Questions tagged [poetry]
Puzzles that are presented in the form of any of the various types of poetry.
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Trapped in Time
A Greek trapped in time
by a Roman refine
Mother precedes
we'll never be freed
Circling around
waiting to be found
perhaps by my shipmates
if they've not met their fates
Who am I? And where can ...
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How do you feel?
Someone's spilled coffee
On your white shirt.
The report you spent
Four hours on,
Ruined in the rain.
And someone's decided
That it'd be funny if you found,
Dragon dung in your in-...
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What am I? (ft. cool poems)
Without me,
There would be no vowel.
Though consonants would exist,
The alphabet thrown in the bowel.
But, now, another problem occurs,
For bowels exist not,
When, Death, I am yours.
...
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I can be heavy, but I'll never sink. When I am ready, my glass is a drink
Riley Riddle:
My prefix runs past, When you leave what you cast, Where a square may be skipped by a pawn. My suffix is vast, When I swap first with last, Where a breath may be currently ...
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1answer
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Getting one over on the boss
In my job as a poet for a national newspaper I am rarely faced with ethical decisions. However, today was quite a challenge…
The editor came to me this morning and said, “Hey, I’ve heard about this ...
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An Ode Full'a Herrin's
Dear smart friend,
How witty sire alway look!
Here's ag'in an ol' ode,
For you, fiend, a puzzler's game!
Demeanour means imp's English name introduction.
Small film halves film ...
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2answers
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This poem is complete, except the solution to it
First, hide the text, come on, no spoilers here;
Second, bash at it, you have nothing to fear;
Third, pair up and basic pigpen, flagging every time;
Fourth, use the force, wait, no, ...
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1answer
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Oh, one short ode of love
I'm to grow in mind
If now onto learning;
And to show understanding,
We cannot be blind.
Where is the heart? :)
Inspired by this (thanks @Bass!)
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1answer
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Anagram Within an Anagram!
The second poem is an anagram of the first poem. Both poems are separated by "~" to indicate they are both anagrams of each other.
The aim of all is but to nurse the life
With honour, wealth, and ...
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1answer
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It's all Greek to me!
My start, to begin with, isn't hers. Moving on,
It sounds like the sound of the name of a con.
And as for my ending? Well, it's quite the tale.
Those who hear it are certainly floored, without fail....
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1answer
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Word Transformations
I am a gap
Rearranged, an accelerator
Take one and rearrange, an animal
Rearrange that, a skin condition.
I am a gap
Take one and rearrange, a garden tool
Take one ...
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1answer
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A word loved by poets
A word loved by poets in five equal parts
The end of a dog is how two of them start
The third can be found in the land of Jafar
The fourth can be useful to learn where you are
The ...
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History Calls - Twice!
You'd send a letter to me, but I'm not quite what you think.
You'd send a letter in me, but only if you didn't know me.
I was a gem in my day for being both bold and precise.
I stood ...
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1answer
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My suffix is short for the place where you are…
My suffix is short for the place where you are,
My infix for who,
My prefix for where you can learn about what's
Mistaken for me in a crowd at least two.
To echo a riddle that's ...
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1answer
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Take a deep breath
Here's a quick one that should be easy.
You've heard me before.
A Cinematic Icon
Perfect audio.
What am I?
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Time to Settle Down!
Lots of puzzles on this site take some time to solve. Nothing wrong with that, but I'll try to introduce a short puzzle every now and then :)
Gold is my meal; Silver, I free; My colour reveals ...
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1answer
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What on Mars? (A Poem-based riddle)
I make your hair fall
Your heart begins to fall, too
But I don't cut them.
I can be a rock
In some places, I'm some dust
You won't live much more.
Uranium Mines
An underground toxic find
I ...
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3answers
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Shot in the heavens afar
A cloak blankets way overhead,
Beginning the time for your bed.
Remember my comfort and love
Inviting the skies up above.
Look! You can reach like a kite;
Look and not burn from ...
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3answers
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My body leaves; my core can stay
My body leaves; my core can stay,
Where I shall breathe another way.
The route of south I always linger.
My arms have arms; my ring no finger.
What am I?
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Riddle - What does it mean?
What am I? 03/04/19 13:36 UTC
This is very abundant
The most that you'll see
And its group and number
Is what you will need
Now somewhat repetetive
For you who ...
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1answer
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The Two and the One
I am the two and the one.
I give life, hold life, fill life,
But I also kill - and hide - and steal.
I'm in your backyard - go look, I'm there!
I am the two and the one.
Two ...
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1answer
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What doth I be?
Embraced by rock, then taken by the air
Born unto water, yet a friend of fire
Child of the gods of the sky
Who am I, who am I?
As mighty as the rock
As a fast as the wind
As wise as water
As ...
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1answer
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Find the poet in the poem
I sit on a circle; I jump on a square.
My clothes are tailor-made, but don't really fit.
My shorter cousin's enemy is a lamp that is lit.
If you wrote down my name, I wouldn't know it ...
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1answer
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A Perfect Polish
I slide with a rustle Of needles that hang, To glide in the tunnel And scrape every fang. I spread with a slither Of slime and a slew, To shred and to wither The gold from the chew.
What ...
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A Heroic Riley Riddle Rises
Riddle me this:
My prefix, discovered ahead. My suffix had started instead. My infix may point with a role. I am cloaked by a joint super soul. For example, a vampire flies one. He is ...
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1answer
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The King's new dress
The King has come to me at once
And ordered that I make a suit
"The suit should have a lot of folds
Contain a lot of metal discs
Please color it by using paint
Then decorate with flower ...
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2answers
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On watercrafts I was on board. What am I?
A part of me's mechanical.
The other is electrical.
I'm named after an ancient word.
On watercrafts I was on board.
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My weaknesses helped to kill some men.
Thus I am remembered now and then.
...
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1answer
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Precipitation, etc
Precipitation, falling from heavy clouds,
Crashing down onto delicate flowers.
Thin sensory organs placed on
Young feline mammals.
Glimmering metallic sheen of No. 29,
Forming ...
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0answers
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The First Gate: Why So Tense?
Greetings fellow puzzlers and puzzled alike! I’ve concocted a little puzzle for you all... Well little may be an understatement, but I'll come back to that.
Before starting, you should know that the ...
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1answer
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It was often searched for. What is it?
Maybe it's wooden.
Maybe it's golden.
It could be made out of greenish glass.
Most likely it has not that much mass.
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Some think it is already found,
Most think it could still be somewhere ...
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1answer
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I am the light that shines in the dark
First go at writing a riddle, here goes:
I am the light that shines in the dark
Sometimes I've a friend to whom you should hark
There's no match for me,
I'm buzzing with energy
If you ...
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I can't die. Who am I?
I meet many people.
I treat them equal.
I can harvest grain the middle age way.
I always go on, I never stay.
I can't die.
Some believe I can fly.
Most people don't like me.
And thus try to ...
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2answers
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Ahoy, Ye Traveler!
I am a traveler.
In birth, I had struggles, but shifted a tad to become a double saint,
Based, to be honest, on what I could do with a bit of paint.
I'm proud to say that I became ...
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1answer
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Just another “What am I” poem
Here's a little poem; try to guess "what I am."
I accept every answer as long as the explanation is satisfying.
You can't touch me as you like
I can be a cushion for your mind
But too often I'm a ...
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I am a giant among ants
I am a giant among ants, a nothing - yet something! - among man.
I may be costly or inexpensive; my markings will tell you, done.
In this grand year of 2019 my kind turns 41.
We're made ...
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1answer
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A Distracting Puzzle
One, three, four, two; seven, eight, six, five.
Size, we're told, doesn't matter.
But if it did, there's the answer!
Four solid, yet light. Four airy, yet heavy.
One stands ...
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1answer
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Slumber, watcher — What am I?
This is the start of a poem I've always loved. If you don't know the source, can you guess the answer?
...
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2answers
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Finally back on Puzzling… and I have a new kind of puzzle (I think)
Oh my God. Okay, I have a lot of things to catch up on. First, a belated HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! to everyone. Second, have any rules on Puzzling.SE vitally changed during the past three months? And last but ...
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1answer
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Some Patriotic Steganography
Say there, American soldier, sir.
Stay there, good mister, and answer a question.
Where do you go, and why do you go,
Dragging your load through the cold, wet, mud?
We thank you ...
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1answer
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4x4 chessboard, bishops and knights are removed, 4 moves to checkmate
Four-by-four chessboard
Bishops and knights are removed
Four moves to checkmate
Minor spoiler:
Source: Me, I think this website needs more haiku :)
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Love is a chore
There's a match in my pocket
And an ace up my sleeve
Yet I'm no magician
That you can conceive
I'm admired in New York
London and more
Yet I am no God
And love is a chore
You can set me on grass
Or ...
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3answers
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The thought of my prefix brings many a smile; My infix is, mathematically
Here's my first attempt at a Riley! Good luck!
The thought of my prefix brings many a smile;
Sit down, relax, or sleep for a while.
My infix is, mathematically;
One point six times ...
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2answers
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An Arranged Riley Riddle
My prefix bends bridges and branches in dozens.
My suffix sends mail with what one-hundred governs.
My infix appears three times, hectic and scattered.
I meet engineers, for the looks ...
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A Void in my Heart
Exit the games, log off the Internet,
Avert the kids vocalizing with the tv set,
Silence the ringtones and with quiet song
Bring out my friend, let his subjects say so long.
For eleven ...
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Alone, I am a group of three
Alone, I am a group of three.
When the leader becomes the trailer then I just did me.
Then reverse, turn back, I'm seven of twelve times two,
The one that's last to first is drunk ...
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1answer
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My Final Song to Riley
Entry into Fortnightly Topic Challenge #38: Reusing Information 1
This will also be my final Riley Riddle for a week or two because it is arriving near the end of the term and school is expecting ...
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1answer
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I am found in a pool, never sinking nor afloat; pass the squares that I rule, and a soldier must promote
Riddle me this:
Although I'm a cube, I do not have six sides;
Beneath me is green, although no grass resides.
My pockets are large enough — I can fall in!
But then you'll fall ...
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My body is pale, though I never fear. I might share a tale, perhaps insincere
Riddle me this:
I speak without a voice, where you can see without an eye. A heart without a beat, I hold, can make you laugh and cry. I turn before I twist, but cannot twist before I turn. ...
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A Fossil of a Puzzle
Here's a poetic identification riddle for everybody. Good Luck!
Type of a card, not for gifts or to play
Or a root of a plant of a tea, in a way
I have wings, I can fly, I'm a creature of ...
