Joe Wocoski

A visit to an Inn on top of a hill.
A view, a valley, a village, a pond.
Snow already covering the ground.
Snow falling steadily all around.
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We have all heard that Da Vinci created his own cryptograms. I thought you might enjoy some simple Da Vinci coded sonnets. For these simple Da Vinci codes, the very first line of one sonnet in this section reads:

Morf tseriaf serutaerc ew erised esaercni
From fairest creatures we desire increase
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In these number fumble tomfooleries the vowels of each word have been replaced with numbers. All you need to do is figure out which number equals which vowel, then write out the words between the printed sonnet lines, for example:

Wh8n f6rt7 w0nt8rs sh5ll b8s08g8 th7 br6w
When forty winters shall besiege thy brow
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The Single Tear Drop of Peace

What if all the tear drops, of all the world,
Were added together for only one year?
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As if searching for the ancient Holy Grail,

they drive up and down all the back roads
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At the bottom of each sonnet are nine scrambled words. All you need to do is unscramble each word then find and circle each word in the sonnet.

Sonnet # ____
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A deep blue sky with light wisps of clouds,
A sail raised high up on the mast,
The rush of water along port side,
Skimming across the lake in your sailboat.
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A gray mare standing beside
The snow covered wooden fence.
The fence along a country road
Icy and well traveled.
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Late at night maple butterflies hover
Over iridescent white flowers;
Spreading their love from one flower
To another, unseen by all.
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Be not afraid to admire Nature's beauty.
Or hold a dogwood flower.
All things must stop at some point in time,
And thus become an eternal moment, a still life.
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