“’Twas the night before Christmas…”,
Well, you know the rest.
Here’s my end-of-year tribute
To the best of the best.
The bookmarks are ready,
Alarms are all cued,
As I wait with impatience
For a puzzle so shrewd.
I refresh the page quickly
And refresh it anew.
Will the trick be engridded,
Or found in a clue?
Will I get a solve early
And crack the Top Ten?
Will my streak be continued
Or zeroed again?
But hark! There’s a “ding”!
Dinner’s done? Even Better!
I sprang to the screen to
See what was the meta.
My heart went a-flutter
At what I see there:
A 15 by 15,
With no cheater square!
My brain’s in a flurry,
My pencil’s a blur!
An answer appears,
And I send when I’m sure.
Now I wait for the update
Of the famed leaderboard,
And tick off tense minutes
To see how I scored.
While I wait, I’ve decided
That, above everything,
I’ll salute these constructors
For the pleasures they bring.
To Gaffney! To Muller!
And for all the Petes’ sake,
To Gordon and Washington
For the puzzles they make.
To Agard! To Berry!
To Rathvon and Cox!
To puzzles like Heaney’s,
And Quigley’s and Pahk’s!
To Ries and Mike Shenk,
For the metas they bring,
And to ensure no Chris misses,
To Adams and King!
Now shoo away, clue away,
Construct and create,
As new five-star ratings
And ORCAs await!
***
Now the pencils, much duller
Are back in their drawer.
Have these guys reached their limit?
Can there be any more?
But I heard them exclaim:
“’Til we see you next week,
Happy Christmas to all,
And to all a long streak!”
My Christmas Poem
- MajordomoTom
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don't forget to pop into a 34A to get a quick 3 Mouse Slurpee.
"Lots of planets have a North", the Ninth Doctor.
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Love it!!
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:53 pm “’Twas the night before Christmas…”,
Well, you know the rest.
Here’s my end-of-year tribute
To the best of the best.
The bookmarks are ready,
Alarms are all cued,
As I wait with impatience
For a puzzle so shrewd.
I refresh the page quickly
And refresh it anew.
Will the trick be engridded,
Or found in a clue?
Will I get a solve early
And crack the Top Ten?
Will my streak be continued
Or zeroed again?
But hark! There’s a “ding”!
Dinner’s done? Even Better!
I sprang to the screen to
See what was the meta.
My heart went a-flutter
At what I see there:
A 15 by 15,
With no cheater square!
My brain’s in a flurry,
My pencil’s a blur!
An answer appears,
And I send when I’m sure.
Now I wait for the update
Of the famed leaderboard,
And tick off tense minutes
To see how I scored.
While I wait, I’ve decided
That, above everything,
I’ll salute these constructors
For the pleasures they bring.
To Gaffney! To Muller!
And for all the Petes’ sake,
To Gordon and Washington
For the puzzles they make.
To Agard! To Berry!
To Rathvon and Cox!
To puzzles like Heaney’s,
And Quigley’s and Pahk’s!
To Ries and Mike Shenk,
For the metas they bring,
And to ensure no Chris misses,
To Adams and King!
Now shoo away, clue away,
Construct and create,
As new five-star ratings
And ORCAs await!
***
Now the pencils, much duller
Are back in their drawer.
Have these guys reached their limit?
Can there be any more?
But I heard them exclaim:
“’Til we see you next week,
Happy Christmas to all,
And to all a long streak!”
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- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:55 pm
And here's MY tribute to an expert meta solver as well as a great composer. I couldn't give it enough thumbs up