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Premium Member Random Excerpts From Ice In My Eyes, Smoke In Yours - a Novel
"Hey, you philosophysing Hindu. Give me a break, Buddy. I was just pulling your leg. [...] I want the rest of the story. Really, I mean it.” Theson said nothing. [...] “I can see you’re...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: smithereens, fantasy, growing up, lost, nature, religion,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Global Bankers and Me
" Good evening gentlemen, at last we meet.
I am so honored to bask in the presence of your company.
Meeting all of you global bankers has always been my fantasy,
so seeing you all before me now...

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Categories: smithereens, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Which Paradise Is Not the Elusive Chimere
Which paradise is not the elusive chimère?
	 	 
…how long does it take to live one life…learn the lessons of a lifetime…find the time to live…find the time to sort things out…know what you did...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: smithereens, heaven, innocence, myth, paradise, symbolism, truth, universe,
Form: Free verse
Twice Told Toilet Tale a Cheeky Execrable Gross Fable
Twice told toilet tale – a cheeky execrable gross fable

which poetic product best be affixed 
with hashtag STINKY label.

As a young whippersnapper
and one precocious lad to boot,
I discovered common combustible materials
found in the bathroom.

At opportune...

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Categories: smithereens, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, blessing, father,
Form: Rhyme
MEMORIES OF WAR
MEMORIES OF WAR 


In prison we turmoiled 
packed up cards to fall 
whilst they sucked 
genitals like bonbons 
a quartz on a table
gleamed its knowing

War torn ghettos with 
swollen stomachs 
stretched wide, auras 
shattered, splintered...

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Categories: smithereens, 12th grade, character, conflict, courage, emotions, faith,
Form: Bio



Premium Member That Was a Human
Allow me to be disgusted at the jest
and your halfway happy surprise at the end result
of the missile timed precisely:

Did he just splatter?

And allow me to feel the brunt of the bruising
upon my saddened heart,...

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Categories: smithereens, abuse, angst, bereavement, corruption, horror, humanity, war,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Remnants of a Saturday Night
Sunday morning early, five a.m to be
precise, my mind awakes, then gently succours
the body to arise from one’s mundane sleep. I
then transfer to Britain via 1ZB, listening
to the English football commentary, it’s worth
the lack of...

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Categories: smithereens, me, morning, people, social,
Form: Free verse
A civil war ferociously raged
A civil war ferociously raged...

within complex edifice...
derelict hulking corpse delineated courtesy
seared, singed, smoldered smithereens
formerly robust warrior
slain during prime of his life
heavenly corporeal outstanding entity
subjected to fateful foragers
courtesy camping buzzfeeding carrion -
fancy feast for famished
uber twittering,...

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Categories: smithereens, age, america, angst, anxiety, april, grave, slavery,
Form: Free verse
Sinister Thoughts
Keep your head up above the surface
Don't lose grip or you'll soon fall on your 
face
My eyes search for any signs of 
weaknesses
And my mouth devours everything in sight

You're flipping out like some mad hornet
sinister...

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Categories: smithereens, betrayal
Form: Free verse
Fearful Distress More Or Less
I’m facing way too much stress
I need some spiritual happiness
I’m embracing my true endeavors and my passions that make me feel blissful
I don’t need this greedy society bringing me down and making me feel stressful

I’m...

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Categories: smithereens, angst, depression, hope, how i feel, joy,
Form: Lyric
Into the Sturm und Drang fueled maelstrom
Into the Sturm und Drang fueled maelstrom

Otherwise titled – my poetic impressions of Helene

All la names bespeaking deity froom
Noah Mo' Room India Arc
of Covenant to crypt tick Blood
(sweat and tears) 
of San Gennaro devout wowed,
and/or...

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Categories: smithereens, analogy, appreciation, beauty, crush, earth, howl, loss,
Form: Rhyme
Starlit Fantasy - Spell-Bound
I look up at the ebony, starlit sky…I’m gravity-bound…I’m awestruck 
& I don’t know why I feel stuck in place…I’m searching all over the place…the 
only thing I seek and prize is your striking face…but,...

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Categories: smithereens, addiction, adventure, beauty, betrayal, passion, sorrow, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Christmas Day Near Massacre
When we were kids, kids we were without no pain or fears,
we’d do the ‘devilish’ of things to impress our peers.
The biggest dare or bravest feat would for the pack be tried.
Lord knows now when...

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Categories: smithereens, humor,
Form: Rhyme
A Tarnished Man's Soul
Hush the silence, hurt the ignorance,
Hurt in the silence, hushed by your loud heartbeat,
I couldn't fight for you, I wasn't strong enough,
You left me no choice, you pushed me away and pulled someone else close,
Now...

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Categories: smithereens, absence, beach, boyfriend, universe,
Form: Ballad
Atomic Brinkmanship Double Edged Sword of Damocles
Grisly bared horror jawbones Kristallnacht
totalitarian brandishes, flaunts, launches 
global threat half cocked.

Vladimir Putin itching
to loose nuclear bomb
end of the world scenario ofttimes
iterated throughout history
though an atheist (actually Unitarian),
no doubt this, that or another psalm
countless times...

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Categories: smithereens, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, angst, cry,
Form: Rhyme
Dreams Part 1
Transformer-changeling, 
liquid currency of purchasing. 
Themes
Selling us your wares as we wade in your maelstrom pool.
Accentuating my cares.
Dreams.
Weave for me-from your electric spool.
Your hourglass adbdomain spin(e)-dling, fondling, sifting, and gonduling me to my destination azul.

Capture...

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Categories: smithereens, beach, beautiful, bridal shower, butterfly, caregiving, color,
Form: Rhyme
Green Back Addict
Green-back addict
Ambition is the keys to unlocking all the doors. Enthusiasm or courage can 
possibly put an end to world hunger. But let’s be honest, who need courage 
when you got that instant almighty dollar.Remember...

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Categories: smithereens, life, passion, work, me, old, courage, me,
Form: Free verse
Atomic Brinkmanship Double Edged Grisly Horror Jawbones Kristallnacht
Vladimir Putin itching
to loose nuclear bomb
end of the world scenario ofttimes
iterated throughout history
though an atheist (actually Unitarian),
no doubt this, that or another psalm
countless times the Bible
references Armageddon and doomsday
impossible mission to remain
cool, collected and calm.

Whether...

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Categories: smithereens, abuse, angst, bullying, environment, farewell, grief, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
The Polar Ice Cap
What If There Was No Tomorrow? - The Polar Ice ‘Cap’

- this time it’s burnt and curled upon a new head. The 
sweet smoke of his sugarloaf effigy black as night, 
surrounded by a material...

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Categories: smithereens, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Requerimiento
(The Spanish conquerors of the
Americas read out their legal
document, the "Requerimiento",
to the Indians.  Failure to comply
meant the Spanish were free to
do what they wanted.)

Conquistadors in Vera Cruz 
found themselves a radical ruse. 
If pillaging...

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Categories: smithereens, history,
Form: Quatrain
Virtual Trophies Wife For I
Virtual trophies (wife for I)... 

offered, husbanded, and collected 
when winning solitaire
Nothing beats that exaltant rush of adrenaline
watching the computer generated cards
automatically routed 
to their respective suite (spot)
(after they get turned face value up)
generates countenance...

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Categories: smithereens, 11th grade, 12th grade, addiction, adventure, age,
Form: Rhyme
Broken Verses
The sun set low
And my heart split asunder
The wind blew hard with traces of slow
Darkness spread around and pierced deep under
My blooming valley of roses
Causing them to wrinkle and writher
Poison seeped through my immaterial illusionary...

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Categories: smithereens, lost love, me, heart, heart, me,
Form: Lyric
The Worst of Humankind - Part 2
Now you’re turning to the south
To save your battered face,
To claim some sort of victory
By flattening the place.

If soldiers cannot win your war
You’ll bomb and you will shell:
Blow everything to smithereens,
Turn towns to living hell.

Your...

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© Bob Trewin  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: smithereens, anger, humanity, war,
Form: Rhyme
I Was a Simply Complex Pre-Teen
I find it complicated
When I feel very much jaded
I find it oh so extremely hard these days
To express myself as a bard in many ways

It’s simply shameful to say the least
That I was introduced to...

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Categories: smithereens, courage, emotions, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
During the Eve
2/14/17


At similar and different degrees
Animals, humans, and objects proceed
At lower and higher speeds
By the land and sea
Near many trees
Bearing fruit, or mainly leaves

Far too many display greed
Being naive, with intentions that deceive
And mislead

I believe
Indeed
I'll succeed
And...

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Categories: smithereens, poetry, rap, word play, words, work, write,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things