Riddles in rhyme
1. With 'shore' i'm just
a-rolling by;
The thirdly letter;
My eyes espy.
2. With 'down,' it's a stream
Of heavy, hard rain;
To serve from a pitcher;
Humble, no gain.
3. With 'nic' at the end
I'm a meal shared with ants;
Alone, I'm to gather
The blooms off my plants.
4. A word for ascend;
The queen of all flowers;
The color of glasses
That never see showers.
5. I'm jumpy and nervous;
I'm a verb's sense of time;
I'm covering the campers;
With 'sense' we're a rhyme.
6. A wall I can be,
Cast out to sea;
A classmate or teammate;
To look narrowly.
7. It's all you perceive
That seems to be;
A spool for fishing;
A dance carefree.
8. With 'cu' I'm a veggie,
A friend of tomato;
With 'en' I'm a bother,
A real leaden weight-o.
9. I chatter away
When 'pie's' in my name;
With 'net' I call pull you,
No force can refrain.
10. With 'brain' I can mean
That a 'light' has gone on;
At sea I will rumble
'Til boats are all gone.
11. I am not a pillow,
Though we rhyme so well;
I'm more apt to weep
If I'm feeling well.
ANSWERS
(1) sea, 'C', see
(2) pour, poor
(3) picnic, pick
(4) rose
(5) tense, tents
(6) pier, peer
(7) real, reel
(8) cumber
(9) magpie, magnet
(10) storm
(11) willow
