(Joseph Macrae, July 24, 2024, feast day of the Rzevsk Mother of God (also honors Saint Nicolas of Myra, who we jokingly refer to as the Saint of anger management, his having slapped Arius when the man spoke heresy). Image from here.)
A Bear’s Guide to Anger Management
A walk in nature, it is a cure -– a troubled soul’s repair.
We long to walk in God’s creation, primordial clay.
And we live in a circle of ancient trees, now only small remnants — rare.
And me? I’m a Sleepytime Bear -– sometimes a Raging Bear,
my wife will tell you she lives with a bear.
A fledgling crow outside, entangled in vines and string — now free.
I give it a toss, takes flight
and away.
*From prompt: Freewrite a couple minutes on a series of prompt words, each thought continuing the next, then consider Radcliffe ‘s poem __ and reconstruct your poem to her ABCCB structure and rhyme scheme. From Daisy Barrett Nash’s Legacy Lines series, July 24, 2023.
