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Secret seduction (Posted on 2005-11-07)

Find the hidden message in this odd bit of poetry.

Seduction, the lost art, springs from your own lust. A tamer ploy won't sprout a fire and lightly blaze a new address to unlocked, coy desires. Indeed, what hope is so couched, thus has love to every eye open. Unaided love's not seen, despite the depth of its colors. -- Anon

Submitted by Bob Smith

Rating: 3.8333 (6 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

I got the idea to try this after reading "The Rule of Four" by Caldwell and Thomason (hence the hint). FYI: It's a lot of work to bury a message this way.

Starting from the sequence "start" and ending at "end", take every 4th letter (ie. skip 3, take the 4th, repeat)
sprIngsFromYourOwnlU...

Final Message: If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done?

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Answer	K Sengupta	2022-05-07 23:24:44
re(3): I was curious, now I'm giving too much away. :)	Bob Smith	2005-11-15 14:06:58
re(2): I was curious, now I'm giving too much away. :)	Mindy Rodriguez	2005-11-11 00:48:47
Solution (Ian and Dustin gave it away)	Mindy Rodriguez	2005-11-11 00:28:08
re: I was curious, now I'm giving too much away. :)	Bob Smith	2005-11-10 16:03:41
re: I'm curious	John	2005-11-10 13:49:15
re: I'm curious	Vernon Lewis	2005-11-10 12:31:05
I'm curious	Bob Smith	2005-11-09 18:14:27
re(2): Perhaps it should have been rated harder	Bob Smith	2005-11-09 08:35:19
re: Perhaps it should have been rated harder	Mindy Rodriguez	2005-11-09 02:07:42
Another hint	Bob Smith	2005-11-08 22:27:51
Perhaps it should have been rated harder	Bob Smith	2005-11-08 12:05:10

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