Riddles

  I. My cousin has a fuzzy head _But I am bald instead. I cannot give your hand a shake...

  Five Riddles for Mid-Autumn 2025   I. I’m red and roaring But wet and cooling. I have four doors...

. Stealthy Slayer Stealthy slayer, murderous sneak, A crafty trick, or lifeless freak--- I slip behind your walls unseen Despite...

. 1. A rainbow diced to tease unhurried brains __With rotating rows of parallel planes. What is it? . 2....

. I. I travel thanks to water, But do not float or sail. More quickly than an otter And have...

. The Mid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival, falls on Sept. 10 this year. A common tradition is to read riddles...

. Riddle This tiny thief Has ground to grief Many a mighty poem, No wiser for The learned lore He nibbles,...

Let's Do It! The surgeon does it in a snip within a stitch of time. The comic does it with...

Post your answers in the comments section below. I. A place that never is in its own place And where...

Grapes Peel me a grape But remove the seed I love the flesh But have no need Of hard encounters...

  Each poem below describes a phobia. Guess what the person is scared of in each. For extra credit try...

I. Half-man half-beast I seem to be A thousand years is naught to me For I watch kings and kingdoms...

Thank you to everyone who participated! Judges: Joseph S. Salemi, Adam Sedia, Manfred Dietrich   First ($100 Prize) A spike...

Winners of the contest can be found here. From the riddle posed by King Solomon to the Philistines to the...

Stalks of brown and amber and gold, mighty when young, wither when old. Bleached by the sun and watered daily,...

  Skin hard as jade, Mouth like a blade, I’m seldom dry, A dross lookst I, And hard to find,...

by David Watt I recently came across the following “square poem” attributed to Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carrol)....

Riddle No. 1 So astounding is this part— A major muscle, like your heart. And so astonishing its job, Without...

by Manfred Dietrich The world is riddled with riddles. Riddling is as old and as ubiquitous as language itself. When...

  Riddle XXXVII From small beginnings I grow great, just keep up the heat and wait, help me become the...

Thank you to everyone who participated and made this a great year for rhyming riddles! —Evan Mantyk, Judge First Place...

Winners announced here. Scroll down and read the comments section to enjoy all of the submissions. What has no subject...

Song of Us Face to face, polite and careful, Tentative we were, and prayerful, Neither one of us would dare...

  The Maid of Orleans A villanelle on Joan of Arc As I gazed at the flames of the fire...

I’m born from a forked tongue’s hissing mutter, An ungrounded half-truth, forceless and tame. Just like a spark struck from...

  On President Trump’s First Year in Office An earlier version of this poem was published with an explication in...

  Another Cakewalk Mark Twain may not be safe to read, at least in public places, Because he gawks with...

Proem In rhyming, timing is everything. Rhymes in wrong places make awkward spaces. A rhyme in rhyming knows more than...

Thank you to everyone who participated! Judges Dusty Grein, Michael Curtis, and Damian Robin have selected the below winners for...

RULES: A riddle for your thoughts? Write a rhyming riddle, any length and paste it in the comments section below with...

  Riddle Two Now give these lines a gander Be you bold enough to try Find fun, full-fashioned candor Take...

  Riddling Away What slips and squanders, and has no matter? Leaves one to ponder, and rarely flatters? Is never...

  Here is a riddle, a brain-teaser of sorts Rev up your noggin or the answer you’ll miss Mark. Set....

By Evan Mantyk I. I’m thinner than most cars you see, I do not guzzle as much gas, And if...

1.) The prankster's favorite home decor, Clockwise or counter, the choice is yours. Never eaten, found in bowls. Around I...

Counterfeit Martyrdom Evil terrorists 'round the world Reject God's law, "Thou shalt not kill." Minds indoctrinated, furled up in a...

1 it shows many sides but usually 2 — can boil & bluster & end in a stew — can...

For 30 more riddles click here. I. I may not have a large population Compared to China or the United...

Click here for more riddles I. My mirror image never is that far, I have five different points just like...

A disturbing riddle was told to me: “The city of evil that starts with ‘B’ That has six more letters...