What is a Crossword Poem?

Crossword poems are poems composed with words found in a single crossword puzzle. The "across" section of the poem uses words from the across clues. The "down" section uses words from the down clues. The "answers" section are words from the answer grid. The title uses words from any section.

I started the form in April of 2002 and composed over 600 poems using the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. You can view these poems at my website, hungrybutscared.com.

Thursday, June 16, 2005

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

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