I Try My Hand at Crossword Puzzles
I start with a local paper
at my housebound neighbor’s kitchen table.
Universal, not the New York Times.
I read a clue out loud. I look at her. She shrugs back.
I read another. C + 4-Down? We both shrug.
Maybe I say you have to know the language.
We both laugh. I tell her news about my albino robin,
Harmony. It’s a distraction. I look down but he doesn’t fit
any clue. Smell or sight. This one I know, and it fits.
Hum, all this time and only one 5 letter word filled in.
Maybe if I read the answer key on the next page
when I can’t get one? If I do this often enough
will I catch on? We both laugh. Hum.
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That perfect line break that gives us “Harmony. It’s a distraction” is so wonderful. I always thought crosswords puzzles worked the wrong side of my brain- I love this.
I can relate, Melva! Sometimes I think those puzzles were designed expressly to humiliate me. 😉
Fun poem! Do brains for poetry and crosswords mix? I’m addicted to the latter, so maybe that’s why I’m a “sometime poet.”
any clue. Smell or sight. This one I know, and it fits.
Love this line!
Why are crossword puzzles so insanely hard?
I am right there with you. I agree with what Bernard said about the line break.
To me, this poem says lots about this wonderful, intriguing relationship between neighbors
I remember that c+ puzzle. It had me very puzzled, and I do them every day. I did nearly the entire puzzle before I understood it.
I am so intrigued by this albino robin of yours…
This is second generation albino. You can look up images. They vary in shades. It took a couple of months the first year of the first one before I could figure out what it was.
Love:
I start with a local paper
at my housebound neighbor’s kitchen table.
Universal, not the New York Times.
a lot said in the word ‘housebound’ about good neighbors.