Short Crossword Poems

crossword:
obstacle course
and jungle gym of words
in a mental maypole dance feat.
puzzle....

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Oer
Ere
E'er
E'en
I could go on and on
That's a life of a poet
And makes you good solving crossword puzzle....

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My word would be Latrine;
My choice from those I’ve seen!

(I looked at a crossword dictionary and liked this word!)

For Nancy's contest...

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Today 
I read a newspaper, 
In it was half a column 
On a people starving and dying, 
The rest of it was : 
Photos, 
Crossword puzzle, 
And faded letters....

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Do you know who invented the crossword?
I can't remember his name for the life of me
It’s on the tip of my tongue just out of reach
It’s W something N something E...

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There once was a fellow of Beccles abode
Who tackled a crossword wherever he rode.
But fully absorbed and in deep concentration
The poor chap would rarely alight at his station!


                      22.05.20...

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My trusty pencil helps me out
At crossword puzzle time.
It also comes in handy
When I'm working on a rhyme.

A ball point pen just wouldn't do - 
That really is the case -
For I would be at quite a loss
If I could not erase!...

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"Whales take four fish to water's edge"...

a crossword clue that I abandoned.

Instead I have returned to knitting a blue jumper.

I might add whales to it for fun.

They may well take fish to water's edge,

but no one will know this except me....

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patches of rain 
dampened cobwebs on yew bushes --
the gray in my hair

the creaking of the
screen door swaying in the wind --
my knees in motion

the sight of a 
one headlighted car passing by --
my dimming childhood

finishing an expert
crossword without a dictionary --
wisdom...

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Hashtag Poem
The New Hashtag poems are arrayed as a hash
                          can           grid
                          be             lines
                          read          form
                          in two        hash
 The Crossword - pathways    shape, reveals meaning....

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If cryptically I look at gegs
and all I see is scrambled eggs, 
I wonder if it can be true 
the answer to this crossword clue.
Seven down is 'postmans sack'
(with cryptic clues you learn the knack
to beating evil crossword setters.)
You're asking me how many letters
I can't resist ... its hundreds!!!...

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If life is a giant crossword puzzle,
  how many blank spaces do you have

How many words have come together,
  how many crossroads in your path

Each grid connects with meaning,
  what row by row unfolds

The story then, the story now
  —that square by square is told

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)...

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Over roof and eaves
peering first among the leaves
autumnal sun.

Early frost and dew
for the moment glistening
autumnal sun.

Day breaks warmly at
a new season's dawn
red leaves.

Porch-set with cup in hand
craving crossword at hand
steaming coffee.

Wondering why time seems
to pause, and wait for
us to savour....

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Sunday sunrise
breaking through
bay window
coffee brewing
the aroma inebriating
crossword puzzle
pencil in hand
and in the kitchen
dreamy wafts
of costa rica java
mingling with 
perfumes of 
strawberries
and waffles



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~CAFFEINE INFUSION~ 2020

AP: 3rd place 2021

Posted on May 9, 2019...

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The road and river parallel
Each other as I ride
On the ferry where, with traffic
Non-existent, we do glide.

With windshield wipers flapping
In my car, I’d be real tense
But the boat ride is so calming
That it seems to recompense.

I ready my book and crossword solve
And even write my poem.
Before I know it, I’ll be back,
Relaxing in my home....

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How do you solve the clue
It was cryptic as they do
Just eight letters all in a line
Keeping them guessing for time
Line of eight letters the clue, that's all
Mind 's gone blank, Answer Five letters long, your call
Never gonna get this clue, can you
Other than staring longer at it too

Q-
H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O

A-
WATER

h2o = water, so clever though....

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Can't do vacations...
money is real tight...
too old for travel...
youth has taken flight !

We do "staycations"...
here is what we do:
watch TV and chat...
crossword puzzles too !

It may seem dull
but it's really not...
we're just happy
with what we have got !

Enough to get by...
roof above our heads
and at evening's call,
our own warm beds !...

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In college, my sorority
Required us to learn
The alphabet in Greek,
Which we recited in our turn.

Since then, I’ve used it rarely – 
In a crossword clue, perhaps – 
As my brain recites those letters
That my memory unwraps.

Lately, though, with Covid’s Delta
And now Omicron’s new streak,
There’ve been many more occasions
To recall my long-lost Greek....

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A giant crossword from The Times
Was in a special section
So puzzle lovers had a chance
At brain cell introspection.

I’ve worked for hours, on and off,
To get the thing completed.
The size is not enough to let
A wordsmith feel defeated.

To finish such a challenge,
Time and patience are required.
It’s fortunate for me I’ve gotten
Both since I retired!...

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A person who is sensible
A bit adorable
Who laugh with me
Appreciates when i go right
Precludes when i plan to give up
Who patiently wait just to listen what i wanna say
He is the one i wll always find in my way
He is like a crossword puzzle
Whose rays of trust makes me go dazzle.
He is my buddy, my precious stone
That makes me feel proud for what i own.....

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A lazy Sunday afternoon
For reading and reflecting,
For crossword puzzles, Words with Friends
And on-the-phone connecting.

The dreary weather makes me feel
No guilt for staying put.
I did my morning walk so there’s
No goofing off afoot.

Well, maybe just a little bit
For closets should be tackled,
But it’s real nice from chores to be
Just fleetingly unshackled....

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Look, a bird, a little bird!
She flaps her wings, clapping the wind,
Is she fleeing away from the earth?
by flying a crossword.

Oh, the little bird!
How does she so hesitate and wonder?
Is she struggling with eager?
Or because she has to suffer?

She's been flying day and night
must be she really tired
does she need to have a  rest?
No, she is dragging by the glomming light...

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Makayla 
Caring, smart, loving, curious
Daughter of Vernon and Trudy 
lover of shopping, animals, crossword puzzles
who feels happy at school, sad when animals die, and alive when out doors
who gives love, kindness, happiness
who fears doctors, needles, spiders
who would like to see the black sea, Hollywood, and India
who lives in Clear spring, Maryland
                    Tracy...

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My brain is a desert
Today; I can’t lie.
There’s nothing to write of,
Although I can try.

The walk by the river?
The foods I did eat?
The book I just finished?
The crossword complete?

The shoes I discarded
Since new ones arrived?
The plants freshly watered,
Surprised they’ve survived?

I guess that the desert
Some cacti call home
And that is the reason
I’ve written this poem.
...

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The moon loves that old adage
that life exists in black and white
I can see it in his crossword smile

Love doesn’t always  heal
Death doesn’t always kill
Are you my poison or my savior

His passion for the extremes can hurt
thinking that life’s like a negative
that black and white don’t bleed together

And to him the heart is just an organ
but I know it can break and be haunted too
Whilst drowning in all his grey....

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