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Anger

You are my great foe!
Thousand times I tried to drive you out,
But you didn't go!
Your volcanic power burnt
My friend's soul.
Your torrential words
Have flown my happy home;
You made me an island,
Where there is none except
My only pet, my Belief!
He nourishes my wounds,
And calms my feverish days!
So, I am alive!
I want to leave you,
Go away, and don't stay any longer!
You the brutal force,
You are my anger! !

Submitted: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Edited: Wednesday, March 28, 2012

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  • Patricia Grantham (3/9/2013 9:22:00 AM)

    Poet Halder, I really loved this poem about anger. Those of us who can control our anger
    are more powerful than a Commander who can control an army. A welled penned write. Thanks.

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  • Chandra Thiagarajan (10/30/2012 1:54:00 AM)

    True.Anger is our great foe.All of us wish to leave anger. A very good write indeed.In this context I request you to read my poem TEMPER, If time permits.
    Thanks and best wishes.
    Chandra Thiagarajan

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  • Aha Aziz (10/10/2012 7:45:00 AM)

    a great poem about the great foe that didnt go

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  • * Sunprincess * (8/26/2012 12:35:00 AM)

    great write...anger is our great foe..very well said... :)

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  • Kevin Patrick (8/9/2012 7:15:00 PM)

    The one emotion that we do our best to deny and repel but which always seems to be living their in the shadows waiting to explode like a beast. Your fight with anger is one of the souls great battle

    Great work!

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  • Walterrean Salley (8/4/2012 8:14:00 PM)

    Confronting the problem head-on. a sure way to break free. Good for you. A great write. Good job.

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  • Shouvik Roy (6/24/2012 2:37:00 PM)

    I love this poem, so easily written...ironical the fact is that you are showing anger to 'anger'...asking him to go away...loved it..

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  • Shikha Shah (4/28/2012 1:46:00 PM)

    wow..
    u conveyed such a great emotion so effortlessly..
    hats off to u! ! !

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  • Mark Sellen (4/25/2012 4:49:00 AM)

    I love your use of words & the flow of your poems - another great write!

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  • Savita Tyagi (4/10/2012 11:45:00 AM)

    Great expressions about anger. An emotion we all try to drive away and fail miserably.

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