ash Slipping through grasping fingers If only you could see beyond the fear She is your armor Protecting you with moral obligation To love you and keep you safe But blindness remains your disability Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing © Word Prompts Obligation - Word of the Day Shrivel - RDP Image by ArtTower from Pixabay
Daily Haiku – Sat. May 30, 2020
Senryu A cross word spoken Leaving the lips in anger Reaching its target Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
Whipping Post
Whipping Post
Tie me to that whipping post
yet one more time
It has become your obsession
to punish what you see as a crime
My expression does not please
the sound of my voice must grate
It is anything, something, nothing
that awakens your hate
Sideswiped without warning
I am at the mercy of your mood
which appears suddenly, no warning
and then begins the feud
Always tempted to fight back
Before reflecting on the cause
I have first to protect myself
from your menacing claws
No time to prepare for what transpires
Buried in the avalanche of your emotion
My eyes and mouth open in surprise
The air as cold as the Arctic ocean
It’s always about you, no thought for me
Escalating tension, words never to return
No winner declared as usual
The situation is now of grave concern
Christine Bolton - Poetry for Healing ©
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Word Prompts:
Tempt
Reflect
Confirmation
Confirmation
Today your behavior is decided
The nation watching is divided
You’ve described your actions as silly
Boyhood pranks leaving us chilly
Your true colors shined brightly through
The thin veneer that is you
We saw you for what you are
A privileged bully hiding behind the bar
We’ve met many like you over the years
Arrogance worn as a right, bringing tears
We do not see you as enigmatic
To us you appear more manic
A privileged man full of anger
So quick to unleash his langor
The available position you will not be denied
You shouted, screamed and even cried
We watched your accuser so strong and credible
Your reaction contrived and unbelievable
The country today pays attention
Your position is in undeniable contention
A decision to come not just for you
But fifty years more of this preview
Women of this country should be scared
A judge deplete of empathy might just be declared
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
Different Animals
Different Animals
Anticipating your response
Of what will surely come
I brace for the onslaught
My nerves tightening
As I become more fraught
Vacillating the point
Until we were drained
Back and forth and back again
Wishing it would end
But the winner does not yet reign
Storming off in anger
I see you under the lamppost
Smoking a cigarette
Exhausted from the argument
I prefer solitude feeling a threat
After an abundance of angst
You come back in the house
Our boiling has lowered to a simmer
Your eyes find mine
and hope is now a glimmer
Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©
Word Prompts:
OctPoWriMo – Poem a Day – Prompt: Strange Animals
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