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