Stress Poem by Savita Tyagi

Stress

Rating: 5.0


Nerves of cerebral cortex
stretched like a yarn
On weaver's loom

Frontal lobes on fire
Eyes smoked like wet log
Ears pricked with needles

Cool breath disappears
Boiling blood gushes in veins
Sigh and moan replace the calm breath

Pour the stressed out sigh!

Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: Emotions
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Akhtar Jawad 15 October 2014

A scientific explanation of stress, but being a human we are helpless. A thoughtful poem.

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Daniel Brick 19 October 2014

I count seven - give or take - vivid images of stress in your poem. And none of them allow you be be complacent about this mental state which causes (as your images show) so many physical effects. The third stanza in particular strikes me as an overview of what makes stress so debilitating. I'm not sure what the last line means - it may suggest a solution. But for those readers like myself who have wrestled with stress, your poem is valuable to us for clearly, forcefully defining stress. It's out there now - in the open - no longer hiding in our psyches.

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Tirupathi Chandrupatla 21 October 2014

Nerves stretched like yarn on weaver's loom. Stress is beautifully described. Next time I am stressed I will imagine this and maybe I will enjoy it. Thank you.

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Ramesh Rai 13 November 2014

Only Lord Buddha or manlike him can be free from stress. Every one often has to go through this stage and you have brilliantly sketched the picture in a poetic form. It collapse all system of body. A brilliant job.

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Geetha Jayakumar 02 November 2014

Fantastic write Savita. Stress is captured in beautiful words. Beautiful presentation. Loved it.

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Amitava Sur 31 October 2014

Very nice expression of the intensity of stress as how menacing it may be, thanks for sharing

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Kumarmani Mahakul 30 October 2014

Frontal lobes on fire with stress cool breath disappears. Very beautifully presented poem on stress. Nice one.

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Valsa George 28 October 2014

One can really experience the intensity of strain in these lines! Very powerful images in epigrammatic brevity! Great write Savita!

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