Short Smokeless Poems

The napkins were the first to know
a party pooper breached the guard
an uninvited wind did blow
as rain, once distant, now fell hard
on smokeless candles, slightly charred.

©2/12/2022

Quintain (English) Poetry Contest
Sponsor – Emile Pinet...

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Smokeless inhales hurt.
I cough tar on my shirt.
As my black lungs breathe,
Shrilling exhales wheeze.

Cabrona
Falls me
Down to
My knees.

The nicotine cracks
My will.
My composure
Spills.

I want 
This.
I must 
Have this.

I sink
Into
The brink
Of madness....

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from a centreless fulcrum 
a pulsating magnetic pull
energises ethereal senses
as reverberations of bliss
glistening as soma nectar
fixating meditative focus
on the flame that so burns
causing a smokeless fire
that transmutes our being
in an unending continuum
animating vibrant stillness...

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a strange contentment 
that requires nothing
entwined with a seeking
a deep burning yearning

to embody within form
essence of presence
as eternal living light
drenched with bliss

we are consumed
by this smokeless fire
within which ego dies
and our true being emerges 

so simple
so enigmatic 
so enchanting...

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Smokeless Climax

Ambivalence – her bittersweet response
to the arcane quiescence of the tactile
invisibility – the quintessence of the
intercessor’s immolation of her dreams
upon the luscious flamboyance
of his passion.


10/26/2016


ten word challenge

ambivalent, arcane, bittersweet, luscious, intercessor
quiescent, flamboyant, immolation, tactile, quintessence...

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the time was up
your ticket expired
ashes thick
from smokeless fire
distance grew, you try harder
gone the love of my desire

messages come
left unattended
inbox filled with
those you send
deleted now the memory
no good reason to pretend

once in awhile,
you cross my mind
thinking of dreams
left far behind
nothing here, no aftertaste
from those stars that were
aligned...

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The flames of a fire blaze

and flicker up and down

the line of their fuel;

 

In the furnace of my heart,

love’s flames are flickering

forever upward—warmly.

 

The salty waters of hate

tease love’s flaming blaze,

but are evaporated smokeless:-

 

Thus, is love’s warming eternal grace;

for wherever the flames of love abide,

hate’s filthy waters are forever dammed....

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Drunken Moon Haiku


smokeless tobacco
seeking light from another
mooching off the sun



loitering in dusk’s
drunken aura of darkness
last call at sunrise



a lone wolf’s farewell
song of life’s broken spirit
hobos serenade



round moon – square window
cold framing whiskey’s wisdom
red cheeked aftermath



John G. Lawless
7/3/2015


written for prompt of DRUNKEN MOON HAIKU...

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Unclosed eyes spew anger stern
Unstoked smokeless fire of the wild
Unclasped lost togetherness burns
Uncleaned ashes cover soiled mind.

Fiery disdain the bloody eyes spray
Scary voice threatens harsh to hurt
Flowery attachments wilt in disarray
Wary heart sinks and splits apart.

Remorse could melt mind to tear
Dowse the fire in the burning eyes
Bruise healed mind would reappear
Wise and from ashes it would rise....

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in tangerine streamers
and crimson bows
this day unwrapped
itself like the gift
that it is

the edges
of the horizon
held the moon
flickering
like candles
atop a cake
before fading
in the trails
of smokeless mist

the break of day
blossomed
in a palette 
of autumn's
golden bouquet 
delicately painted
upon the cannvas

tonight
i will send
my wishes
adrift
with the stars
in hopes
of a tomorrow's rise...

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As the wind blew upon the scattered seeds
Randomly it spreads over the enormous greens
Into a delicate pattern as nature intended
As if mirroring a maze of blossoming flowers

The world waltz on with its spinning wheels
Still it spins and spin it still
Spinning in stillness motioning at its peak
On the earth bull's horn
On the mixed soil with clay
On the burning from smokeless fire
The wind 
Still blowing the seeds over the entire universe...

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feeding on its own fire,
     it rages from within itself,
          ablaze with the vilest ire

under the veneer of civility,
     with spiteful vengeance,
          it smolders smokeless

'neath the mask of generosity,
     with murderous intent,
          it burns flameless

behind the facade of sincerity,
     with insatiable wrath,
          it explodes noiseless

in a friendly smile embedded,
     a cold, seething ember - -
          white-hot hatred....

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Racism started when God created Adam 
The Devil didn't want to bow him,
Because he was created from smokeless fire 
But Adam was created from mud and water.
So this two can't be mixed together 
They started to stand against each other 
When European established their colonies,
They sow seeds of Racism for giving priorities
Still people are being ignored for their colours
It's quite injustice for others 
As we can't create ourselves black or white 
So no more Racism no more fight....

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