Anxiety

anxious
pulse pounds   in throat 
stomach flutters    skin    crawls
metal taste on tongue, a pale pall
heartbreak

heart break
hands wrung red,    raw
cancerous lips, chewed sore
nails ripped from their beds bleeding, worn
anxious

angstdepressioncinquain

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Jasmine Turner

April 25, 2011 at 7:05 PM

i like it but it does't seem to have anything to do with anxiety

Carol Sunshine Brown

April 19, 2011 at 5:18 AM

Congratulations Debbie on your well deserved win in Catie's contest "Traditional Cinquain". Love, Carol

Elaine George

April 18, 2011 at 3:36 PM

Sensational! Deb. So worthy of its First Place Win. Many congrats. Love, Lainie

Matthew Anish

April 17, 2011 at 7:22 PM

Not a pleasent poem but one which has a lot of "power". Hope your health is good. I know what it means to have a serious illness. Peace & blessings Matthew Anish

Brenda Atry

April 17, 2011 at 4:03 PM

The poem comes to life in between the spaces. Brilliant use of a pause. Congrats. Brenda Atry

Dr.Ram Mehta

April 17, 2011 at 5:35 AM

Congrtulation on the first place win in the contest, Debbie

Francine Roberts

April 16, 2011 at 8:49 PM

congrats on your first place win with this extraordinary write

Charles Henderson

April 16, 2011 at 2:20 PM

hey, way to go in Catie's contest. Reading your poem. Ready to say "get a grip". You really said a lot in so few words. Charles

Andrea Dietrich

April 16, 2011 at 2:07 PM

WAY to GO, DEbs, Congratulations.

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

April 16, 2011 at 1:26 PM

Congrats Debbie on your first place win in this contest luv.. great piece ..enjoy your top spot sweets...

Kash Poet

April 16, 2011 at 1:06 PM

Many congratulations Debbie on your 1st place win with this awesome Cinquain---kashinath

Jack Horne

April 16, 2011 at 1:02 PM

Many congrats on getting the number one spot : )

Carrie Richards

April 16, 2011 at 11:35 AM

Yep....a well chosen top notch poem!! Kuddos for Number 1 !!!

Debbie Guzzi

April 15, 2011 at 10:10 AM

One write best about what one understands through experience [sigh].

Jslambert Mister Roboto

April 14, 2011 at 10:17 PM

AMAZING! This was what I wanted to read tonight! Call me a freak, but the pain in poetry is like a sudden rush to me. ~JSLambert

Carolyn Devonshire

April 14, 2011 at 2:19 PM

This is just what anxiety feels like, Deb. You did a great job with this cinquain and I wish you success in the contest. Love, Carolyn

Phyllis Babcock

April 14, 2011 at 1:50 PM

This describes the anxious moments we all get at one time or another. The world seems to live in a constant state of anxiety and I can see my stomach turning over and my skin crawling at times but stopped biting my nails years ago. ha ha. love phyl

Sara Kendrick

April 14, 2011 at 1:45 PM

That would be bad to be that anxious about life..Very descriptive and expressive..Soup mail in a few minutes.Sara

Canny Amah

April 14, 2011 at 11:59 AM

... you knifed the thought at the modern world ... don't we all feel that way one day or the other? to pretend one hadn't ... is the falsehood to the anxiety of the generation ... the world itself has become anxious ... everywhere ... anxious moments ... anxious peoples ... anxious events ... Ma, wel-write!!! Canny

Carol Sunshine Brown

April 14, 2011 at 8:59 AM

One of your best my friend. Hope you aren't feeling this way now or anytime in your life Debbie. Thank you for the kind comments on my writing. Love, Carol