Wordle, as you almost certainly know, is a word game invented by a Welshman, Josh Wardle, in collaboration with his partner Palak Shah. Originally it was for their own entertainment but it went public in 2021 and has since been played daily by millions of people, including me. Today I just made it (and those who play will see that I made a bad mistake in my third line):
Today’s verse is about Wordle in the same way Jaws is about a shark.
Verse 6: Wordling
For some, the first word on their Wordle
needs to have at least three vowels.
ADIEU or RADIO or OUSEL
serve for such pragmatic souls.
You smiled and said you start with something
from the day before, a dumb thing
or a sweet one: GUEST, BEACH, WEED,
or TUMOR, LIVER, LUNGS, BLEED.
And now you're gone, I pause each morning,
you in mind, and pick a word
from life I've lived, or seen, or heard –
a tiny ritual of mourning.
You are not sleeping, do not dream,
but just today you gave me CREAM.
