In our June BIG and Holiday Collection 73 we asked our puzzlers to write their own acrostic poem and send it in. We have received many creative submissions. Here are some of them:
Gorgeous I’d call you
Wonderful one
Ever a memory
Naïve as the sun
Shy with affection
Cos youth is too lame
Always I’ll love you
None other can tame
Ere I adore your sweet name
Gwen Morgan
Toowoomba, Qld
Two way teaser, it’s so easy
Recipe of the month – easy peasy
I love your puzzles and try to win
So you just throw them in the bin
However, I keep on trying – lots of sighing
Peering at Dictionaries hour after hour
Agonising over Goliathon right now
Remembering words I’ve seen before
Noting them down for ever more
Elevenses no trouble for me
Lefties? They’re for others, I see
Lovatts we love you collectively
Trish Parnell
Whakatane, NZ
Loves Cryptics and Stinkers, sometimes
Yells in frustration, but
Never gives up and
Notes all unusual
Expressions and words
Avoids using white-out and
Tries to be neat. She
Keeps her own Dictionary
In a cramped little
Notebook that must have a
Second volume soon.
Goes
Over and
Over clues
Rearranging letters
And
Mispronouncing sentences
Browsing Dictionaries
And always
Trying, Trying, Trying
Lynne Atkins
Goorambat, Vic
Peruse very carefully
Every single clue
Track every lead
Establish your game plan
Reach a conclusion and you might win!
Begin at the top
Until you can start
Track every lead
Choose very carefully
Handle with care
Every single clue
Reach a conclusion and you might win!
Peter Butcher
Rostrevor, SA
Sunshine on each day
Hope becomes reality
In everything one does
Reach for the stars
Love can be spread
Everywhere to enjoy
Yes! Sunshine on each day
Brighten everyone’s lives
Outshine any darkness
Overshadow doom
Twinkle like the stars
Happiness and health to all.
Shirley Booth
Bourke NSW 2840
To do or not to do
Only you decide
Longing for a clue
Each puzzle ‘gets you in’
Right to the very end
And another puzzle is solved
That is a wonderful feeling
Everybody should try them
Subscribe and enjoy till the next time.
Mrs J Leske
Tea Tree Gully, SA
Can I ever work ‘it’ out?
Remember all I’ve learnt?
Oh, I’ll fossick through my dictionary
Some things I’ve never heard
Sometimes they flash so clearly
With joy into my mind
Or if it’s politics and history —
Really so unkind
‘Demons’ are for devils, at least that’s what I find!!
So today I’ll concentrate on BIG – the best way to unwind!
E McEwen
Manning, WA
Makes errors in the Stinker
Into Starhunts
Cannot solve Sudokus
Has trouble with Cryptics
Avid puzzle solver
Enters all Lovatts competitions
Likes acrostics
Michael Selvage
Thornlands, Qld
I’d love to solve the Wordygig
Many a time I’ve tried
Poring over Dictionaries
Only to be denied
Searching for Enlightenment
Seeking the elusive words
I think I’m getting somewhere
But then could they be nouns or verbs?
I hate to be a quitter
Loath to leave that empty space
I read Wordygiggs off the prize list
That means I can now save face
Yippee!
Lorraine Luff
Nollamara, WA
Hard to put down because
Every puzzle is a challenge
Answers can be elusive, but
The thrill of the chase is addictive
Help is always at hand
Everyone is a winner if they
Reach their goal of completion
Brighten up your day
Arouse your curisotty
Rack your brains
Never be bored
Advance your knowledge
Relax and enjoy
Do Lovatts puzzles
Heather Barnard
Murwillumbah, NSW
Multiple tasks – for a Gemini; it’s a breeze
Autumn has gone; winter’s in with many a sneeze
Ready to write, crossword, or read
Going out and about, lunching with mates
Avoiding work – one of my hates!
Right now: there’s nothing I need …
Easy to see, Retirement’s easy to take –
Then – only decisions are a choice to make!
Margaret Worrington
Belfield, NSW
BIG mags they are the best
One arrives every month, to test
Oh be quick I cannot rest
Sometimes I figure I’ll go nuts
The puzzles often very tough
Yet the enjoyment that they bring
Often makes me laugh and sing
Up or down, I don’t know!
Right or left, just have a go!
Where do I begin? Right here!
Out comes the hair, oh dear!
Roots are everywhere, I fear
Doesn’t mean I’m bald, I’m not
Perhaps just getting old, so what!
Over the moon, I won something
When the prizes come, ka-ching!
Even if I get it wrong,
Rather keep my wordpower strong
Ali Nielsen
Ballogie, Qld
Another Lovatts bought with anticipation
Daunting Demons cause a heart palpitation
Double Take fun, the DIY and Do Your Block
I’m challenged by BIG 1 to Beat the Clock
Cryptics in all forms are my special love
Teasing my brain, it’s like manna from above
I seem to forget to wash, clean and cook
Oh how I enjoy my Lovatts crossword book
Nothing on earth is as satisfying
Solving these puzzles is most gratifying.
Chris Barker
Alexander Heights, WA
Creative and challenging right from the start
Ruthless, the Demon, near breaks my heart
Often the answers so hard to find
Searching great tomes I almost go blind
Sometimes I want to give up in despair
Words never heard before appear from nowhere
Outlandish, long forgotten from days of my youth
Return miraculously and that is the truth
Dedicated addicts, we’ll never refrain
So bring on the Lovatts again and again
Joy Egan
Toowoomba, Qld
Lovely time just to myself,
Either read, or clean the shelf.
In the morning I’ll do that,
So just now I’ll ring and chat.
Urgency does not exist,
Really it’s not on my list.
Extra time to dream and laze,
Time to play and time to gaze.
I might e-mail to my friend,
Maybe, I’ve got time to spend.
Even watch the news on Prime,
So, why not! I’ve got the time.
Val Young
Sunshine, NSW
Addictive
Clues
Raise
Ordinary
Souls
Towards
Idiotic
Conclusions
Helen Peut
Gillen, NT
Duties done
Open book
Ideas come
Thinking crook
You’re ready
Once you’ve had a cuppa
Urging brain cells to
Reach an upper
Stimulating that grey matter
Evokes memories
Left in a scatter
Finally, “I have it”, brain no longer in a tatter
Elizabeth Sullivan
‘”Two Hoots” Corangula NSW
Lovatts puzzles are a must
You oil my brain and clear the rust
Not only do you stimulate
Daily you invigorate
Sayonara, is that goodbye?
Adios is worth a try
You may even say bye bye
Cryptics are a cunning lot
Open your mind, stop the rot
Perhaps my thinking is not right
Easy when you see the light
Many hours I spend with you
Astonished by your clever crew
Now I bid you fond adieu.
Lyndsay Copeman
Ridgewood, WA
Adventures galore
Under the beautiful
Southern Cross
Travelling north, south, east and west
Roads leading to
Amazing places with
Landscapes both rugged and serene
Idyllic lifestyle, touring
Australia, our land
G R Siviour
Nuriootpa SA
Many who enter
Are
Right
Gaining
Along the way a
Real prize
Each
Time to a lucky M.A.R.G.A.R.E.T.
Margaret Miles
Rockdale, NSW
Been a Lovatts fan for years
Eating pencil and tearing hair, just to
Verify hidden words and clues
Every answer brings a cheer and
Really makes my day
Learn Cryptics? No way! But
Even they make sene today, so
Yes! Yes! Yes! Lovatts books for me
Bev Robb
Seacombe Gardens, SA
Dreaded Demon
Always a challenge
Wizwords is fun
Now concentrate
Brain not working
Oh for a computer
Where’s the Dictionary?
Recipe of the month
At last – all finished
Now for a cuppa!
Dawn Bowran
Rosanna, Vic
Puzzles and posers
Anagrams too
Trying our cryptic
Researching clues
Internet, Dictionary
Calling the kids. The
Ironing’s forgotten
As I fill out the grids
Patricia Murray
Wandin North, Vic
Scottish ancestry – thus my name
Crossword addict – Lovatts to blame?
Occupation teacher – and also housewife
Travelling’s been my passion – all my life
Interests are reading – and tennis, too
Aussie am I – true blue!
Scotia McCawley
Pittsworth, Qld
Makes time for puzzling
Acquires knowledge with Stinker
Rarely fails to finish crosswords
Loves anything that requires logic
Ever keen to win a prize
Never gets bored with life
Every day is a new challenge
Marlene Stuart
Centenary Heights, Qld
Doing Lovatts Crosswords
Often for half the night
Reaching for the reference books
Over-taxing my ageing sight
Then, fan me with a feather
Here is the word I require
Yippee – it’s finished – now I can retire!
Dorothy Nankrvis
Hawthorn, Vic
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