Instructions for Treasure Hunt Poetry Puzzles In hexameter A well-known American poet of gothic prose and lore, Once wrote about an evening mourning his lost Lenore, And a bird insistently haunting, telling him “Nevermore”. What be the whole of that object above his chamber door? This poet is a wonder (That’s a clue to his …
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Poetry Puzzle What am I #C1
Read the poem and guess what kind of animal it describes. One could be a camel Or one could be Mark Hamill Or any animal with hair will do. We feed our babies milk, Have four limbs like our ilk. We’re vertebrates and homeotherms too. We all must breathe in air Like whales, that do …
Poetry Puzzle What am I #B1
Read the poem and guess what animal it describes. You can make a note, I have a hairy coat. It’s white or black as coal, Or roan brown like a foal. My horns are made of bone. My skull is strong as stone. To butt things is my goal Or stand up on a pole. …
Poetry Puzzle What am I #A2
Read the poem and guess what animal it describes. I am not a log. I am not a frog. I am not a hog. I dig and sniff and jog And if you give me stuff My thanks is just a “ruff!” What am I? To find the letters for the answer, look at the …
Poetry Puzzle What am I #A1
Read the poem and guess what animal it describes. I can’t put on a hat. I can sit on a mat. I cannot swing a bat, But I can catch a rat And I can tuck my claws Up snug into my paws. What am I? To find the letters for the answer, look at …
Introduction to Poetry Puzzles
The “What am I” puzzles are intended for children. They vary greatly in level. Some are for young readers and stick to the appropriate level of phonics as much as possible. The answers to the first ones I’ve designed are all animals or types of animals. I may do other types of things later. Each …
A Note
I apologize for being gone so long. I was floundering a little with my fledgling blog experience anyway and the Covid pandemic for me, as I’m sure for a lot of people, became a complete distraction. Along with my usual routine helping my mother, I started doing all her shopping for her so she could …
Featured Poem: “The Revenge” by Alfred Lord Tennyson
I thought I would feature first my first favorite poem and one of my all time favorites. It was the first poem I memorized. This poem is not as well known as “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, but I like it better. I prefer to not have stories be tragic. I love happy endings, …
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Article: Collecting and Memorizing Poems
When I decided to study and try to write poetry, I had very little familiarity with the poetry that was already out there. As mentioned in my about article, I had previously given up the idea that adult poetry had anything to offer. In order to decide what kind of poetry to aspire to, I …
My Poem “Ciudad Natal”
It is said that iambic pentameter (verse composed of five pairs of syllables per line in the pattern unstressed, stressed for each pair) is the most natural meter for English. When read it sounds like more natural speech. But when I start thinking in verse, mine naturally wants to fall into iambic or anapestic (unstressed, …
Poetry for Life 