Downward Grows the Root
Downward grows the root.
Outward grows the skin.
Upward grows the shoot.
What way blows the wind?
Wayward.
By Sef Daystrom
Sometimes I’m a Sphere
Sometimes I’m a sphere,
Sometimes I’m a banana,
And sometimes I’m not there at all.
What am I?
The moon. A full moon is a sphere, a crescent moon looks like a banana, and sometimes the moon is not visible at all.
Round, Yet Flat As a Board
Round she is, yet flat as a board
Altar of the Lupine Lords.
Jewel on black velvet, pearl in the sea
Unchanged but ever changing, eternally.
The moon.
A Woman in a Boat
There’s a woman in a boat, on a lake, wearing a coat.
If you want to know her name, it’s in the riddle I just wrote.
What’s the woman’s name?
“Theresa” is the woman’s name. (There’s a = Theresa)
An alternative answer is “There”.
Rarely Touched, Often Held
I’m rarely touched but often held and if you’re wise you’ll use me well. What am I?
Your tongue.
What Work is Never Finished?
What work can one never finish?
An autobiography. Unless you’re writing it in your death bed I suppose, but even then, how will you be able to record the time of death?