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

--
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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Yours,

Peter Valentine
www.hungrybutscared.com