Read words backwards between few lines
Of manmade markings in “bold” signs.
A wordplay is scarce, criteria are clear -
Now you, Sir John, unscramble, Dear!
Neighborhood Gossip
He walks all alone and does evil things,
quietly making puppets walk without strings.
He's the only one who emerged from the wreck.
When you sleep, he'll stab you in the neck.
Am I Wiser Now?
I wanted to know what it all meant
so I visited the Asian continent.
Am I wiser now, back in my hometown?
I have jet lag and walk upside down.
Life Mission
The doctor gave me a slap and shook my head,
until he had fully scrambled my brain.
The nurse gave me a diaper and the doctor said,
"You've got eighty years to unscramble it again."
Unimpressed
He's well known and he's well read,
but I wouldn't be misled.
Even lettuce has a head.
Bee Orientation
Welcome, friend, to the hive
It's true, no one gets out alive,
but, before you're done,
you'll have lots of fun.
The pre-dawn rang
as cat choirs sang
in waring gangs
sharp and rank
before they sprang
with claw and fang.
Isn’t it an overweening piety
to think that diverse cat societies
would address conflicts more politely
observe more cultural propriety
and politic more peacefully and quietly
than our own species, which behaves violently
Are we not, in part, their masters?
Don’t we war for goals we’re after?
Aren’t some of our leaders practically gangsters?
Does any species author more disasters?
Humans are - frankly - alpha-predator bastards.
If the language of cats, we could unscramble,
and into their feral dialogs we could wrangle,
perhaps we’d see that they’re just following our example.
Our journey begins
the moment we're born-
and where it will lead to,
remains unknown.
As children, we're guided-
not left forlorn;
but, soon comes that time
to walk on our own.
Our journey becomes
a puzzle to find
the answers to what
our purpose will be.
Some steps give us sight-
and others will blind
the path we must follow
to clearly, see.
And so it continues-
this journey of ours
with steps that unfold
a lifetime on Earth;
With answers unspoken,
we reach for the stars-
unscramble life's puzzle
given at birth.
I
The non-American word "Saviour"
Appeared in a word puzzle, vocab-builder
Includes letters that spell VISA
As players unscramble letters, & Scrabble away!
II
"SaviOUR" includes "our" destiny, the future
Anyway (You & I), yes, "U & I" spell SAVIOR
This chance finding was a blessing to me
Check it out, SPELL-power, always "USA"
Ashamed like a tree
by the wind bent
angry like the wind
that did the bending
neither I or my friend
could remember
the words in the poem
we had read.
On the cruelty of
the assignment
mulling in bed
wouldn't composing
be better than
the parroting?
But at nine decided
would best go sleep
and the adults obey.
Astonished
on awaking next day
every word
had surfaced to my head
like interest given free
by the bank
or seeds sown in
and next day
myriads of flowers
rainbow green
on a carpet blown in by wind.
Lumens angels of the night
power dreams
shine bright
when the heart is asleep
fears unearthing
past errors reveal
so history itself
wouldn't repeat
with warnings veiled
in terror
to unscramble
a car crashing icy roads
may predict
running away from
a monster may mean
to returns and embrace
to heal.
Unrestrained by heart's
fear or greed
sleep walks
where he wants unseen
finding pieces of puzzles
truth reveals
only when the reason is asleep.
Stars and moon shine only
in the dark
when the sun is asleep.
Sometimes sun rays feel deliciously nutritious
in delightful ways upon my then titillated skin.
Sometimes early dawn’s ideal golden streaks
smolder atop the ocean in ways that awe me.
At those times, I flounder trying to unscramble
my power to articulate all my feelings convey.
When ocean waves cascade then fade crashes
with a blustering, continuing bombast-style,
it seems a brag of guile lacking any inhibition.
Sometimes my emotions sense a divine providence
of mysterious insist in a glorious, intricate sea.
Sometimes I feel an existing cryptic, dolorous and
lecherous content equally miraculous in sea depths.
At all these times I feel with breezed emotional might
that I am truly focused as a neophyte of life.
Egg shell pieces
joined by gossamer membrane
provided cheat sheet for 3D jigsaw puzzle
to unscramble Humpty Dumpty.
Women did it, when men
and horses failed,
with ten thumbs
and hooves
flayed.
A new day, a new page, a fresh start
Some chicken scratch and a few words from the heart
With this pen you attempt to unscramble your brain
Grasp each thought before it slips away
Hold tight till your knuckles turn white
Close your eyes but don’t lose sight
Twenty- six letters all arranged just right
Don’t criticize, just let your hand flow free
Show me what others cannot see
Don’t stop, don’t think
Let the ink speak the things you can’t express
Relieve the stress, release the cement shoes on your feet
Do your best to shove the elephant off your chest
Breathe easy
Live now, no rewind, put the past out of your mind
It’s your time in the lime light
They’re your chapters to write
Rewrite, analyze, revise till you’re satisfied
You’re the author
What will your story be like?
unscramble the egg
Humpty Dumpty should have lived
puzzle master failed
Some are strutting; others drag,
Promenade or amble,
Every one a puzzle
We’re unable to unscramble.
Some look cocky, others sad,
Lost in their reflections,
Heading off, in head and foot,
In varying directions.
Some are spiffy, others drab,
Yet a first impression
Isn’t quite enough to gauge
Contentment or depression.
In the city, passersby
Cross paths but what we see
Will not provide the clues to solve
Each private mystery.
Valentine's
Very
Altered
Life
Entrenched
Near
Time's
Infinite
Nothingness
Evolving
Spectacularly
In one day I could love for a year's worth of time
or I could grow with you gradually in God's time
He counts our hairs as the wind blows
He hears the valves of our hearts pumping
pushing cells to and fro
I wanna slow life down, enter the matrix
dodge bullets and see humming birds' wings
frame by frame, in short, I'd like to take a minute
to savour these seconds, and continue to evolving
spectacularly in altered living entrenched near time's
vacancy and unscramble the day with you.
Morning coffee plus supplements;
Yawns punctuate time with sleepy feel
Usual story flings thought movement;
Niche unknown rhymes that seize appeal;
Keep sacred code in a puzzle;
Next align drink with swift swallow;
Opt for strange mode to unscramble;
Words verge sure brink deep yet hollow;
New notions guide clear devotion.
Ripe thinking strings verses that speak;
Hurl of swift strides in strange portions;
Yields of odd flings that coast and peak;
Meet the ***** lines that satisfy;
End feels dream brine and ferment sighs.
Leon Enriquez
25 June 2014
Singapore
Unscramble knowledge
Rearrange and calculate
Time is against you
Together we are suffering a slow silent pain
like a execution I can feel the stinging electric shock to my heart
separated but together I thought I wouldn't care
but I do my heart aches and my soul cries for you
tell me darling does your soul cry?
I am thirsty for your love again
don't be afraid and don't cry
if you do I will drink your tears of fears
until we unscramble our relationship puzzle
lets give love another try forget about your mistakes
as I will for get about mine
with arms wide open I will accept you back
now and forever I love you
its not lust I just trust my heart and
it will lead me right back to you
in your arms where I suppose to be
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