Not Hocus Pocus

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This is a poem answering this contest prompt- you may not use any of the letters in these two words - HOCUS POCUS I have now eliminated the 0's and the h - thank you Hank!

Eerily eager evil enigma elevated eleven renaming egg land. Meager minis liked their initial idea eggplant ready. Beefily blatantly weird in a diddly extra wiggly way. I was ready, reved, relieved and willing my elevated eight. black anklet twelve will enter evil eggland

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Jeff Kyser

Date: 10/28/2022 4:11:00 AM

So you just try to avoid using those letters, or then try a specific topic? Interesting, haven't run across one of those before...

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 10/28/2022 1:53:00 PM

You never know what a contest will ask you to try and do.

L MILTON HANKINS

Date: 10/27/2022 12:07:00 PM

Caren, you've got about four o's in there! This type of poem is so hard to write.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 10/27/2022 4:23:00 PM

Thank you Hank for catching that. I checked it twice and never saw them. Back to the drawing board.