Peter Valentine

My poem from today’s puzzle <br> <br> a/ is it enough to say <br> i carried the mountain <br> for there i carried it <br> forward on feathers <br> (red feathers black <br> feathers) to the mouth <br> of the sea <br> there near <br> d/ your body <br> i settled <br> perhaps completely <br> …i do like it there... <br> perhaps i’ll make a shrine <br> to the long moments <br> long listening <br> the shrine <br> to your <br> d/ oh honest <br> eyes <br> <br>

Poem made from today’s puzzle: <br> <br> a/ summer <br> green wood <br> a great trunk <br> the flooring uncovered <br> this takes a long time <br> this takes time <br> you count out <br> d/ the bones of the family <br> another unwieldy secret <br> zigzagging away <br> memory <br> a/ all dust by now

Usually I strictly follow the rules of my puzzle poem,’but today I took some liberties. The title is not from the puzzle and I added the word “again” at the end (not in the answers). But I was just in California over the weekend admiring Mt. Tamalpais and when “mountain” appeared in the across clues I decided to loosen the rules. <br> <br> tamalpais <br> <br> a/ here written in the mountain <br> in lines <br> some part of a journey <br> i’m packing for <br> d/ california <br> who once named me lover <br> your instrument paths <br> whistle the song of this land <br> and where daybreak hits <br> the hand splits <br> a/ over me again <br>

Here’s my poem made from today’s puzzle: <br> <br> a/ the coffee rings <br> bronze shadow things <br> of you of coffee measurement of <br> in-progress projects shifted <br> to spent <br> d/ lines of code <br> maps for a prize <br> a tooth a pulse a soul <br> and a fork at the spot <br> where the fork is <br> at the a/ side

Today’s poem made from words in today’s puzzle. a/ = across clues. d/ = down clues. a/ = answers. <br> <br> a/ in the fabric of love <br> hide the eagles of madness <br> what weight <br> what madness <br> d/ that shredded plume of steel <br> of gold <br> that breaks across the warm constellation <br> as a/ ocean aeries tremble <br>

Today’s poem is a rhymer. Made from the words in the clues and answers to today’s puzz. <br> <br> a/ is it just a fly you say <br> do angels look to look away <br> and you can fly and you can play <br> the quiet in the low <br> d/ when dreamers surreptitiously <br> think the moon prosperity <br> might they together set it free <br> you see that might be a/ dope <br>

Today’s poem. a/=across clues; d/=down clues; a/= answers <br> the night hunter<br><br> a/ a sound at the door<br> furtive, quick <br> someone’s name…<br> circled <br> the cry…<br> for nobody <br> for the night hunter<br> d/ who stored flowers <br> who stored the knives<br> in a cart <br> in a boot <br> on a roof <br> in a wall<br> in a hole in the earth<br> in a a/ fist<br>

Today's poem made from thenwords found in today’s puz <br> <br> a/ as you receded <br> dawn receded <br> and time and place receded <br> from being <br> d/ and we don’t have to talk about things like that <br> about the extinction <br> we are in conversation <br> we are building airplanes <br> we a/ agree to agree <br> <br>

Today’s poem from today’s puzz. a/across clues;d/down clues; a/answers <br> <br> a/ go on go in go after it <br> go there to the starting <br> point to it <br> go <br> d/ cast a word <br> to the water <br> flow once more <br> to the deep <br> to the magic deep <br> a/ and out again <br> <br>

Today's poem made from words found in today’s NYT crossword puzzle #poetry #crossword <br> <br> a/ in the hotel room <br> i catch a glimpse<br> the heavens sweeping<br> like the planet was a boat<br> i watch the sound of the room<br> the sound that happens<br> through the energy of a feeling<br> i feel<br> d/ that<br> we loved every second here<br> am i wrong about that?<br> about the every new second that we<br> a/ lost<br>

Today's poem made from words found in today’s puzzle <br> <br> a/ the dynamic fundamentals of choice <br> that you’ll find stuffed <br> in spreadsheets: <br> radio bands crack dives bible looks slap bag shock wind grassy region slippery tree your turn d/ friend many a friend perhaps definitely played a part played tennis played in the leaves way up in the waiting room played the seven card <br> a/ for a couple a’ dirt hotdogs <br> in all caps <br>

Hi all, here’s today’s poem. I love how the randomness of words in the clues and answers pushes me to make poems about subjects I would otherwise never think to address. <br> <br> a/ the shampoo bottle <br> immersed in the river <br> defeated <br> leaks <br> makes the sound of the river <br> the colorful plastic <br> d/ sunken <br> planted in <br> a/ that drone of thirst <br> whirrs… <br> use me <br>

Today’s poem made from words found puzzle. a/ = across clues; d/ = down clues; a/= answers <br> <br> a/ follow me follow <br> to the golden meadow <br> to the heart tree and <br> dream and suddenly <br> dream <br> of life of things <br> d/ to show to <br> a/ see <br> love <br> care <br> peace <br>

Today’s poem <br> <br> metamorphoses <br> <br> a/ through the city <br> heavy through the night <br> d/ the buildings bunch and droop <br> as the instant thickens and <br> a/ the crowds go in <br>

Today’s poem from today’s puzz <br> <br> a/ in the great walls <br> of the great passage <br> loud and loud <br> the heartbeat of the great giant <br> the talk of dogs <br> i wake a wish of what might be <br> of how the coyote <br> d/ with unforced lips <br> collapses in heat <br> collapses in oceans <br> a/ blabs hello <br> <br>

Hi all. Sorry I’m slow to the draw in answering your nice comments. Thank you @tracy @francis. @jerry to answer your question about my poems. My poem is compsed of words found in the clues and answers and is always 3 parts …. a/ across clues ; d/ down clues ; a/ answers. My rule is i can only use words found in those parts of the puzzle for those corresponding parts of the poem. Here is today’s poem <br> <br> public messages <br><br> a/ the sign on the restroom: surrender the cat<br> surrender?….<br> it’s a heavy cat <br> i take a measurement<br> it’s heavy<br> i take the cat out<br> it’s sunny. i smoke.<br> must i comfort the cat?<br> d/ (appearing befuddled)<br> i might a/ hug it<br> or give it a mouse<br><br>

Hi solvers. Yesterday’s poem was about a shampoo bottle, today’s poem is about muffin tins <br><br> a/ before you muse on who to whose before <br> you form the wonder, know i someone who <br>might know… <br><br> the muffin tins smell trouble <br><br> d/ for what with crispy finish this crust <br> becomes let it stand up in jam that things well <br> done come in to being and come now<br> <br><br> a/ can’t we handle<br>

Today’s poem. a/=across clues… d/=down clues…. a/=answers a/ caution climbs an antlered path tending the pendulum’s endings d/ i marvel most in mountain pose that little life like light might ride a/ a snail wave

Today’s poem: <br> <br> a/ think of a sound <br> the sound of a fern <br> the sound of an arrow <br> the sound of a parallelogram <br> d/ improvise by listening to a paper clip <br> to the music of broth <br> to the language of paper <br> a/ is it sorrow? <br> <br>

Today’s poem made from the words in today’s puzzle. a/ = across clues, d/ = down clues, a/= answers what the little blue birds might be singing to <br> a/ to something golden <br> to something d/ the wind memorized <br> a tiny poem <br> a last breath <br> to the beloved <br> a/ light in the day <br>

Today’s poem made from the words in today’s puzz (across clues; down clues; answers) <br> <br>a/ is time created in sand<br> a phenomenon embedded in wax<br> reach through time<br> with a tiny digging spork<br> isn’t time pointless<br> or is time music <br> and through music isn’t time digging through the soul <br> ring ring ring - that’s time - that’s the pointless<br>spork of time played out d/ as a<br> warning that you sang to a/ in<br> “it’s a small world”<br><br>