[Roger Slater]

I've been doing the April "poem a day" and riddles are a good way to keep on pace. Here are some I've done over the last week (solutions are in white -- highlight near the end to find them):

RIDDLE

I have a kick, and yet no feet.
I'm good as new, and yet I'm shot.
I'm loaded, but I'm never drunk.
I am not food, but hit the spot. [gun]


RIDDLE

Your eyes are closed
but you can spy
a flock of eagles
in the sky

right beside you
as you soar
beyond the clouds . . . .
and as you snore.

You fell asleep,
but that's not all.
Thanks to me,
you fall and fall.

You fell asleep.
You closed your eyes.
But thanks to me,
you rise and rise. [a dream]


RIDDLE

I do not need my music.
With words, I could get by.
I do not need my lyrics.
Far more than words am I.

But may they both not fail me.
I could not bear the cost.
With either, I can find me.
With neither, I am lost. [a song]


RIDDLE

Except when I'm blinking
my eye remains closed
and yet in those moments
the world is exposed. [a camera]