Challenge
Spelling Test #3
This is the third in a series of challenges to put together a poem or piece of prose which uses all the words in the list. Word limit 200. Please capitalize the words as you use them for the first time for ease of recognition. This is a democracy in judging as I always forget about end dates for the challenges I design. Here are your words, Action, Bruise, Equation, Daughter, Fought, Healthy, Period, Ought, Western, Triangle, Tunnel, Number, Lives, Jungle, Paint, Island, Fault, Jewel, Expect, Delicious. Good luck.
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The Forgotten Puzzle of our Time
In this Island,
Lies a Tunnel,
That leads to a puzzle,
Hidden from our Western civilization.
Remember though: here, there is no Action,
Without Equation.
There is no Jewel,
Without Fault.
The Triangle forms
From the Number three.
Three times the Lives,
Three times those who have Fought for us,
Three times the pain I Ought to carry from their loss,
Three times I have to Paint this scenario in my head.
Why did I Expect this?
Like the Daughter of Zeus,
I have no conscience and only the Bruise,
Felt from the Period of glory.
The ceaseless Jungle of chaos,
Presenting Healthy and Delicious demons,
Tempts my mind ever more.
What do I do now? What will become of me in this puzzle?
© Marcel Nault Jr, 2022