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Ian T. James
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Dad, Granddad, socialist and musician.
I’m a proud Burnley FC supporter and love watching tennis.
Today as another week begins
I look back at the week gone by
Not dwelling on my many sins
But with a critical eye
Now I step forward
And start again
With words on paper
Or rather on screen
Perhaps this week
Good results will be seen.

Have a good one

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January 19, 2026 at 12:35 AM
An odd word today
I thought I'd lost my way
But a guess on line four
Led to a winning score
It might only be a five
But it kept my
run alive.

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January 18, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Saturday morning,
Lying in bed
Filtering thoughts
That slip through my head
Decide to finish my Wordle
I got stuck last night
Funny how
When you look again
You somehow
Get it right...

Good luck fellow Wordlers

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January 17, 2026 at 7:38 AM
FRIDAY HAIKU

The latest rantings
Sound more and more demented
Like a man possessed

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January 16, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Is anything perfect?
Perhaps, I don't know
And if it was once
Does it remain so?
Cohen sang;
There's a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
The broken vase
Repaired with gold
Is still a precious thing
Perfect with its
Imperfections.

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January 15, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I've run out of words
To describe the World today
So I'll just say
Stay safe
Keep calm
And carry on.

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January 14, 2026 at 1:08 AM
TUESDAY HAIKU

The general rule
No matter how well you plan
It takes much longer

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January 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Well waddaya know
And dipsy-doo,
Just gone midnight
And I've wordled in two.

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January 12, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Always happy with a four,
Good sound logic makes this score.

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January 11, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I look at the killing
Of a woman,a mother
A man out of control
With his face all covered
I watch with alarm
At the cover up
The lies
And they tell us
What we see with own eyes
Is not real
Is not true
Is this the land of the free?
It doesnt seem that way to me.

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January 10, 2026 at 12:20 AM
FRIDAY HAIKU

What changeable times
The World moves at such a pace
I cannot keep up

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January 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Reposted by Ian T. James
Make this go viral.

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January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
A straightforward Wordle today,
The letters all pointed one way.
It was easy for me,
To guess it in three.
It's nice when it happens that way.

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January 8, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Gave up on this last night
I could not find the way
When I awoke and looked again
At the start of the new day
I moved some letters in my mind
And "a great light dawned"
As my mother used to say...

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January 7, 2026 at 8:09 AM
TUESDAY HAIKU

Awaken early
Watch the day dawn bright and cold
Weak midwinter Sun

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Tricky today, wasn't sure my line 4 was a word but it led to the answer.
January 6, 2026 at 7:03 AM
So finally we have some snow
It looks so white and clean
Until I have to walk on it
And find it wet and slippy
So I'll move with care
In the morning
I don't want a broken hippy.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM
A Sunday morning Wordle,
Is a simple joy for me.
All the better
If I finish with a two or with a three.
But failing that
I get some pleasure
Like today, as can be seen.
If I finish with a four
And my choices are all green.

Happy Sunday fellow Wordlers 😊

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January 4, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Do we feel the cold
More
As we get old?
Or do we get nesh
And more soft?
I do know this,
In winter weather,
I don't venture out
As oft.

Stay warm today fellow winter Wordlers.

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January 3, 2026 at 8:38 AM
NEW YEAR HAIKU

A New Year begins
Holidays will slip away
The days move forward

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January 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM
2026
A new page, a new year
Loves to love
Fears to fear.

I wrote these words
A long time ago
My New Years Poem
Of yesteryear.
One thing I've learned,
In this I'm clear.
It's better to love,
Than live in fear.
This should be our goal
As we start the new year.

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January 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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Somedays the letters just fall into the right place...

Happy New Year to Wordlers everywhere.😊
December 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
CLASSIC LIMERICK

There was a young lady from Hyde,
Who ate some bad apples and died.
The apples femented
Inside the lamented
And made Cider, inside her insides.

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December 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
So, "betwixtmas" is the in word
Even though it sounds absurd
The days between
Christmas cheer
And the New year
Do we need it?
I don't care
I get confused enough
With holiday dates
I mean, when is Easter?
It's down to fate
Or so it seems
I'll just wait for the memes..

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December 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Went to the match
On a cold Saturday
My team played quite well,
Though it didn't go our way.
We didn't lose tho',
But neither did they.
We had sixteen shots
That all went astray
So the match I saw
Was a nil-nil draw.

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December 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM