words from wordle 1,944
DUNCE naturally invited ridicule, but the better poems found ways to earn the insult. Diana builds an elaborate scene of preparation before revealing one wonderfully basic mistake, while Jonesy sets HAUTE sophistication against the beautifully deflating “hot plate DUNCE.” auntie jj turns the word inward, making it the immediate verdict after surrendering to a beckoning slice of cake.
Elsewhere, DUNCE appears in crime, procrastination, mannequins, and stranger forms of incompetence. The strongest pieces didn’t simply call someone foolish; they let the preceding lines demonstrate exactly why the label fit.
Diana Marie 3/6
SPEED to front of line
Chairs placed — three days to DEBUT…
DUNCE got the date wrong
Jonesy 3/6
A HAUTE restaurant.
UNDUE culinary taste
for the hot plate DUNCE
Debbie Wilson 2/6
A BUNCH of dummies
Not the kind to wear a DUNCE cap
Ones in the window
Robo 6/6
She left the STAGE fast
WHILE they DROVE the sad DUMMY
They call DUNNY DUNCE
Mark 5/6
Morning LIGHT BEAMS … go!
Stay PRONE, today’s VENUE; bed
A DUNCE vies blithely
auntie jj 4/6
hunger, a dull THROB
at PEACE now, cake SLICE beckoned
not a great choice, DUNCE!
Mick 4/6
Poem 1
the CRIME was to steal
poppies and FENCE one pure OUNCE —
the DUNCE shot it up
Poem 2
the CRIME was to steal
gems and FENCE only one OUNCE —
DUNCE trafficked the lot