Work Text:
winter’s kiss is stern
breathing ice across the earth
on crystalline trips
beneath my footsteps crunch first
promise of the season’s frost
An experiment with the Japanese poetic form tanka. Again also featuring my mom’s guesses. ❄️
I also realized belatedly that I posted this on the (for me, summer) solstice—but hey, which solstice depends on in which hemisphere you live, so it works! 😉
(See the end of the work for more notes.)
winter’s kiss is stern
breathing ice across the earth
on crystalline trips
beneath my footsteps crunch first
promise of the season’s frost
Wordle 731
Game A (3/6) Game B (3/6) Guesses
STERN FIRST FROSTGuesses
EARTH TRIPS FROSTEmoji Results
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🟩⬜🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Emoji Results
⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩Screen Reader Friendly Results
Line 1: 1st, 2nd and 4th correct but in the wrong place.
Line 2: 1st, 4th and 5th perfect, but 3rd in the wrong place.
Line 3: Won!Screen Reader Friendly Results
Line 1: 3rd and 4th correct but in the wrong place.
Line 2: 2nd perfect, but 1st and 5th in the wrong place.
Line 3: Won!Screen reader friendly results generated at https://wa11y.co
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