Saw my picture in the paper
Read the news around my face
And now some people
Don’t want to treat me the same
When the walls come tumblin’ down
When the walls come crumblin’ crumblin’
When the walls come tumblin’ tumblin’ down
O | I | C | V | Z | C | C | G | V | E | Q | E | N | E | B |
F | E | Y | S | G | I | T | N | K | D | F | V | S | G | Q |
H | H | Y | Q | S | E | L | M | L | B | S | I | N | L | N |
E | K | G | L | T | U | N | X | H | R | R | T | N | O | N |
O | Q | A | W | J | D | O | E | U | P | Z | I | E | K | W |
K | N | U | P | N | F | N | R | R | L | K | S | C | R | B |
D | E | C | N | U | O | B | U | C | O | H | N | A | D | S |
R | A | E | P | P | A | S | I | D | I | U | E | R | I | K |
P | R | E | C | I | O | U | S | E | E | D | S | G | S | L |
J | U | M | P | F | C | U | Q | T | F | J | U | R | T | V |
X | U | U | H | A | C | R | D | W | C | A | M | L | A | S |
A | X | X | O | I | A | V | E | Y | Y | A | P | Q | N | Z |
O | E | P | I | I | D | V | U | P | G | B | N | G | T | R |
T | B | H | L | Z | D | G | Q | L | L | P | I | H | A | N |
S | A | P | W | S | Z | A | T | S | J | W | K | L | I | U |
BOUNCE | DISAPPEAR | DISTANT |
GENEROUS | GRACE | ISLAND |
JUMP | KNIFE | LIAR |
LUDICROUS | NOW | PRECIOUS |
SENSITIVE | SURPRISE | ooooo |
Ruinously Delicious
All you have to do to crack this code..
… is find within the grid the hidden words,
Once achieved you too’ll have your golden load,
… and can escape the burdens of this world!
Truth be known,
… and it has to be said,
There wasn’t much to go on,
… as most was inside my head!
I had three main clues,
… Not one more,
Just those three to use..
… before l could score!
Those clues were detailed,
… and involved much precision,
One must not be derailed,
… if they sought a decision!
Once in location and from memory,
…. l did so intricately recreate,
Patterning to acquire the lost treasury!
So l could plunder my pieces of eight!
The song l surmised was in fact,
A cleverly hidden clue in disguise,
…. and l had to admire the crafted abstract,
Designer of this artifacts devised lies!
The lyrics sung aided me to visualise..
…. the final resting place of the gold!
Soon l would be feasting my eyes,
… on the ruinously delicious riches of old!
Right, fourteen words is all l need to find in this grid,
… of 15 x 15 up and down and right to left,
Once l have them, l will handle what is hid,
… and live a life that is rewarding and blessed!
Just fourteen words between me and my freedom,
.. no more being a slave to the world,
I can be me and finally say that ‘l have them beaten!’
… but l need to find them words, they need to be unfurled!
I am standing in the crumbled ruins on the Island of Oak,
Upon the vibrantly coloured cobbled stoned hewns,
… that beneath do so hide The mysteries so often spoke,
But l’ll not return home till l have my doubloons!
© Rory Matier 2020
My thanks to the following prompters for their inspiration…
Thursday Inspiration 52 and Paula of Light Motifs II
The Word of the Day Challenge and Kristian – Tales of the mind of Kristian
Well done!
Many thanks 🙂
Always a pleasure 😊
Very fun! 😻
Are you a word searcher fan Paula?
I am! But I’m finding that all these online games are hurting my old hands. I may return to pencil and paper 🤣
Oh l can understand that 🙂
What fun poem. Is there a clue in there?
Well the word search holds all the prompt words.
Wow! Good job.
Pulling out all the stops. Well done, JB!
Thanks Grandma – are you a wordsearcher puzzle fan? All the prompt words are in the puzzle 🙂
I found a bunch of them, but not being able to mark the ones found made me lose track of what I was looking for🤪
I was looking for the treasure but my eyes kept crossing. And you know ours mothers said not to cross our eyes or they’ll get stuck that way😂
Well done for attempting, the easiest way for me was to copy and paste into a document – the treasure you see is nothing fancy, just to find them all 🙂
You are the Poet Laureate.
Ha ha you are too kind 🙂
You had me at Word Search. 😉❤️
Ha ha 🙂