Codes

How I wish

someone would see the coded words

and not simply want

to break it

that instead of a challenge

they could appreciate

the beauty of how

another mind worked to create it

Reviews

[Laz K.]

Billy Collins ("Introduction to Poetry" - very funny piece) one time poet laureate would definitely approve of this poem here! Yes, words sometimes fit thoughts like a strait-jacket, and we could appreciate the uniqueness of it all like a song, a painting, or a strange cloud formation - the "meaning" of which is less important than the fact that it is there now and might never be repeated.

[Ufi Auttorri ~ Amy C. T..]

Excellent! The practically perfect poetic sentiment of the engineer toward the QA department. ;-) [There probably is some hidden meaning/sentiment but we choose not to follow that path due to a lack of sufficient data points.]

[Marie]

Some writers like to write cryptic verse and while each poem is open to the reader's interpretation, it can be very difficult to decode what the writer means as one reads the write. It is not easy to discover what the poet is actually saying, but yet one can enjoy the journey of trying to discover too and thus enjoy the poem and the artistry with which it has been inked. A very thought provoking poem, nicely written. Thank you for sharing, dear green...

[Thomas W Case]

Excellent work..I appreciate this one.

[Lorry]

Some writing is so cryptic, you'd need the boffins from Bletchley to crack them, but part of the enjoyment of poetry is wondering how a piece fell into place and wishing you had done it, trying to see the joins and retracing the steps of the mind that brought it into existence.
I've always been pretty bad at codes and struggle enough with jigsaws thanks, but is the answer 14? If not, one day it will be 😃

[jacob erin-cilberto]

always trying to figure out the poet...what exactly is the message....

instead of just appreciating the beauty of the words...and the journey it took to create it...
I like this.
j.