Riddle-Ku! [no faces]

Riddle-ku (National Poetry Month 2014)

 

Riddle-Ku of the Day

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I don’t see faces
Only back pockets and legs
introduce themselves
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
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[Addendum: Revision inspired by Michelle’s joke in the Comments:
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We dance cheek to cheek,
but I never see your face.
You rest on my legs.
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved]
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HINT 1:

 

chair_sq_z_500

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HINT 2:

 

chair_sq_500

 

.aLL

Photos by Laura Purdie Salas

TITLE (AND ANSWER):

CHAIR

 

[Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to get suggestions for using these riddle-ku with your students.]

UPDATE: My riddle-ku are now available in Kindle and paperback as Riddle-ku: Haiku for Very Close Reading (along with tons of great auxiliary materials for teachers), part of the 30 PAINLESS CLASSROOM POEMS series.

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Riddle-ku: Book 2 in the 30 Painless Classroom Poems series

28 Responses

  1. I like this hope you have a nice weekend I was wondering if you like my poem for 15 words

    1. I responded to it, Jessica, just before you posted this. I always respond when I can, though it sometimes takes a day two to get to them…

  2. I like this hope you have a nice weekend I was wondering if you like my poem for 15 words

    1. I responded to it, Jessica, just before you posted this. I always respond when I can, though it sometimes takes a day two to get to them…

  3. This was the first riddle that stumped me…not sure if I would have gotten the addendum poem if I had seen it before the answer, but I love the dancing cheek to cheek! And maybe that chair is thinking: your legs brush against mine. Oo-la-la!

  4. This was the first riddle that stumped me…not sure if I would have gotten the addendum poem if I had seen it before the answer, but I love the dancing cheek to cheek! And maybe that chair is thinking: your legs brush against mine. Oo-la-la!

    1. Thanks, Tabatha–I am LOVING hearing what answers people come up with just based on the words.

    1. Thanks, Tabatha–I am LOVING hearing what answers people come up with just based on the words.

  5. I kept thinking of the ‘rear’ of something, and thought of clothing, not a chair. Love your revision, too, Laura. Daily fun!

  6. I kept thinking of the ‘rear’ of something, and thought of clothing, not a chair. Love your revision, too, Laura. Daily fun!

  7. *Note*
    I couldn’t figure out which one to use so I’m posting both.

    Absorbing life forms
    Lounging or deep in thought with
    No thanks in return

    Absorbing life forms
    Lounging, deep in thought, with no
    One saying, ?Thank you.?

    © Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.

  8. *Note*
    I couldn’t figure out which one to use so I’m posting both.

    Absorbing life forms
    Lounging or deep in thought with
    No thanks in return

    Absorbing life forms
    Lounging, deep in thought, with no
    One saying, ?Thank you.?

    © Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.

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