Anger

Gold cherry

By onemorething

Thu, 28 May 2020
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I found anger

at the back of a drawer,

concealed there all this time,

fomenting its own war chest,

discarded beneath the odd 

and frayed, but today

I bent down, I leant in

and saw one flushed corner of it

as it pushed out its hot tongue.

A wing beat, a flame

of cardinal in vermilion raised

to sally the fury of a hornet.

And words rose from it like smoke,

incanted to the drum

of a palpitation,

tied to the wind:

little knots of undoing. 
 

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Image is from wikimedia commons of a vermilion cardinal:

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardinalis_phoenicius_Cardenal_guajiro_Vermilion_Cardinal_(male)_(8619284898).jpg

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Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

angry little red bird - yes, that's a perfect image! I particularly loved the idea of words rising like smoke. thank you onemore

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Yes. I suppose it could be confused with 'angry bird' which is not what I intended, but I did want a red bird as a symbol so went along with it. Glad you liked it. And thanks for the cherries. :)

 

Submitted by drew_gummerson on

If anger's in a drawer I don't want to enter it... nice one onemore x

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Ha ha. I definitely have some drawers that I would shudder to open. I'm sure there's anger tucked in at least one of them. x

 

Submitted by littleditty on

done - hints of hornets nests.. :Oo  I'm scared of hornets...*runs* !Interesting poem to read... :)

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Thanks! My anger is generally delicate. Well, it's usually not very apparent as I keep it in drawers evidently. Hornets are alarming beasts indeed - one perched on a plant by me in the garden last year and I was so frozen with shock at how big it was that I at least didn't scream. Thanks for reading. x

 

Submitted by littleditty on

Antihistamines..x

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

I have the solution that works for me, Rachel. I have locked that drawer and thrown away the key.
Peace man. As we used to say in my younger days.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Ha ha. That's the perfect solution, Luigi! I think I will take your advice and when people ask what the rattling noise is coming from them, I'll plead ignorance. Rachel x

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

I'm  in full agreement with Luigi. Couldn't have put it better myself.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by onemorething on

Thanks Jenny, peace is always preferable! Thanks for reading it. :)