A Wordle Hurdle!

 A WORDLE HURDLE!

How to write a poem using all the words above!

Dad kept an engine in the basement

Checking its performance every day.

He'd vanish down the stairs

To clean or do repairs,

He'd immerse himself in revs in every way.

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I was not allowed in the basement;

My engineering know-how was too slight;

I didn't know the ropes,

Or how a mechanic copes.

In a hoarse voice Dad would tell me 'Not tonight!'

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It isn't that I meant to be disloyal;

I knew that retribution would be swift

But when I squeezed in through the door

The engine toppled on the floor!

I left it there! It was too big to lift!

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THE CURSE OF ULURU

 

Imagine a pebble, one solid rock,

But enormous and gaunt and bare.

Imagine the wonderment that we feel

When we see it lying there!

In the morning sun and the evening glow

This 'pebble' shines brilliant red,

As the sky of central Australia

Burns bright blue overhead.

No wonder the tourists stand wide-eyed

At the vision that they see!

No wonder that some of them foolishly think

'I'll take a bit home with me!'

They chip off a piece and stow it away

Though they know, in their heart of hearts,

That legend forbids desecration!

And that's when the trouble starts!

For Uluru is sacred

To the tribes that live in that place

And climbing the Rock or stealing

Can bring about disgrace.

And, certainly, many tourists

Have felt the weight of the curse,

Suffering loss or illness

Or some things even worse.

And parcels are often arriving

From travellers feeling remorse

Returning the stolen pieces

To negate the powerful force.

And many's the uncanny story

Written-up in the local press,

Of tourists who've been afflicted

With pain and unappiness

All because they have flouted

The rules of this powerful place

And ignored the pleas of the Owners,

A proud and ancient race.

Who knows whether curses have power,

Who knows what is false and true,

But you're well-advised to play safe my friends

When you visit Uluru!