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Riddle-Ku! [no faces]

April 18, 2014 28 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day ? I don’t see faces Only back pockets and legs introduce themselves –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? [Addendum: Revision inspired by Michelle’s joke in the Comments: ? We dance cheek to cheek, but I never see your face. You rest on my legs. –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights

Riddle-Ku! [slurp-burp]

April 17, 2014 48 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day Suck up! Make me a mini milk vacuum cleaner Sip soda?Slurp?Burp! –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: ? .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): STRAW [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s

Riddle-Ku! [yellow explodes]

April 16, 2014 14 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day ? My yellow explodes in the middle of summer like daytime fireworks –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): FLOWER [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s

Riddle-Ku! [darkness]

April 15, 2014 26 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? I grow when sun’s low, stretching silently away I am ground’s darkness –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): SHADOW [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the

Riddle-Ku! [vast jungle]

April 14, 2014 12 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? I’m a vast jungle to ladybugs and earthworms? a backyard carpet –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): GRASS [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire

Riddle-Ku! [hand to dog]

April 13, 2014 16 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day ? ? I connect hand to dog in an endless tug of war I’m always well s‑t‑r‑e-t-c‑h‑e‑d –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): LEASH [Educators, please click here to see

Riddle-Ku! [sleep launchpad]

April 12, 2014 22 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day ? I’m a sleep launchpad Your dreams, like rockets, blast off while I cushion you –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): PILLOW [Educators, please click here to see a roundup

Riddle-Ku! [halves]

April 11, 2014 40 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day My halves–soft and rough? ????????? hold hands with their sticky grip I will not let go –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: ? HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): VELCRO [Educators, please click here to see a

Riddle-Ku! [drift down]

April 10, 2014 56 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day Alone, I drift down With friends, I lift, high and swift I make robins fly –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: .aLL Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): FEATHER [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the

Riddle-Ku! [chase dirt]

April 9, 2014 30 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day I chase dirt all day My bristles race trash to the dustpan finish line –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? ? HINT 1: HINT 2: .PhotosPPhPho Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): BROOM [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the

Riddle-Ku! [over your head]

April 8, 2014 20 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day I’m over your head and under your jumping heels We dance together –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: .PhotosPPhPho Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): JUMP ROPE [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s

Riddle-Ku! [secret wand]

April 7, 2014 16 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day I’m a secret wand I wave over blank paper, make words?worlds?magic! –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: .PhotosPPhPho Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): PENCIL [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and

Riddle-Ku! [sky-sea]

April 6, 2014 26 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day I sail the sky-sea Fluffy ship blowing above My anchor is rain? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: .PhotosPPhPho Photos by Laura Purdie Salas TITLE (AND ANSWER): CLOUD [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku

Riddle-Ku! [wave like a flag]

April 5, 2014 14 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day I wave like a flag that calls in a green-breeze voice: ?Summer is coming!? ? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: . TITLE (AND ANSWER): LEAF [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also

Riddle-Ku! [wrapped-up sun]

April 4, 2014 34 Comments

Riddle-Ku of the Day I am wrapped-up sun Boxed inside stone and metal Tied with flame ribbons ? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ? HINT 1: HINT 2: . TITLE (AND ANSWER): FIREPLACE [Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to