March 2026 SOLC–Day 15
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I am a creature of habit and routine. I wake up, feed the cats, start my coffee and drink my orange juice while it brews. Soon, I’m sitting at my desk and writing. Every morning.
Eventually I yield to temptation and begin one of my favorite daily routines: playing NYT puzzle games. I always play Wordle first (I’m on a 214 day streak which adds a bit of stress to the fun!) and then share the results with two of my sisters. After that I’m onto Connections and then Spelling Bee, and now Crossplay, too. Wordle is my hands down favorite though.
Although I am a creature of habit and routine, I begin with a different word each day. I choose any word that catches my fancy. Maybe it matches the mood. Maybe it matches the weather. Often it just pops into my head. I do try to choose a word that has two vowels and no repeated consonants. I love how the letters and letter combinations lead you to a solution. Yesterday, I started with the word “waist”, for no particular reason. Here were my guesses:
Wordle guesses: waist, dream, alone, ankle
If you read my blog regularly, you know that after playing Wordle, I love to take all my gathered Wordle guesses and create a poem from them. I’ve shared many, many, many of these before.
Here’s my untitled, kind of weird poem from today’s guesses:
The last of the sand
trickles through the waist
of the hourglass
My dream shifts toward waking
and I’m alone on the beach
the waves licking
at my ankles
If you’re a Wordle fan, I encourage you to give this a try. It’s a lot of fun!
Nix the comfort zone 
Well, that’s something to try. You’re way more adventurous with your wordle play. I’m on a more modest streak (74 days), and I play the same first word (stare), ever since my first first word (least) came up as my first bullseye. Now, though, I may have to try the poem idea. Today I have 5 words to use. I was nervous that the Ides of March would end my streak.
Also, Happy Birthday to Maine today. I don’t know if you read Heather Cox Richardson. She’s part of my morning routine. She had a nice Mainer entry today. https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-14-2026?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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I do get HCR’s e-mails but often don’t manage to read them. She’s an amazing person. This was a great read and I probably would have missed it, so thanks for sharing the link. I’d love to know if you try Wordle poems–maybe a slice later this month? (To be honest, I was scrambling a bit this morning!)
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As a fellow NYTimes puzzler/gamer, I love your streak and poetry! Unlike you, I start with the same word every day. Now you got me thinking!
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I love Wordle, and I really enjoy choosing a new word each day.
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It never occurred to me to turn my Wordle guesses into a poem; but now that you’ve suggested it, I’m going to give it a try. I really enjoyed this slice.
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It’s addictive! I hope you enjoy the experience.
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Oh my goodness. So many friends begin Wordle with the same word, but like you…it’s my word of fancy or inspiration for the day to begin the puzzle. I really need to try your idea of writing a poem with my guesses. love your idea! 🙂
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I did a little searching on my blog and realized the idea originated with Buffy Silverman. I can’t take credit!
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I do Wordle most days and I love this idea of creating a poem of your guesses! Genius!
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I’m pretty sure it’s Buffy Silverman’s genius! It’s something I do a lot and sometimes I can create some really interesting poems, or it leads me to a new idea. I love using word collections/pools as prompts!
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I had so much fun writing my own tonight!
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I’m so glad you tried it! Off to read your slice!
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I struggled so much to find a topic for today’s slice. I should have just played Wordle! You are a master at using the words in a poem. I’m lucky if I can get to the correct word.
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lol I struggled today as well which is why I went with Wordle. I was trying to hold it in reserve for conference week! Ack!
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I also Wordle, but it’s the last thing I do before heading to bed so haven’t thought about collecting the words for a poem. I love that idea of the “waist of an hourglass”–word play is so much fun!
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I love writing from a group of random words because it does nudge me to think of things in new ways. Also, aren’t you worried someone may spill the Wordle beans during your day!?
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I’ve been pretty lucky—guess I’m not around morning wordlers! (I appreciate that your words were from the day before!)
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That is definitely a deliberate choice!
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OK. thanks for always inviting us to write poetry! Like Kim, I love the sand trickling through “the waist of the hourglass, along with the other /k/ words in your poem: waking, licking, ankles.
I read your post, and then played Wordle. My guesses were music, lover, ready and the WORDLE WORD. Fun activity. I’ve read some of your other Wordle poems. I’m sure I’ll be doing it more often. I was just watching the Academy Awards and was so impressed with the orchestra, so I wrote this poem with my words:
Lovers of music
gifted to play
Orchestra ready for performing
Orchestra of the highest grade
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I’m so glad you played along!
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How fun to read about your routine. I am impressed that you take your guesses and turn them into poems! I really enjoyed this one, dream shifting towards waking, waves licking at your ankles….
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I love how word pools nudge me to think of different ways to combine and use words.
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