Today's Poem - a holiday spent

6/17/2005

the holiday spent

across

lake

slide show

a doctor's request

little gray kitten

washed fruit

down

some letters

loose ends

drifts

answers

a face

and the water in vases

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The above poem was composed using only words found in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. The "across" section of the poem uses words from the across clues to the puzzle. The "down" section uses words from the down clues. The "answers" section uses words from the answer grid. The title of the poem uses words from any section. I write these poems Monday through Saturday and post them on my website:

http://www.hungrybutscared.com/todays_crossword/today.html

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today's poem - i lost my train of thought...

6/16/2005

i lost my train of thought...

across

i view summer like
a library of morning
i like the library
i like the
world to
put things
in places
i thought
i lost
the things
rows of
summer
morning

down

and peace....

a trumpet sound from under our glazed passionate hearts

answers

where we hid this stuff for

now


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The above poem was composed using only words found in ttoday's puzzle. The "across" section of the poem uses words from the across clues to the puzzle. The "down" section uses words from the down clues. The "answers" section uses words from the answer grid. The title of the poem uses words from any section. I write these poems Monday through Saturday and post them on my website:

http://www.hungrybutscared.com/todays_crossword/today.html

If you would enjoy receiving these poems, please send your email address to peter@hungrybutscared.com and I will add you to the list.

Yours,

Peter Valentine
www.hungrybutscared.com

Today' Poem - the dance of the bashful sailors

6/14/2005

the dance of the bashful sailors

across

while dressing in the other room
the singer thinks of her life

down

of love and salt
and shaving lotion
and the writer (old yet) asleep there

answers

nicer
under the darkness

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The above poem was composed using only words found in the New York Times
Crossword Puzzle. The "across" section of the poem uses words from the
across clues to the puzzle. The "down" section uses words from the down
clues. The "answers" section uses words from the answer grid. The title of
the poem uses words from any section. I write these poems Monday through
Saturday and post them on my website:

http://www.hungrybutscared.com/todays_crossword/today.html

If you would enjoy receiving these poems, please send
an email to peter@hungrybutscared.com and I will add you to the
list.

Yours,

Peter Valentine
www.hungrybutscared.com

Today's Poem - wait

6/13/2005

wait

across

come in, come in (thieves follow slowly after... boom boom... near now)
something can change sweetie
words
caught like moths
narrow like...

down

rain in a long shoe

answers

one's perfect best text
lisps

hang on

stay

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The above poem was composed using only words found in today's puzzle. The "across" section of the poem uses words from the across clues to the puzzle. The "down" section uses words from the down clues. The "answers" section uses words from the answer grid. The title of the poem uses words from any section. I write these poems Monday through Saturday and post them on my website:

http://www.hungrybutscared.com/todays_crossword/today.html

If you would enjoy receiving these poems, please send your email address to peter@hungrybutscared.com and I will add you to the list.

Yours,
Peter Valentine
www.hungrybutscared.com

Today's Poem - nail. string? ball!

6/6/2005

nail. string? ball!

across

nail.

it's back.
that little menace.
it's a troublemaker.
brace yourself for its little elegant important little automated purpose.
the blackguard.

down

string?

where in the world to get a string?
a string with insatiable dimensional desire?
a string to hold any himalayan mountain in place?
a popular string... with big biceps?

answers

ball!

loop of lust, of man, of all i own, all i feel!
of all other all!
i've ball!

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The above poem was composed using only words found in the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. The "across" section of the poem uses words from the across clues to the puzzle. The "down" section uses words from the down clues. The "answers" section uses words from the answer grid. The title of the poem uses words from any section. I write these poems Monday through Saturday and post them on my website:

http://www.hungrybutscared.com/todays_crossword/today.html


If you would enjoy receiving these poems, please me peter@hungrybutscared.com and I will add you to the list.

Yours,

Peter Valentine
www.hungrybutscared.com

Welcome

Each day, Monday through Saturday, I write a poem using only the words from the clues and answers in New York Times crossword puzzle. This blog is a mirror to my website www.hungrybutscared.com where I have been posting this poem since April of 2002. You can find these poems at:
http://www.hungrybutscared.com/todays_crossword/today.html

The poem is comprised of three sections: down, across, and answers. The "down" section contains only words found in the down clues, the "across" section contains only words found in the across clues, and the "answers" section contains words from the solution to the puzzle.

I keep a mailing list and email the poem on days when I feel the poem is successful. If you wish to join this list, please send me an email with "sign me up" in the subject. My email address is:
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- Peter Valentine