Questions tagged [poetry]
Puzzles that are presented in the form of any of the various types of poetry.
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Youth is, Inevitably, the Nature of Yielding Adulthood. Nurture it Greatly
Riddle me this:
We are both black and white with two seeds, But they each can never be planted; Through our swirl, philosophy proceeds, But our balance is taken for granted. Our forces ...
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votes
6answers
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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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votes
2answers
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Read. Learn. Live. Escape
You wake lying face down on a hard stone floor. Your head hurts. As your eyes find focus, you see a haiku scratched into the ground beside you:
A wrong step brings death!
But, a wrong guess brings ...
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2answers
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I am described by temperature, and never by looks. I might be found in your camera, as well as children's books
Riddle me this:
I am described by temperature, and never by looks.
I might be found in your camera, as well as children's books.
I described what you observed, but perhaps not at ...
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votes
4answers
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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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votes
1answer
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Teapot Riddle no.22 (fan made)
Teapot Riddle no.22 (fan made). Alien.
Rules:
I have one word which has several (2 or more) meanings.
Each of the meanings is a teapot (first, second ...).
You try to figure out ...
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votes
1answer
345 views
Teapot Riddle no.11 (fan made)
Teapot Riddle no.11 (fan made).
Rules:
I have one word which has several (2 or more) meanings.
Each of the meanings is a teapot (first, second ...).
You try to figure out the ...
4
votes
1answer
195 views
Always $\&$ Never
This post has the same exact title, but it is not related in any way apart from the fact that it is also a riddle; all my riddles are (hopefully) original and created by me.
Riddle me this:
...
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votes
1answer
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Feast Your Eyes on a Riley Riddle
Currently working on my fourth anagram puzzle, so in the meantime, I have made a Riley Riddle. Sorry if this riddle seems rather lazy or if the title appears subjective (depending on whether you like ...
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votes
1answer
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Shakespeare. William Shakespeare
Can you determine these popular quotes as retold by Shakespeare? Before anyone points out, yes I'm aware that Bill used predominantly iambic pentameter, but I've never been a huge fan of that, so I'm ...
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votes
1answer
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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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votes
2answers
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Ode to convergence
Taking a numeral core
(digits: a non-quad four)
digits I ordered, then
lesser I minused, till
evolve I couldn't more.
What is this unfathomably clunky poem all about?
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votes
6answers
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a spell for summoning help
Mutter dos de thou around a rhetorical shape,
then pause with the hero of Card's game.
Then let it sit for far too long
while the celts tell you how many bards came.
Our protagonist makes another ...
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votes
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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votes
9answers
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Immovable object
I have a long history from east to west,
to some I'm the worst and others the best.
With a core made of resin I dance and I flutter,
no one judges me when I speak with a stutter.
I may be an object ...
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votes
2answers
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A crumbled, jumbled poem
I wrote a beautiful, verbose poem for you all, but Riddler went and scrambled the whole thing up! Can you figure out the order of the lines and put it back together again for me? And while you're at ...
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votes
2answers
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A small mammal?
Small mammal – I'm
A
International animal
With four legs, and,
Whiskers. Sharp eyes.
But, it wouldn't do
To totally give up
A
Answer, too readily,
So those are all the
Clues ...
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12answers
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Unstoppable force
I'll start to count while you solve this problem,
and just relax here at the top of my column.
Everywhere I go I let out a good whistle,
but don't mess with me cause I carry a pistol.
Typically ...
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votes
11answers
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Large and in charge [closed]
Opened or closed,
I continue to be.
A mechanism of choice,
But I can be beastly.
I come in all shapes and sizes,
Each with a common task.
I cling to life by a thread,
What am I, I ask?
Added hint:
...
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votes
7answers
672 views
To dream, or not to dream (a haiku)
A dream, not a dream.
Tailless, tail-less. Puzzled? Makes
Quite the parable.
What am I referring to?
Hint #1:
Hint #2:
Hint #3:
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votes
2answers
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Half an awful haiku
Attempt to find the last word:
Cheryl nowhere errs
She ebbs one or nag envy
Aha flap green gel
Purely abjurer reef
Fur roof bar be ant rail
Nun sync terra ???
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votes
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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votes
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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votes
2answers
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Small and resilient
At the same time I can be low or high,
I can be found where the ground meets the sky.
I may have a bald spot on top of my head,
but pick a fight with me, and you may be dead.
Slow moving, slow ...
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votes
1answer
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My father's gift on Christmas!
I bought my father a gift for Christmas and wrote a riddle for him to solve, but I thought I'd let you guys solve it first :D
I have caps that I cannot wear
You can enter without a care
...
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votes
3answers
341 views
Iambic Pentameter
Part of the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #35: Restricted Title 1
The type of party that may startle you
Defiant age range, kids no longer sweet
Irrat'nal number formed when over two
For adult and ...
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votes
1answer
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My prefix is a formula, my suffix being shared
The following riddle was inspired by what is referred to as "Riley Puzzles / Riddles" (example).
My prefix is a formula, My suffix being shared. My infix starts a warm colour, Though cast away ...
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votes
2answers
304 views
I will be uttering this with a moan
What line is hidden behind the stars?
I will be uttering this with a moan
someplace aeons and aeons therefore:
$*****$ $*****$ $*****$ $*****$
and I picked up the one with inferior migration,
...
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votes
5answers
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Teapot riddle no.13 (fan made)
Teapot Riddle no.13 (fan made). Direction.
Rules:
I have one word which has several (2 or more) meanings.
Each of the meanings is a teapot (first, second ...).
You try to figure ...
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votes
3answers
197 views
Teapot Riddle no.41 (fan made)
Teapot Riddle no.41 (fan made). Welcome.
Rules:
I have one word which has several (2 or more) meanings.
Each of the meanings is a teapot (first, second ...).
You try to figure out ...
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votes
4answers
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Teapot riddle no.16 (fan made)
Teapot Riddle no.16 (fan made). Proceed.
Rules:
I have one word which has several (2 or more) meanings.
Each of the meanings is a teapot (first, second ...).
You try to figure out ...
4
votes
1answer
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There is a Phobia of Climbing Me, and a Phobia of Staring at Me
Riddle me this:
I always head up or down, straight or in a spiral.
Jacob dreamed of Heaven via me inside the Bible.
I never head sideways, as that is a different way.
When home ...
4
votes
1answer
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A Day in a Life o' Me
Riddle me this:
I form ticks and crosses, But I have not a pen. You check me during pauses, Every now and then. I have a pair of hands, But I have not an arm. Every day demands, For me ...
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votes
2answers
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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 ...
3
votes
1answer
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I have more than one face, but I have no eyes. I roll out of hand during multiple tries
Riddle me this:
I have more than one face, but I have no eyes.
I roll out of hand during multiple tries.
I very much often do not roll alone;
I have a partner, who like myself, ...
2
votes
1answer
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Riddle with a fang
My head is grey and I guess my tail is too
I'm straight as a pencil if brand new
If used correctly my fang should disappear
Only to leave my head shown clear
Looking around I'm not ...
