Conversing with the outside world. All Things Linguistic: How to interact with someone who’s just given a talk – A guide to academic conversations. Gretchen McCulloch, 2017. Also applies to non-academic conversations where the power balance is uneven.
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The Solution
Free time imperiled.
Words coiled. Plea! Where in the square?
Brow clears. Found one more.
My entry for Squaredle Poetry Contest 2024 to celebrate the second anniversary of the word game Squaredle. I was not among the finalists. Winners are on the Squardle Discord server. I don’t know of any open access site to see the winners. Titles, authors, & one poem, r/squardle: Announcing the Poetry Contest Winners!! (reddit).
Afterword
Part of the rules were to solve a special Squaredle puzzle and then use 5 words from the found list in your entry, 1 word if the entry was less than 20 words.
I had 15 total words and 6 list words, for an inclusion rate of 40%.
Free time imperiled.
Words coiled. Plea! Where in the square?
Brow clears. Found one more.
I may have the poetic potential of a lima (list word) bean, but I can make words jump through hoops.
Note. This was written before the haiku clarification proved by janpriddyoregon. I intend to implement the suggestions next time. Or try. [Horse Haiku]
Onwards!
Katherine
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