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Hey, Bill, as an outsider to these things, I appreciate how you describe the draw of it. Sheila > >> 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: > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> ######################################################################## > >> > >> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > > > > > > ######################################################################## > > > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations > 2 (UofAPress). > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > Listen. If (UofAPress): > > > There was the usual amount of corruption, intimidation, > and rioting. > > Sir Charles Petrie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1