Welcome to the first installment of "Crossword Clue Poems". I finished the crossword puzzle much too early today for my liking. Usually I like to have them drag on a bit so that they can keep me occupied through at least my first class of the day...but today I was campus far too early for a group project meeting, and now I'm sitting in the first hour of a class on macro-economics and the financial crisis with nothing to do! So, naturally I figured out another way to pass the time, and created a poem by blacking out strategic words on the crossword clues. The poem below is from the Nov. 21st crossword in the Daily Universe, and is comprised solely of the Across Clues (hence the title of this post).
So, without further ado;
Fateful day for
all dance party;
Laboratory maze runners
completely confused.
The "E" in treat
sluggish from sedatives.
Catch Groucho
while blues play.
18 chaotic battles-
Farewell.
Falafel cereal
doesn't taste like
anything.
Period of 1930's-40's
beyond repair.
Expected Islamic decree
that can't sit still
dances to
Hawaiian music.
Astronaut Armstrong
emergency signals
new program paid by
white workers.
Formal wear for Cupid,
an electric fabric
that's glossy on one side.
Feudin' with June left
numbers to be crunched.
(Hopefully these will become better with time.)
(Hopefully.)
