Riddle Me Distant
If you've a distant idea, click the title close above and bring it here.
I circle, searching distantly,
Then dive, no ocean or no sea,
My eyes you claim to have, for spot
You watch as I would though you're not
A tribe of Iroquois, or hair sides flee,
For that's mome.
'I've got your eyes, but who's got your nose?'
'It seems my nose was taken long ago.'
Riddle Answer A Hawk
Riddle Explanation
my eyes you claim to have - to have eyes like a hawk.
you watch as I would - to watch someone like a hawk.
mome - a mohawk. The Mohawk tribe where the term gets its name is the most easterly tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy based in Mohawk Valley, now upstate New York.
Happy Birthday you
In recognition of my birthday last week I made an illustration of how I'm starting to slightly feel. Stop poking me in the nose, birthday!
Riddle Me Sweet
If you think you know the answer, sweetly click the title and leave a comment.
I sing sweet, though I've not a lip,
Or hand, though still I easy grip,
That's me in hand, I'm worth much more
Than there a bush of two, three, four
To smartly get all, you have thrown,
A hit both with a single stone.
'You've no lip? You've a lot of lip on you!'
'Even those without lips can be lippy.'
Riddle Answer A Bird
Riddle Explanation
that's me in hand, I'm worth much more than there a bush of two, three, four - a bird in hand (is worth two in the bush).
to smartly get all, you have thrown, a hit both with a single stone - to kill two birds with one stone.
Riddle Me Professional
If you know what I do, then click the title and do let me know.
I take what's yours but never keep.
You ask just so, and never weep,
Although I cut you nothing feel,
In fact, I cut and rather heal.
Gloves and socks and lovely frocks;
A tailor for your locks.
'You aren't an amateur?'
'Heavens no, would you let an amateur cut you?'
'I wouldn't let anyone cut me!'
'Not even if you were butter? Or a stage crew? How exhausting that would be.'
Riddle Answer A Hairdresser
Riddle Explanation
gloves and socks and lovely frocks; a tailor for your locks - a hair dresser.
Astute Impala
He would keenly watch those around him, before deciding the join in or suddenly bound away.
Riddle Me Anew
So we've changed and changed your mind, then click the title and let me know what's on it.
My apple right, banana early,
Going me and going burly
Paper bags or bring your own,
My light's ahead the path is shown,
So don't stop now, we've just begun the ride,
I'm in the countryside.
'So you're fruit?'
'I can be, but in fact you call me collectively your vegetables.'
Riddle Answer (The Colour) Green
Riddle Explanation
my apple right, banana early - a green apple and green banana.
going me and going burly paper bags or bring your own - go green.
my light's ahead the path is shown - to give someone the green light.
Accessorise
I'd never seen such an interesting hairstyle...though I daren't get too close.
Riddle Me Identical
If you think you can see what you've seen before, then click the title and let me know.
You think me made by man and grim,
Controlling, changed at corporate whim,
But I am natural, no bungle,
Ancient, when the world a jungle,
Now I keep a balance, all in health,
But first I keep myself.
'Are you twins?'
'By now I'd be triplets.'
'How do you start as twins and become triplets?'
'That's simple, make another of yourself that's the same but entirely independent.'
Riddle Answer Law
Riddle Explanation
but I am natural, no bungle - natural laws.
ancient, when the world a jungle - the law of the jungle.
now I keep a balance, all in health, but first I keep myself - self-preservation is the first law of nature.
Celebrations
After all the celebrations, the next day, his head felt a little fuzzy, and his legs felt much more like a champagne flute stem.
Riddle Me Repeated
If you've been listening then click the title and paste.
No nose, or mouth, but in my eyes
Your actions wrong and thus surmise
A lesson that my long arms teach,
No hands, yet still my long arms reach
Before I can you grab me, planned,
You take me into both your hands.
'You seem different.'
'Yet I'm exactly the same.'
'Perhaps it is I who has changed.'
'Undoubtedly.'
Riddle Answer Law
Riddle Explanation
no nose, or mouth, but in my eyes your actions wrong - in the eyes of the law.
a lesson that my long arms teach, no hands, yet still my long arms reach - the long arms of the law.
you grab me, planned, you take me into both your hands - to take the law into one's own hands.
It Came From the Depths
It came from the depths, but really it was a little cutie-pie that liked sliding around rocks and blowing bubbles.
Riddle Me Right
If you think you are right on what's wrong, click the title and tell me.
No left or right, no up, around, along,
But now the side you're on is wrong,
I grew suspicious just to see,
You're far above that part of me,
And still you bend me for your sake,
And sometimes bend so far you break.
'The side you're on is wrong? You're a bed! That's why you're so grumpy!'
'In that case I'd be a flower, not the bed. The bed isn't on itself.'
Riddle Answer Law
Riddle Explanation
no left or right, no up, around, along, but now the side you're on is wrong - to get on the wrong side of the law.
I grew suspicious just to see, you're far above that part of me - to be above the (suspicion of the) law.
still you bend me for your sake - to bend a law.
and sometimes bend so far you break - to break a law.
Riddle Me Coloured
Whatever shade, if you've a bright idea then click on the title and comment below.
What's white or grey or brown on back?
Or beautifully just jet black?
What's jumped upon by kids that smother?
Whatever colour, another
One, but know that in this town
There's only one me 'round.
'So you're round?'
'Yes, I'm 'round, though one.'
'What shape is the other?'
'The other's none.'
Riddle Answer A Horse
Riddle Explanation
or beautifully just jet black? - black beauty.
what's jumped upon by kids that smother? - an athletics horse.
whatever colour, another - a horse of another colour.
but know that in this town there's only one me 'round - a one horse town.
Deep Thinker
I waited for a moment. He was in such deep thought I imagined he would sink down entirely. I didn't have the heart to tell him that the bulb had blown.
Riddle Me Felt
And now all's been felt, touch the title and comment on what you're feeling.
You feel me but can never touch,
If on your hand, you'll still not clutch,
I'm up but never down, afraid
I'll stray not to the shade, but strayed,
I'm scared and now you know, I shed,
Though I'm not fur or feather spread.
'How can I feel you but never touch? OH! You're my heart!'
'No, a heart has come and gone. And I can't feel it.'
'That's sad. Gimme a hug.'
Riddle Answer Light
Riddle Explanation
I'm up but never down - to light up.
I'm scared and now you know, I shed, though I'm not fur or feather spread - to shed light on something.
Super Gal
I didn't know what the 'A' stood for. I soon concluded it wasn't 'Super' Gal. Possibly 'Amazing' Gal? Or perhaps 'Antidisestablishmentarianism' Gal, though that might spark debate so I put it from my mind. I finally concluded it was obvious from the beginning; 'A' Gal, for she clearly was, and I felt safer already.
Riddle Me Feeling
Escaped and now you've run to me? Click the title, guess and see.
I'm not a thing, but more a feeling,
Feel at me and please stop reeling,
Relax, consider me a me
from yours, so come and go freely.
I stretch, I'm straight and soon you've won;
Run to me and you've a me run.
'You said I run to you, but you aren't a thing.'
'Ah, sorry, yes. Don't run to me. Run me.'
Riddle Answer A Home
Riddle Explanation
feel at me and please stop reeling - to feel at home.
relax, consider me a me from yours - a home away from home.
I stretch, I'm straight and soon you've won - the home stretch or home straight.
run to me and you've a me run - a home run.
Modern Beauty
I suppose she was out of flowers, or possibly, urban space being what it was, never had any to begin with. But she made do with what she could to accessorise, and worked it.