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Riddle: The hand sows, the eyes harvest?Answer: To read and to write.
Riddle: I weaken all people for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, none suffer..
Riddle: I'm a god, a planet, and a measurer of heat. Who am I?Answer: Mercury.
Riddle: I'm one of five, I'm not alive. The one who sent me forth became king, The one who received me died. What am I?Answer: A Stone from the..
Riddle: If boiling water is poured into a thick drinking glass as well as a very thin wine glass. Which of the two is more likely to crack?Answer:..
Riddle: A man was just doing his job when his suit was torn. Why did he die three minutes later?Answer: He was an astronaut on a space walk, doing..
Riddle: If Harry's father is Tommy's son, what relation is Dick to Tom?Answer: Tommy is Harry's grandfather.
Riddle: A man grabbed a woman's ring and pulled on it, then dropped it. How did this save her life?Answer: They were skydiving, and she was..
Riddle: If I'm walking, then I must be running. However, if I'm running, I may be walking. What am I?Answer: A Treadmill.
Riddle: A pipe, a carrot, and a couple sticks are lying together in a field. Why?Answer: They're what is left of a melted snowman.
Riddle: If seven people meet each other and each shakes hands only once with each of the others, how many handshakes will there have been? Answer:..
Riddle: A man runs along a hall with a piece of paper. When the lights flicker, he drops to his knees and begins to cry. Why?Answer: He is running to..
Riddle: If you have two coins which total 35 cents and one of the coins is not a dime, what are the two coins?Answer: A quarter and a dime. One coin..
Riddle: Why should doctors attend to window-sashes?Answer: Because they have so many panes (pains).
Riddle: Imagine Johnny, a party clown, is carrying three pieces of gold each piece weighing one kilogram. While taking a walk he comes to a bridge..
Riddle: In 1209, on a hot summer day, there was a man who was ordered to be executed by the king. The king was a nice king though, and he said that..
Riddle: Three-fourths of a cross, and a circle complete, An upright where two semicircles meet, A rectangle triangle standing on feet, Two..
Riddle: In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995 that same person is 10 years old. How is this possible?Answer: The years are in B.C.
Riddle: A woman proves in court that her husband was murdered by her sister, but the judge decides that the sister cannot be punished. Why?Answer:..
The Sermon On The Warpland
“The fact that we are blackis our ultimate reality.”—Ron KarengaAnd several strengths from drowsiness campaignedbut spoke in Single Sermon on the..
© Gwendolyn Brooks
The Blackstone Rangers
IAS SEEN BY DISCIPLINESThere they are.Thirty at the corner.Black, raw, ready.Sores in the citythat do not want to heal.IITHE LEADERSJeff. Gene...
© Gwendolyn Brooks
The Sundays Of Satin-Legs Smith
Inamoratas, with an approbation,Bestowed his title. Blessed his inclination.He wakes, unwinds, elaborately: a catTawny, reluctant, royal. He is..
© Gwendolyn Brooks
The Rites For Cousin Vit
Carried her unprotesting out the door.Kicked back the casket-stand. But it can't hold her,That stuff and satin aiming to enfold her,The lid's..
© Gwendolyn Brooks
The Life Of Lincoln West
Ugliest little boythat everyone ever saw.That is what everyone said.Even to his mother it was apparent—when the blue-aproned nurse came into..
© Gwendolyn Brooks
Of De Witt Williams On His Way To Lincoln Cemetery
He was born in Alabama.He was bred in Illinois.He was nothing but aPlain black boy.Swing low swing low sweet sweet chariot.Nothing but a plain black..
© Gwendolyn Brooks