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| author | Alex Pickering <alex@cogarr.net> | 2026-02-01 13:14:32 -0600 |
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| committer | Alexander M Pickering <alex@cogarr.net> | 2026-02-01 13:14:32 -0600 |
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diff --git a/src/poems.moon b/src/poems.moon new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7da5d21 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/poems.moon @@ -0,0 +1,348 @@ +poems = { + { + text: "Three candles flicker in the moonlight, the little winged things burn up mid flight." + hints: { + "a flying bee, it makes wax", + "a moon is that sits overhead", + "three of a thing" + }, + }, + { + text: "Along the south shore where fierce waves balk, the shadows lengthen across the sand. The sun sinks beneath the loch and our great work lies close at hand." + hints: { + "a sunset over a lake", + "rough waters lapping the beach", + "labor on the beach" + }, + }, + { + text: "We seek an ancient tattered pennon that waves, over rubble that marks antediluvian graves." + hints: { + "military in ruin", + "old architecture", + "weathered gravestones" + }, + }, + { + text: "Strange plants grow where the gardener naps, their roots climb in through tiny cracks." + hints: { + "unusual foliage", + "a Sleeping groundskeeper", + "creeping plants" + }, + }, + { + text: "This lake knows what the stars forgot. It disarms the snare where others were caught." + hints: { + "water that remembers", + "celestial amnesia", + "avoiding a trap" + }, + }, + { + text: "This oaken hall whispers low and deep, the secrets that confessors keep." + hints: { + "wood that speaks", + "murmured revelations", + "the sacrament of confession" + }, + }, + { + text: "In a valley where pallid fog creeps thick and vast, we pursue the scholars of ages past." + hints: { + "mist obscuring view", + "ancient research", + "the pursuit of knowledge" + }, + }, + { + text: "A wire pushed through a lock to open a door, and a knife pushed through my skin to open more." + hints: { + "lockpicking", + "threshold and entry", + "piercing that transforms" + } + }, + { + text: "When bells toll from a distant spire, we begin the pilgrimage for our heart's desire." + hints: { + "ringing in the distance", + "a tall church tower", + "a journey with companions" + }, + }, + { + text: "What dwells in the glassy watered reef, what hides in mirrors and eats belief." + hints: { + "something beneath", + "what lives in reflections", + "dispelling conviction" + }, + }, + { + text: "The cobblestones tremble in rousing air, beneath the boulevard where gaslights flare." + hints: { + "a darkened street", + "stones that hold memory", + "excited atmosphere" + }, + }, + { + text: "The watchman's lantern casts a pallid gleam, where marble statues run through a terrible dream." + hints: { + "a light source", + "dreaming sculptures", + "a hall's custodian" + }, + }, + { + text: "The alders inscribed what none dare say, in cramped attics where moth-eaten scrolls decay." + hints: { + "rotting documents", + "forbidden writing", + "a small loft" + }, + }, + { + text: "Where ivy tendrils embrace the arabesque gate, the gardener's shears lie rusted by fate." + hints: { + "overgrown entrance", + "abandoned tools", + "oxidized implements" + }, + }, + { + text: "The carrion birds circle the blackened spire, as vesper bells announce the choir." + hints: { + "scavenging creatures", + "evening prayer", + "a darkened tower" + }, + }, + { + text: "The architect drew unhallowed planes, in vaulted chambers where torchlight wanes." + hints: { + "fading illumination", + "corrupted geometry ", + "tall rooms" + }, + }, + { + text: "The hoarfrost clings to windowpanes and spreads, where ephemeral fingers trace the words unsaid." + hints: { + "frozen crystal", + "old glass", + "ghostly writing" + }, + }, + { + text: "We shall glimpse what should not be seen, upon the heath where standing stones convene." + hints: { + "ancient monument", + "moorland expanse", + "forbidden sight" + }, + }, + { + text: "The apostate guards his musty tome, in labyrinthine halls that honeycomb." + hints: { + "an aged book", + "a maze of passages", + "a religious traitor" + }, + }, + { + text: "The portcullis descends with a rusted groan, sealing fast what we cannot postpone." + hints: { + "a heavy gate falling", + "corroded metal", + "getting trapped" + }, + }, + { + text: "The frescoes peel and the shadows fade, in cloistered halls where votaries once prayed." + hints: { + "enclosed passages", + "religious devotees", + "crumbling wall paintings" + }, + }, + { + text: "The campanile stands against ashy sky, we ring the bell and await reply." + hints: { + "a lone bell tower", + "heavy grey clouds", + "expecting a message" + }, + }, + { + text: "Beneath the causeway where rose waters flow, the ferryman rows to lands below." + hints: { + "raised pathway", + "red current", + "descent by boat" + }, + }, + { + text: "The apothecary's vials gleam and luminesce, distilling essences of noblesse." + hints: { + "glowing beakers", + "shining potions", + "familial honor" + }, + }, + { + text: "The cartographer's quill trembles as it charts, the borderlands where reason departs." + hints: { + "mapmaking", + "the edges of the known", + "whats beyond the edge of the map" + }, + }, + { + text: "In deep ossuaries where relics rest, the sexton points to what we love best." + hints: { + "bone chambers", + "sacred remains", + "a graveyard keeper" + }, + }, + { + text: "Where wisteria droops from crumbling eaves, the mourner counts and the actuary grieves." + hints: { + "hanging flowers", + "decaying roofline", + "grief tallied" + }, + }, + { + text: "Through colonnades of alabaster stone, processional shadows march to atone." + hints: { + "pale pillars", + "formal darkness", + "spectral parade" + }, + }, + { + text: "The reliquary gleams with purple and pall, enshrining whispers of a silenced cabal." + hints: { + "a sacred container", + "expensive colors", + "ancient murmurs" + }, + }, + { + text: "In dusty galleries where portraits stare, the subjects step from frame to air." + hints: { + "hall of paintings", + "watching eyes", + "art escaping" + }, + }, + { + text: "The mendicant kneels at crossroads there, offering prayers to empty air." + hints: { + "a beggars devotion", + "intersection of paths", + "unanswered plea" + }, + }, + { + text: "Where amaranth blooms when the skies are gray, the groundskeeper has lost his way." + hints: { + "unfading flowers", + "colorless skies", + "wandering caretaker" + }, + }, + { + text: "The sarcophagus lid shifts with grinding tone, revealing naught of polished bone." + hints: { + "stone coffin opening", + "grating movement", + "missing remains" + }, + }, + { + text: "In chancels dim where incense curls, the thurible swings as smoke unfurls." + hints: { + "an altar space", + "rising smoke", + "a burning censer" + }, + }, + { + text: "The oubliette waits with patient maw, forgotten by all but ancient law." + hints: { + "dungeon pit", + "hungry opening", + "archaic justice" + }, + }, + { + text: "The indentations reveal what the scribes erased, truths beneath truths carefully placed." + hints: { + "overwritten text", + "hidden words", + "layered secrets" + }, + }, + { + text: "The cenotaph stands for those not found, their bones scattered on unknown ground." + hints: { + "an empty tomb", + "the missing dead", + "a far off land" + }, + }, + { + text: "Through clerestory windows wan light falls, illuminating naught but barren walls." + hints: { + "high church windows", + "feeble radiance", + "empty surfaces" + }, + }, + { + text: "The dovecote stands though the doves have fled, roosting now where angels tread." + hints: { + "bird shelter", + "abandoned dwelling", + "dead avians" + }, + }, + { + text: "Specimens watch as centuries pass, in vitrines sealed with leaden glass." + hints: { + "display cases", + "preserved creatures", + "observing time" + }, + }, + { + text: "The caryatids bear their burden still, as the temple crumbles to dust and nil." + hints: { + "sculpted maidens", + "supporting columns", + "a sacred ruin" + }, + }, + { + text: "Where foxglove sways by lichened stone, the healer grinds what we have grown, beneath the skin, beneath the bone." + hints: { + "poisonous flowers", + "a moss-covered rock", + "grim remedies" + }, + }, + { + text: "In baptisteries where fonts run dry, the faithful await their final reply." + hints: { + "christening halls", + "empty basins", + "unanswered prayers" + }, + }, +} + +poems |
