Riddle-Ku of the Day
This merry-go-roundspins upside down: I’m singing
the room full of breeze ? –Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved ?
HINT 1:
HINT 2:
TITLE (AND ANSWER):
CEILING FAN
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15 Words or Less community, please feel free to use one of these images to inspire your first draft. Most Thursdays, I’ll be able to respond, but I’m out of town today and won’t be able to.
26 Responses
Love your poem, Laura!
Breath
My breath
cools you,
fools you,
not a breeze
in trees?
I?m a manmade
wheeze.
?Kate Coombs
Love your poem, Laura!
Breath
My breath
cools you,
fools you,
not a breeze
in trees?
I?m a manmade
wheeze.
?Kate Coombs
These are a joy to read.
Thanks, Catherine–so glad you’re liking them! They were pretty fun to write:>)
These are a joy to read.
Thanks, Catherine–so glad you’re liking them! They were pretty fun to write:>)
Haiku
Rotor blades spin round
pulling cool air toward sky
pushing warm air down.
Laura, enjoy your day. You are certainly providing loads of fun for me each day. Loved your “ceiling fan” and penned my version (need a new fan that actually does switch for warm and cool air).
Haiku
Rotor blades spin round
pulling cool air toward sky
pushing warm air down.
Laura, enjoy your day. You are certainly providing loads of fun for me each day. Loved your “ceiling fan” and penned my version (need a new fan that actually does switch for warm and cool air).
A balloon string snatcher
A cool wind blower
A tree seed spinner
A cool cool place to read
A balloon string snatcher
A cool wind blower
A tree seed spinner
A cool cool place to read
I have fans in nearly every room in my new home, Laura. They do make a singing kind of sound!
Still fun to try to figure out!
Here’s one response:
I look up,
watch the spin,
return to Costa Rica,
feel the breeze again.
Linda Baie? All Rights Reserved
I have fans in nearly every room in my new home, Laura. They do make a singing kind of sound!
Still fun to try to figure out!
Here’s one response:
I look up,
watch the spin,
return to Costa Rica,
feel the breeze again.
Linda Baie? All Rights Reserved
Lumbering wind turtles
Crossing blue-green ocean roomed sky
Your wooden flippers
Cool summer days
By Jessica bigi
Lumbering wind turtles
Crossing blue-green ocean roomed sky
Your wooden flippers
Cool summer days
By Jessica bigi
Aquarium Monsters
the lowly snail
strikes
extending its mouth
to bite
an unsuspecting tail, too near.
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have you ever seen a snail’s mouth? It’s actually full of teeth.
Aquarium Monsters
the lowly snail
strikes
extending its mouth
to bite
an unsuspecting tail, too near.
————-
have you ever seen a snail’s mouth? It’s actually full of teeth.
Singing the room full of breeze — LOVELY.
Singing the room full of breeze — LOVELY.
Paddles whirligig
Like dinner plated pinwheels
On a sugar rush.
© Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.
Paddles whirligig
Like dinner plated pinwheels
On a sugar rush.
© Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.
15 WORDS OR LESS
A FANS DEFINITION
Indoor propellers
Slicing through air cooling our
Bodies furnace.
© Charles Waters 2014 all right reserved.
Another great first line!
15 WORDS OR LESS
A FANS DEFINITION
Indoor propellers
Slicing through air cooling our
Bodies furnace.
© Charles Waters 2014 all right reserved.
Another great first line!