I understand the concept here, Bill, but as one who just goes & reads a book rather than try to solve puzzles, I am a bit outside the desire.
Think you might be ale to slim it down a bit, but like the puzzling through of the why…
Doug
> On Nov 7, 2018, at 2:33 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hey Bill thanks fitting as I am rather into Suguru at the moment and crosswords with my partner Janet and other odds puzzles we pensioners!!
>
> I find rather satisfying not unsatisfying for solving a challenging puzzle
>
> chock in? is new to me or is it clock in?
>
> Too hard,
>
> you swim to no shore
>
> yes that feeling!
>
> On 07/11/2018 01:15, Bill Wootton wrote:
>> Connundrums 2
>>
>>
>> Why do we seek
>>
>> to be confounded?
>>
>>
>> Why is untangling
>>
>> unsatisfying?
>>
>>
>> Puzzles fizzle
>>
>> when solved
>>
>>
>> The attraction
>>
>> that captured you so
>>
>>
>> collapses
>>
>> before your eyes
>>
>>
>> frees you
>>
>> from mind grip
>>
>>
>> Nine letters tumble
>>
>> about in Target
>>
>>
>> snaking
>>
>> through your brain
>>
>>
>> sometimes taking
>>
>> a good hour
>>
>>
>> over
>>
>> breakfast
>>
>>
>> before the letters
>>
>> chock in
>>
>>
>> That word
>>
>> now looking so natural
>>
>>
>> How could you not
>>
>> have seen it straightaway?
>>
>>
>> Sudoku’s numbers,
>>
>> bereft of arithmetic function
>>
>>
>> sit only as ciphers
>>
>> waiting for you
>>
>>
>> to dart in with pencil
>>
>> among the bold
>>
>>
>> the simple aim:
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>> complete the grid
>>
>>
>> close off those rows
>>
>> fill those sub-squares
>>
>>
>> Make finite
>>
>> progress
>>
>>
>> Thing is you want
>>
>> to be held up
>>
>>
>> and at the same time
>>
>> to crack it
>>
>>
>> as you submit
>>
>> to the puzzle’s thrall
>>
>>
>> Too easy,
>>
>> no challenge
>>
>>
>> Too hard,
>>
>> you swim to no shore
>>
>>
>> So what do you
>>
>> really want?
>>
>>
>> What
>>
>> a connundrum
>>
>>
>> bw
>>
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