Ten Word Split

A poet's contest with a twist Use the words in this long list Author's puzzle - mental schism Solved by quoting pearls of wisdom Writing verse with rough iambi Valentines the namby-pamby Sugar cane is often bitter Sweet instead banana fritter Shellfish debt is right to fear Mollusc IOUs are dear In winter cess or gong will ice Come the spring it won't smell nice Those who talk soliloquies Centralistic - ill at ease Mostly truth - a bit of flam Buoyant spirits just a scam Olive stuffed with pepper sweet Pimola - shun a tasty treat Broken clock might go tic tac Til ending life upon the scrap Peer at life - myopic squint Essence lost - the meerest hint I've met the task - I've got all ten By breaking words up now and then Spelling strange and meaning hookie Least they could be fortune cookies Entry for "ten word challenge - 2" contest Uses words (sort of): AMBIVALENT, ARCANE, BITTERSWEET, LUSCIOUS, INTERCESSOR, QUIESCENT, FLAMBOYANT, IMMOLATION, TACTILE, QUINTESSENCE