Cryptogram Poem: Third Stanza

Solve the cryptograms below to find the clues for fifteen words.  Solve each clue to find fifteen specific words.  Place the fifteen words in the proper spaces below to create the third stanza of a poem.  Check out the Ultimate Solutions Page for the solution when you think you have it. (All poems on this site are copyrighted by Phil McCrum.)

The ________ ___ was ______ ____
And _____ was _______ ____.
When from the ____-________ _____ the _____
______ _____ the _____ ____!

CLUES…

#01  Y uejt nlyn tomsjgzom uebtojpqdbomm ugnl aemndw nlo myao zqn pouoj donnojm.

#02  Gp weq yjo tgqjbyd, nlob weq yjo sebmgtojot nlgm nwfo ep fojmeb.

#03  Tywdgkln, tjoyam, ybt aybw tomgjom yjo yduywm tegbk nlgm — y peja ep uybgbk.

#04  Peet, ueaob, ybt syjm syb kon nlgm tomgkbyngeb.

#05  Gp weq yjo besnqjbyd, nlob weq yjo sebmgtojot nlgm nwfo ep fojmeb.

#06  Nlo zyjeaonoj, weqj lefom, ybt nlo rydqo ep gbromnaobnm yjo yduywm tegbk nlgm.

#07  Fdysom, ngaom, ybt cbescm syb zo nlgm.

#08  Weq syb kgro gn ne meaoebo odmo, ej weq syb mqjp gn.

#09  Ulyn weq syb zoseao gp weq kon syqkln gb y feqjgbk jygb ugnleqn fjenosngeb.

#10  Weq syb sdgaz nlomo ej weq syb tomsjgzo y mqssommpqd fyjnw qmgbk nlo myao uejt.

#11  Meaonlgbk qmot ugnl hyjm ne fjomojro hya.  Ydme sgjsqm fojpejaojm.

#12  Ulyn weq tgt nlo dymn ngao weq qmot nlo flebo.  Ulyn lyffobot yn y kyao ulob gn ken jygbot eqn.

#13  Gn’m nlo effemgno ep “zysc” ybt Myddw epnob teom gn.

#14  Gn’m meaongaom jopojjot ne ym nlo hyto ep nlo moy ybt dgmnot ugnl moag-fjosgeqm mnebom orob nleqkl gn gm bognloj.

#15  Y Sodngs feon epnob agmnjoynot gb aetojb jedo-fdywgbk kyaom.

July 19, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Games and Puzzles

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