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Cryptography 101

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Since I like all things literary, here's what I call a Cryptopoem. Solve it if you can!

A Cryptopoem is a poem with a puzzle. The answer to the poem is included in the poem itself as an anagram.

The Poet ---->

Hints given include:

Number of words in the answer.
Number of words in the anagram.
Number of letters answer/anagram..
A hint word for the answer.
The sense of the poem itself (if it makes any sense.)
If ** appears, then the poem is in the meter of either the refrain of a song or a well-known poem; usually, the name of the song or poem is another hint.

CP13

O, Golden Jay, had a craft quite odd;
Earnestly prayed to a cornstarch god;
June on the flag with a mystic hot rod;
Cook fed crew with a roast gun roulade;
Fleeced bad guys with a sheepish pea pod;
Yes: Jay's able crew was a fearless squad.

Hints:
1. 3 words in anagram
2. 1 word in answer
3. 9 letters in anagram/answer
4. “group”

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Comments

*********crystalchick275 Thursday, May 14, 2009 3:42:31 PM

Just a brief browse here and I have learned a little more on poetry. I am a novice poet but I enjoy it. The idea of a Cryptopoem is fun - seems hard to do and decipher I imagine unless one is well familiar with the topic. I have never tried to write one. Gives me some food for thought this evening. smile

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