words from wordle 1,928
SCUBA gave this round a wide range of moods, from calm underwater retreat to outright comic absurdity. Mark turns the word into a quiet refuge, auntie jj uses it as something to be dodged, and B-lu gets a sharp little comic turn by abandoning the dive for marinara instead. Lari’s entry goes fully zappai, piling up unlikely actions with such confidence that the absurdity becomes the point.
Across the group, the stronger poems made SCUBA feel earned rather than merely appended. Sometimes that came through a believable setting, sometimes through a joke, and sometimes through a larger emotional turn. The constraint worked best when it became part of the poem’s internal logic rather than simply the required destination.
Debbie Wilson 4/6
SLANG hash… SAVOR it
Who would do it in my STEAD?
The SCUBA diver?
Robo 5/6
The affair was BRIEF
Film LOBBY with STUBS on floor
SHUBA SCUBA plot
Mark 4/6
STARE past SANDY SHOAL
An underwater respite
SCUBA quiet time
auntie jj 4/6
do us a FAVOR?!
CLAIM to have ACUTE problem
to dodge SCUBA test
Lari 6/6
MUSTY air. I SHRUG.
Get SKULL cap, do SNUFF, stir SAUCE
And off to SCUBA!
B-lu 3/6
Is that a storm CLOUD
lets make marinara SAUCE
no SCUBA today
Mick 4/6
ARGOT to the CAVED,
BLACK does not mean it’s nighttime —
means time to SCUBA
Solo Renga
What ARGOT can help
when I’ve CAVED, drowning in fear?
I’ve no words for this.
Dive now into that BLACK sea,
SCUBA tank gives breath to hope