Shakeepuddn Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Smoke is rising near at hand! A blaze is burning cross the land! Above the canyon, eye looks below, The heath on fire, see it glow! A heavy wind now feeds the flame But tender leaves are all to blame. From root to tip, once evergreen The firetrap commands esteem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Califorinia every summer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Smoke is rising near at hand! A blaze is burning cross the land! Above the canyon, eye looks below, The heath on fire, see it glow! A heavy wind now feeds the flame But tender leaves are all to blame. From root to tip, once evergreen The firetrap commands esteem. Haven't got it yet, but looks like a figurative version of bushfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Minor Rewrite for Style: Smoke is rising near at hand! A blaze is burning 'cross the land! Above the canyon, look below, The heath on fire, see it glow! A heavy wind now feeds the flame, The tender leaves are all to blame. From root to tip, once evergreen This firetrap commands esteem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Forest Fire? Wild Fire? My brain is smoking could it be me? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 cigarette? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 ... I'd say you heard the story about Rajul starting a fire in the lab. He was pretty green at the time. But my guess for the riddle is smoking a pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Plasmid torches it! Most pipe bowls are made of “heath,” also known as briar root, a small evergreen. The mouthpiece is called the tip. The tender leaves of tobacco are what cause the smoker to light up again and again. Pipes were (and still are) considered symbols of refinement and intelligence. Well done Plasmid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Smoke is rising near at hand!
A blaze is burning cross the land!
Above the canyon, eye looks below,
The heath on fire, see it glow!
A heavy wind now feeds the flame
But tender leaves are all to blame.
From root to tip, once evergreen
The firetrap commands esteem.
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