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Smithereens Poems - Poems about Smithereens

Unintended innuendo
...Line of inquiry: “as we passed her she did wilt which caused in us sense of guilt since our stance perhaps did cause to put her heart’s joy on pause though we’re gentle, not hosti......

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Categories: smithereens, dog, extended metaphor, feelings,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member The Ghost of Frankenstein
...It’s hubris, I suppose, down in my soul, To think the ends will justify all means. And thinking that all rules are drab and dull I end up being blown to smithereens. But truly I know what is fo......

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Categories: smithereens, science,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member A Bird's Eye View
...A little bird has flown the nest to seek a world of wonder and spreads her wings 'neath skies possessed by lightning bolts and thunder. She flee......

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Categories: smithereens, war, world,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bundle of Joys
...Her smile shattered by the sadistic. Eve became a statistic. The serpent tied the sling. Claustrophobic catastrophe - frail wing. Her bundle of joys blown to smithereens, her angel boys. ......

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Categories: smithereens, abuse, death,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Tanks-A-Lot
... Hey everyone A new job I got From none other Than Tanks-A-Lot We build large tanks Two everyday And that is how We earn our pay Hey everyone We’re going to ship Thirty two tanks At t......

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Categories: smithereens, america, satire, war,
Form: Rhyme



Until Then
...An orison to hope Shattered into smithereens Its keened tongues and teeth gnash and lament A despairful cry of a cutthroat womb. Cacophonies cry out Cellos and violins bow, inexorable and unfo......

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Categories: smithereens, angst, bereavement, blessing, depression,
Form: Free verse
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 stoma......

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Categories: smithereens, 12th grade, character, conflict,
Form: Bio
The w a i t
..."I came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes, even small ones, were always wrenching." ~ Nicholas Sparks when follicles don't rupture hear......

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Categories: smithereens, hope,
Form: Jueju
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 (swea......

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Categories: smithereens, analogy, appreciation, beauty, crush,
Form: Rhyme
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 l......

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Categories: smithereens, age, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Power of Words
... Written: May 10, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cosmic candor will be suitable beyond our sight, providing insight we sift and shift, sustaining a sanctum......

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Categories: smithereens, analogy, words,
Form: Free verse
Information Overload
...Fraught is not dauntless as The Honor is frighting AS my kids sleep one day they'll wake up Ziplines tragedies uptown is where the rich sleep Lucky is being true to your Maker AS no Master has ye......

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Categories: smithereens, addiction, allah,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Psychological Warfare
...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Traitors in the midst, well, what would you know, ......

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Categories: smithereens, betrayal, conflict, corruption, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
In the Painter's Canvas
...In the heart of the art, love steps in breathing slowly. The blue, the brown and the green stripped of all modesty submits to red. A leg here, an arm there, confusion cliched. The painter tries ......

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Categories: smithereens, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Call 988
...When they made Humpty Dumpty He turned out to be grumpy Because of his fragile state He's not to make a mistake A padded path, made for him Full of cotton, thick not thin He must go......

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Categories: smithereens, allusion, analogy, angst, character,
Form: Rhyme

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