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(Message started by: raven on Feb 2^nd, 2004, 8:54pm)

Title: To skin bound tight...
Post by raven on Feb 2^nd, 2004, 8:54pm

To skin bound tight, my backbone weaved,
though drown and beat, I do not bleed.
Tattered edged and ornate sleeved,
tattooed breath, such is my need.

One of many, by one conceived,
pulled from rank and file I'm freed.
Though rags to you, be not deceived,
by many limbs is done this deed.

??? ~Raven

The kernel of this one popped into my head last night...

Title: Re: To skin bound tight...
Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 2^nd, 2004, 9:49pm

:: [hide]a book[/hide] ::

Title: Re: To skin bound tight...
Post by raven on Feb 2^nd, 2004, 11:35pm

Well, I see I need to make my riddles a lot harder if they're going to keep anyones interest...

:-/

See you all later.

Title: Re: To skin bound tight...
Post by william wu on Feb 3^rd, 2004, 1:47am

Regardless of their difficulty, I'd like to join other forum members in complimenting you on how well written your riddles are. Maybe we should start rhyming in the mathy sections as well :D

Title: Re: To skin bound tight...
Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 3^rd, 2004, 10:58am

on 02/02/04 at 23:35:00, raven wrote:

Well, I see I need to make my riddles a lot harder if they're going to keep anyones interest...

:-/

See you all later.

I hope you aren't thinking about leaving. Your riddles are very interesting, it's just that some of them are easy (this one). The other one about the compound word was very challenging and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Keep at it, I honestly look forward to each new riddle you post.

Title: Re: To skin bound tight...
Post by Cathos on Feb 3^rd, 2004, 11:26am

Indeed. Very well written. Keep 'em coming.

Title: Re: To skin bound tight...
Post by raven on Feb 3^rd, 2004, 10:28pm

You can’t get rid of me that easily ;-)

I realize I have no real idea why one of my riddles is harder or easier than another. It is clearly NOT how much time I spend making it though.

So I am in deep contemplation of how to better understand the inner essence of riddles…

Thank all of you for your support and interest in the stuff I write.
I really enjoy interacting on this forum.

Peace,

Title: Re: To skin bound tight...
Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 4^th, 2004, 5:49am

I haven't written many riddles myself, but from the experience of reading other peoples' riddles, I think the esssence is to give devious clues that can lead the reader in different directions. The hard part is finding the common thread that binds the clues together, giving the answer.

Some of your riddles are too verbose, giving too many clues, so the reader can narrow down the answer faster. Some are too concise, so the answer is up to interpretation. I like the blackmail one, that was just right. Not terribly difficult, but it took me a day or two for it to click.

In the context of your poetry riddles, a good riddle is solvable but it takes intuitive thinking to wrap your brain around it. "Think outside the box."

P.S. I love your signature. Great quote.