(01-12-1957 / Kolkata)

poet Ratan Bhattacharjee
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Anger

Anger is a hydra -headed demon
A demon beating its furious wings
a volcano belching out fiery lava
a gloomy sky cracking thunders
a CSTC bus rushing on a smoky road
in the wintry evening

Anger is emptiness or losing
A girl being robbed of her angelic infancy
a nonagenarian mother denied her home
a lost child crying for its parents in the crowded local train
a child that loses her doll

Anger is the foamy sea writhing with pain
The sea that rolls its waves to knock the barge
Or the sapless champak losing its petals
Or a hilly town without the snowfall
Or on a fuzzy vista a lonely bird calls

Or when I cannot write a single line


Anger comes to me
I become really angry

Submitted: Monday, January 11, 2010
Edited: Sunday, January 17, 2010

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  • Chitra - (3/4/2012 10:44:00 PM)

    deep and profound in tone, Sir.

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  • Swatimalya Chattopadhyay (6/24/2010 10:29:00 AM)

    It is said, ' Anger is one lettIer away from danger.' A very nice poem portraying the consequences of anger.

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  • Kannan G (5/13/2010 1:14:00 AM)

    A beautiful composition capturing the various hues and shapes of Anger. May we be able to conquer Anger with rightful thinking, meditation and compassion. Best wishes

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  • Howard 'the motivational poet' Simon (3/5/2010 8:30:00 PM)

    Profoundly presented my friend.10/10

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  • Seema Chowdhury (3/1/2010 6:48:00 AM)

    welcome to poem hunter.
    i enjoyed your poem.
    thanks for sharing it with all.
    hope u will read more of my poems too.
    take care

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  • Pamela Chalecka (2/19/2010 9:24:00 AM)

    who is angry now? ? hahahah great poem..

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  • Ravi A (2/10/2010 10:53:00 AM)

    The last couple of lines - anger comes... Yes. if we can watch anger as it comes, we can keep him at a distance. If we identify with anger, then, we are lost. You have captured the reasons for anger nicely.

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  • Lovita Morang (2/8/2010 2:39:00 AM)

    let not hunger of anger starve human feeling...if u feel angry look up 9/10

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  • Sathyanarayana M V S (2/8/2010 1:54:00 AM)

    Anger, well defined with all its ramifications. Very poetic.

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  • Almedia Knight-Oliver (1/31/2010 11:59:00 AM)

    'Anger' is vividly described in your poem.I enjoyed the metsphors used to describe this very strong emotion.

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