Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 This is my first riddle and an excerpt from a poem that I am currently working on. Hope you guys like. If you like, you can try and solve each line but there is a common theme: Moist and warm it tumbles deeper Hurried past the great gate-keeper Bounding towards the bifurcation The object of my inspiration Turn the bend past keel alas Great tree presents with branch amass To diffuse in with little strife The building block of basic life Enjoy! and Happy Thanksgiving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 peace*out Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 This is my first riddle and an excerpt from a poem that I am currently working on. Hope you guys like. If you like, you can try and solve each line but there is a common theme: Moist and warm it tumbles deeper Hurried past the great gate-keeper Bounding towards the bifurcation The object of my inspiration Turn the bend past keel alas Great tree presents with branch amass To diffuse in with little strife The building block of basic life Enjoy! and Happy Thanksgiving! christmas tree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 christmas tree? Na sorry, though that would be especially appropriate this time of year... Hint: Think science-y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 peace*out Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 This is my first riddle and an excerpt from a poem that I am currently working on. Hope you guys like. If you like, you can try and solve each line but there is a common theme: Moist and warm it tumbles deeper Hurried past the great gate-keeper Bounding towards the bifurcation The object of my inspiration Turn the bend past keel alas Great tree presents with branch amass To diffuse in with little strife The building block of basic life Enjoy! and Happy Thanksgiving! DNA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 rain, or something to do with rain? This question may sound really stupid, but is not-so-intelligent people aka me going to know this sciency term? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 (edited) Peace*out- you may be looking a little too deeply. All of the lines will apply to the specific theme. Hahah star_tiger you do have to be pretty scientifically armed to get the individual answers but I don't think that the general answer/theme is beyond any person with a heartbeat and a breath. And I am sorry but you are both incorrect.....getting closer though. Peace*out - look more general and star_tiger look more specific. Edited November 27, 2008 by MDAri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Could it be Water, or another such substance used by cells? Or could it be the cell itself? The Gatekeeper makes me think of the cell membrane. I think water because of the tree and "diffuse". Must sleep. Nice riddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Kioshanta, you're on the right track!! But just to argue semantics (even though I dont know how much that really applies to riddle-writing), diffusion of water is typically termed 'osmosis'. Thanks for the compliment btw!! This is my first and I hope for many more in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 A sperm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Hahahaha no BuddyToBud, although I am certain your answer has indeed inspired MUCH inspiration lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Izzy Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Matter? It applies for lines 3 and 8. ..Or... the brain/atoms/neurons perhaps? Or... a thought? Metaphorically, thoughts could be moist and warm. Eh, that's not really scientific though. It somewhat fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Hahahaha no BuddyToBud, although I am certain your answer has indeed inspired MUCH inspiration lol. Lol Air or Oxygen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Hi, this is my guess: blood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 protein? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 sun light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 spinal cord / nervous system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Water Photosynthesis My head is on so mnay directions with this and wont focus - Hope I get back to it Egg is sprining to mind - Reproduction mainly loveinitThis is my first riddle and an excerpt from a poem that I am currently working on. Hope you guys like. If you like, you can try and solve each line but there is a common theme: Moist and warm it tumbles deeper Hurried past the great gate-keeper Bounding towards the bifurcation The object of my inspiration Turn the bend past keel alas Great tree presents with branch amass To diffuse in with little strife The building block of basic life Enjoy! and Happy Thanksgiving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 (edited) Thanks lost in space! and thank you everyone for playing!!! Overnight there has been a winner and that has been: Lol Air or Oxygen? Congrats! The poem is called The Object of my Inspiration and its talking about inspiring (breathing in) a molecule of Oxygen and the path that it takes to get into ones blood. Moist and warm it tumbles deeper – after we breath in the mucous lining warms and humidifies the air Hurried past the great gate-keeper – the epiglottis prevents food from going down our trachea (wind pipe) Bounding towards the bifurcation – the trachea splits into two “bronchi” that reach our two lungs The object of my inspiration – our hero, the O2 molecule Turn the bend past keel alas – at the split there is a little keel-like ridge termed the carina Great tree presents with branch amass – The bronchi then branch into much more complex and smaller bronchioles To diffuse in with little strife – the bronchioles terminate in “alveoli” which are lined with tiny blood vessels that allow the transfer of oxygen to the blood and carbon dioxide from the blood The building block of basic life – again, oxygen!!! P.S. I tried to drop a hint when I responded to star_tiger's guess when I said "Hahah star_tiger you do have to be pretty scientifically armed to get the individual answers but I don't think that the general answer/theme is beyond any person with a heartbeat and a breath." I wasn't trying to be a douche, sorry if it came off that way. Edited November 27, 2008 by MDAri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 And as an added bonus, Ive decided to include the entire original (working?) poem.... the first verse would've given it away thats why I didnt include it and the second verse would've made things a bit too confusing as it is pretty obscure. The object of my inspiration By MDAri By wispy drifts of misty stew Through milky drops of fresh-fell dew Past metal grates clinking and clanking Particulate matter constantly flanking Boyleing forces are in action Ordered to work by cervical faction Clumsy path by upturned shell Pave the way for sense of smell Moist and warm it tumbles deeper Hurried past the great gate-keeper Bounding towards the bifurcation The object of my inspiration Turn the bend past keel alas Great tree presents with branch amass To diffuse in with little strife The building block of basic life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 And I've been thinking about it and sperm does fit many of the lines(Fallopian tubes= bifurcation, Cervix/cortical granules= gate-keeper, and of course diffusing into the egg) but not all of them... so I still want to give that credit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 I was originally trying to tie it down to a part of the body but felt it could have been many and some bits did not fit - then I went to a more obscure answer Anyway the point I want to make again is that is well ritten and makes a very good riddle. Further, it would be a great way of helping students to remember a particular chain of events/process. You may have a best seller/training method here - I am seeing possibilities .. We should have guessd MD (Medical Doctor - I thought you were Mentally Disturbed ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Wow! I got one Great riddle MDAri and loved the poem as well. (Thanks for the credit for sperm as well) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 My pleasure! thanks for playing. And I dont know if I can welcome you to the den because I myself am a "noob", but wellcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Wow, terriffic work! I actually got it right away, but I have a reasonable medical background. LIS is right about it being a great learning aid for that sort of thing. I can think of a few other systems that could use some poetic up-lifting. An "Ode to Digestion" for example? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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This is my first riddle and an excerpt from a poem that I am currently working on. Hope you guys like.
If you like, you can try and solve each line but there is a common theme:
Moist and warm it tumbles deeper
Hurried past the great gate-keeper
Bounding towards the bifurcation
The object of my inspiration
Turn the bend past keel alas
Great tree presents with branch amass
To diffuse in with little strife
The building block of basic life
Enjoy! and Happy Thanksgiving!
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