Questions tagged [poetry]
Puzzles that are presented in the form of any of the various types of poetry.
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What word am I? sequence
My prefix is where you are now at,
I have a Spanish infix.
With a double L to my suffix,
You might want to sell your homophone.
What word am I?
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I have a goal in mind
My prefix has a purpose
My suffix together with two letters is a homophone for somewhere dark and deserted
My infix is an atom gained an electron
I am an adverb and I have a goal in mind
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My name is akin to my size
My name is akin to my size
Each can be complex or concise
I remain within gaze
In front of your face
Observable under the right eyes
My true prefix is one of a kind
My infixes are ...
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One that is paid but cannot be bought
Two words are homophones
One that is paid
$\quad$ but cannot be bought
The other is stated
$\quad$ but cannot be undone
What are the two words?
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When in Tennessee
(1)
I'm hardened yet hardly am I given a thought;
Unmoved, though moving, to give what is sought;
But throng be too eager,
My gift, it is meager;
I'll stop my inertia and render you caught.
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My initials are MC
My initials are M.C. and know me please do;
I'm related in essence to many a crew;
My syllables count four,
Same for vowels I'm sure;
Now please decide which are false and are true:
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Cheer up with this riddle
My prefix weighs little, but never has mass;
My suffix might, for a whole language, pass;
But to me append,
One more suffix at end;
And scramble my innards so I'm longer at last
What am I?
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1answer
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My whole completes the reverse
Clip my left to complete
Clip my right to reverse
Clip both sides to make
My whole completes the reverse
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Let’s take a selfie!
My suffix is innate
My prefix is on the coast
I capture your expressions
And remain the default for most
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As a noun I’m complete; as a verb, I’m yet to be so
Removing my prefix
Makes a familiar sound
Removing my infix
Helps you search all around
Removing my suffix
Means to make me whole
As a noun I’m complete
As a verb I’m yet to be so
...
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A field for the curious
As is, I am a field for the curious;
Study me well to be naturally serious;
But cut my first and my last,
And scramble me fast;
Now I'm a home with warmth quite mysterious
What am I?
Hope ...
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I am above the return, enter if you will
If my prefix could mean to revert
And my suffix could mean lacerate
Then what in the world could I be
Given I could ensure your escape?
Hint:
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It’s empty; need a new one soon
My prefix is a vehicle or its part
Whose suffix‘s beauty uncertain
My suffix is raised apart
Its prefix frees a burden
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I’m clean when I’m on the road
My prefix is not single
My infix is cold to hold
My postfix can mean my whole
I’m clean when I’m on the road
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Double Riley of Melancholy
My prefix is served
Eat if you may
The prefix of my prefix
is a prefix, per se
My infix is inside you
Within, it resides
The infix of my infix
can be seen from outside
My suffix ...
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Shape into a spindle
Start with a way
to merge what you choose
Hope not too short
for you to lose
Then a short delay
Wait there if you may
Take one more step
For an aeon you'll stay
Who am I?
Hint ...
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I burn what you can’t protect
My prefix is not acquitted
My infix demands respect
My suffix is a price
I burn what you can’t protect
What word am I?
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I place you back on the ground
My infix spells an alphabet,
And can put things to action
My prefix means to criticise,
And undo or inaction
My postfix is a sound
And to a plant, it is bound
As a verb I am found
I ...
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I am musical in function
My prefix can fool you
Even though it’s not a pro
My infix is a pipe
Through which fluids flow
My postfix: a conjunction
But more of a disjunction
I have no intersection
I am musical ...
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A Lovely Riddle
Even though I'm closed in me, I love you.
I am entirely in you, even though I'm closed.
When I'm onto something, it's still me.
If it's you one by one, we're together.
No matter ...
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Can you express your answer to this riddle?
I’m a place where you can be
In a form, I’m one of three
Good or bad? Maybe
What is it that is me?
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All but everything; I have nothing to lose
Six letters long
Guess if you choose
I am all but everything
I have nothing to lose
Hint #1
Hint #2
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The seven letter word
Don't worry, I won't let you overflow.
Is anyone operating on you? I won't let you overflow by that.
Do you want to link yourself? I won't let you overflow by that.
Is there an ...
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Use me with excuse
Three words; three meanings
Below are the clues
They overlap to form me
Use me with excuse
My prefix is a prefix of
being worldwide
My infix is a mistake,
forgive and set aside
My ...
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1answer
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Right before you, I make my mark
My first part is a journey to embark
The other is two of a kind
Right before you, I make my mark
The answer you shall find
Who am I?
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While I live, I seldom face the ground!
My prefix lies far above the sky
My Infix is a movement to be found
My suffix is not so high
While I live, I seldom face the ground!
Who am I?
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A misnomer, yet I too have a taste
I’m made of two parts, you see
Where the first part is a tree
Whose trunk can be used for furniture
Its leaves may be used to brew tea
The other is from another tree
Whose growth is ...
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The cat became his prize
Had no choice but to leave his ground
The foe took him by surprise
With his food and shelter lost to the beast
The cat became his prize
What is the word referred here?
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A mind-blowing riddle!
A healthy start to begin with
A friend you’ll meet midway
In the end he becomes a tree
You’ll soon be blown away
What word is referred here?
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1answer
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Armed to the teeth
Drop two from the left
I can be out of this world
Two more from the right
I might get hurled
Drop two in-between
I’ll be hollow in form
Two more from the right
I may keep you ...
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1answer
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I keep to the path my master has bestowed
My prefix should come before an action
For without, it is likely to fail
My infix is part of a path
On which you may ride or sail
My suffix is an interconnection
That links many a node ...
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1answer
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You'll be among aces (5-letter word)
Used as a noun,
It can take you to places
Followed as a verb,
You'll be among aces
What is it?
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My prefix gives a lesson; my infix makes a sound
My prefix gives a lesson
My infix makes a sound
My suffix is a tunnel
to keep smoke off the ground
For a kingdom that's worthy
Though it stands tall
If it does not heed this ...
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If you have to ask what the answer is, you'll never know!
A pattern of lows and highs
In groupings of ones, twos, and fives
And when I appear
The masses may cheer
But those in the know roll their eyes
0 + 2 + 1 + 2 - 3 + 0 - 4 + 2
Or, ...
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Ode to the Emergence of a Hikikomori
Note: Hikikomori is a Japanese term for "reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from society and seek extreme degrees of isolation and confinement. The affected individuals refuse to leave ...
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Ode to the Lassitude of 88th Street
This glancing blow,
In freezing snow,
Of a cat woman,
In faux platinum,
Dedicated to bonneted lassies,
Elegant ladies so classy,
Boy loving Mona Lisas,
Dressed like fashionistas,
...
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In the top five, I'm odd
When I am done, I'm served.
When you are me, be proud.
In the top five, I'm odd.
I'm one of the unlucky ones, or royally envied.
What am I?
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At The Square Brackets
The sky is so clear
As if I am in emptiness.
"Insert coin here"
Says the arcade just emplaced.
I will bring my eraser
If my paper is swapped with a scrap.
Nothing to extract from the scrap
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Oh you, I need in every second
You fill all earths emptiness
The higher I go, you get less
If you go away nobody will stay
The jellyfish might still play
Oh I, representative of all being
Oh I, just you I will keep needing
Oh ...
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Complete the poem
Facetiously I now pose you this question,
Confuse you, and I do so with a smirk.
The answer open to much speculation
You won't find palindromes in this short work.
What word is longest in its ...
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Hikers in Halloween
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Hello, it's me, again today,
With some new clues for us to play.
When hikers go hiking during Halloween,
There's always a cool thing, a little green.
So here ...
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I'm not alive, but I can be lively
I come in every shape and every form
In society I'm nothing special I'm the norm
Without me there would be no control
They would die, the things filled with petrol
If a being placed me a specific way
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Why he is so sad
My memories are only slices
As my brain and nerves just blasted.
My hands and feet are so cold
So I'd rather wish them burnt.
My vehicle just ran out of gas
Yet it has 100% of ...
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A phenomenal riddle
I’m a natural wonder, hitched to a star.
You could say I’m like an electric car.
I’m hard to see, and some think I’m rare.
I’m so fast, you may wonder if I’m there.
You can try to find me where the ...
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Don't they see, what they do to me?
I'm the essence of every living being
But humans seem to not understand
Even though others are always fleeing
They keep using for their demand
Soon I will just watch from above
How evil and innocent ...
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What is the word described in this poem?
My beginning is a time for a leader to lead.
My middle is a type of insect seed.
My end is a talk that’s shorter than a screed.
I increased a problem that was losing all its speed.
What am I?
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A Cryptic Riddle for Puzzlers
You asked your friend Joe, (whom you know to be avid about cryptography), who he would ask to dance with at Prom and you receive later inside your locker signed by Joe this:
Happy as a Lark in a ...
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I'm largest when I'm five, what am I?
I'm very common and often you see me,
Everything's believed to be made of me.
Make no mistake, I look largest when I'm seven,
But I'm largest when I'm five, it is proven.
But alas at ...
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The Death Of An Angel
Lovely she was, oh the things I wanted to do to her...
Going to that nice restaurant, eating everything I could and even
more.
Giving her that ring was hard, I desired to keep it for ...
