Can writing poetry help you release anger?

Question

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LARRY ALWAYS NEEDED OTHERS

Wall paper yellowed by years

of nicotine, curling at corners,

The family photo smeared over

with strawberry jam from the sticky

fingers of the baby man, bent

over retching, “muther…muther.”

He rubs away at the stains, looking

for a face he can curse for making

another like the thing in the frame.

He licks away at the jam, a kiss

his mother never gave him, a taste of

her he never had, nor teet,

He would break it and smash, if only

the red sticky sugar on her face were

not all that is left for him to covet.

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Answer 1

true that it releases anger. any form of written entry like blogs, stories, journals and stuffs. it could help you and also it will an archaeological piece later on. hahahha ^_^  

Answer 2

One of the best ways to release anger is by writing about it, it's a great stress reliever and helps you to better understand your problem. The better you understand a problem the better able you are to help others. This poem posted here, is a good start, needs proofreading and maybe a bit of expansion on the poem, with a little work it will be a great read. Above all keep writing!

Answer 3

I think it can people do put a lot of emotions in it but it mightworkk for you.

Answer 4

Actually, I like "baby man" better. Also, the unorthodox line breaks drive home your points. Maybe a few revisions for flow, but don't change many. If it is read properly - by which I mean following the writer's cues - the line breaks change the meaning from orthodox to original.

I think poetry helps you realize that what one is feeling is ever so much more complicated than anger. In fact, its rarely anger.

Answer 5

I like baby man, too

teet - teat?

Everyone has hang-ups, and many look around for some-one to blame, but the one towards home hate should be directed, may not be the one in the frame.

Ambivalent love is always a burden.

I loved the opening verse....it says so much in so few words, and the remainder of the poem lived up to the opening.

Thanks.

Answer 6

yes it help release anger. but this poem needs revision. the way it stops at the end of each row doesn't work. needs to flow better.

Answer 7

This poem illustrates the ambivalence of life. It engages the emotions of anyone who has had a past and feels both positive and negative emotion from that past. The poem portrays more than anger; it also portrays anguish.

I am confused by the last word of S3. Is it a typo?

Answer 8

Yes. I also scream and break things.

Answer 9

Poetry helps to express the choler,

But releases it not from its coiled hex.

No release quite like wine, women & s*x,

Changing so sweet, this passion to valor.

Answer 10

It helps, I like smashing dishes as well.

There comes a time when one has to grow up and realize one's parents or whomever it is that made one  angry.  I feel your poem described

that state of perpetual childhood,  convinced the universe revolves around one.

Answer 11

Yes. FAR better to release it on paper- than to release it on SomeONE, & end up writing poetry about Prison Life on Death Row...  :0  

Answer 12

I hope this one works. So that it's gonna be the last one:

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Answer 13

YES! i did it once and it was effective! you just have to be honest with your thoughts! so try it! don't be pessimistic about it!