path: root/src/poems.moon

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"
		},
	},
}

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