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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Riddle Me This! (23)

Flanked by a page with metrical writing Like the alliteration of notes, or a meter in song What a mind may think, the ear can reproduce And both can result through fingertips Quality produce © What am I? Riddle Me This! Answer On 2/6: A Bullfrog. Sorry! Better luck next time Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Riddle Me This! (22)

"With their...long, strong legs, some...are able to thump upon double-bass Strings, though pond water deadens and clogs. But you...pump out Whole fogs full of horn - a threat as of a liner looming...A surprise now To see you, a boy's prize, no bigger than a rat, with all dumb silence In your little... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Riddle Me This! (21)

"I am a _____ I live under a spell I live at the bottom of a green well And here I must wait Until a maiden places me On her royal pillow And kisses me In her father's palace. The story is familiar Everybody knows it well But do other enchanted people feel as nervous As I do? The stories do not... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Riddle Me This! (20)

A chess board with two knights having withstood the test of fierce battle, quasi flouting super colossal death fights of feudal times. They meet for knighthood. Like ancient Rome worriers, these gladiators engage before a King for public entertainment. Having more moves than two squares on the... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Riddle Me This! (19)

Taken straight from the entertainment which inspired me: "...I know in my mind my making was not through skill with fells or fleeces of wool; there ws no winding of wefts, there is no woof, no thread thrumming under the thrash of strokes, no whirring shuttle steered through me, no weaver's reed... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 1, 2008

Riddle Me This! (18)

"...Galloping by in angular grace,...And now the music begins,...and [it] moves...his lifted forefoot ignorant always..., the flare of his nostril a travesty on breath. But he gains mementum, and the moving air slides over his...body...[running] around...and faster..., till surely he must come into... Sign in to see full entry.

Riddle Me This! (17)

"Some for everyone, plenty, and more coming - fresh, dainty, airily arriving everywhere at once, transparent at first, each faint slice - slow, soundlessly tumbling; then quickly, thickly, a gracious fleece will spread like youth, like wheat, over the city...cars be fumbling sheep;...By morning... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Riddle Me This! (16)

"It holds us, gently, together. It presses out, against the eardrum. It presses in. It curls in the palms of our hands But holds nothing to itself. It steps over the sock flung onto the chair, the blouse on the floor. When we touch in it, it moves aside- a modest medium That solid things displace.... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Riddle Me This! (15)

"Oh, but it is dirty! - this little [me]. Oil-soaked, oil-permeated to a... Black translucency. Be careful with that match!...Father wears a dirty, Oil-soaked monkey suit that cuts him under the arms, and several quick And saucy and greasy sons assist him...Do they live in [me]? It has a Cement... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Riddle Me This! (14)

Living in what is a "boob tube," I sit in national broadcast Lead by an icon in journalistic history with a pioneering idea Like George Bush, Sr.'s "Points of Light," individual minds unite Lasting through bouts of controversy I maintain Loved and steadfastly supported by the American Public, I... Sign in to see full entry.

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