He was born without a name
Left on a door step in Ohio
By his father Uther
King in Kinbote.
He was born without a name
Left on a door step in Ohio
By his father Uther
King in Kinbote.
Seated woman in meditation
Staring at a vase of flowers in front of her.
What happens next, Kinbote?
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
Hidden within these words posted here
Is a puzzle of elegant simplicity
Easy to solve with a little thought.
Though hard to find if one does not see
Each story gives a clue
Each word contains the code
Each character representing an idea
Seek and you will find not what you seek
Experience and you will find salvation.
Above the clouds I see the dark
Below the clouds I see the light
In between lies the birds.
How curious...Hidden within these words posted here
Is a puzzle of elegant simplicity
Easy to solve with a little thought.
Though hard to find if one does not see
Each story gives a clue
Each word contains the code
Each character representing an idea
Seek and you will find not what you seek
Experience and you will find salvation.
Beautifully written.Above the clouds I see the dark
Below the clouds I see the light
In between lies the birds.
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
Maddie serving as a refugee
On an alien space station
Light years away
Once a slave at the mercy Of the Orias witch.
Hints to the solution of the puzzle:
Kinbote is the name of Charles Kinbote, the protagonist of Nabokov's "Pale Fire". In archaic English it was a legal term sometimes spelled "cynbote", and referred to reparations paid to the people after their king was killed. In "Pale Fire", "Kinbote" may also have been an anagram for Botkin or Botkine. Benjamin Botkin was a U.S. folklorist, and Yevgeny Botkin was the court physician to the last Tsar. The flying monarchs referred to in the story might be butterflies, or kings (Charles Kinbote was either the deposed king of Zembla or a madman).
I'm not sure what this puzzle is hinting at (I just read it two minutes ago for the first time), but perhaps the hints I've offered here might help others solve it. Nabokov loved puzzles, and "Pale Fire" is one long puzzle (among other things).
Underneath the ground digging out
vast chasms lie the dwarfs of myth
in eternal struggle against
the mighty goblins borne from dark
demons out of the circus of hell.
I don’t want to be a legend.
I am just a person.
Unlucky, fawning over the length of the grass,
Kissing boys and girls, making momma squirm,
Holding back for more, sitting in the kitchen,
Sun on my feet, warming my insides.
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