BILGEd the ship upon the rocks,
GLEAMing sun glints from the waves.
EXACT GPS coordinates and proper charts.
TODAY is the mistake that lasts a life.
Lindisfarne
GLEAM of the sun sparkling on Rán’s daughters,
TODAY is the day to show the distant shores
EXACTly how well the ravens are fed and the
BILGE of every ship is filled with treasure.
2022-10-05 words
BILGE, GLEAM, EXACT, TODAY
Contrast
LUCKY you only have to
EMBED some words in a Quordle poem once, as spitting
LLAMA, arrogant, stiff-necked, makes a poor bedfellow for
OTTER, supple and smooth, swift and flitting.
Attenborough
LLAMAs in the Andes, giant
OTTERs in the Amazon:
MUCKY, yet joyous trip for Attenborough,
EMBED all over South America and intone away!
Herd
MUCKY river water dangers overcome by the
OTTER who is not alone;
LLAMA wariness for hunters is
EMBEDded in the herd.
2022-10-04 words
LLAMA, OTTER, MUCKY, EMBED
Humbled
BOAST not, big-headed
CHAMP. The sporting life is short.
AMEND your ways, for crazy days will turn to
GRAVY, sooner than you thought.
Bad Gravy
AMEND the sauce! Why such thick wit?
GRAVY’s lumpy, judges will tut and pick.
CHAMP chef’s becoming past mirage,
BOASTs hollow. like selfies of has been collage.
Blue Ribbon
CHAMP has right to
BOAST; it was the
GRAVY that made the judges
AMEND their original decision.