Looking at the poem instead of a map

[kaotkbliss]

Fenn's response to this remark got me thinking, what if I've been going about this all wrong. What if instead of looking for places on a map that each clue describes, I look in the poem itself?
Here's the comment and Fenn's response:
"Hi Fenn,



I’ve read your wonderful books and they didn’t help me one iota.

The poem with your precious 9 clues is ambiguous, which means absolutely worthless in my opinion.

I don’t think the bronze box can be found using the information that is currently available.

I have arm chaired this thing to death. Why don’t you give me something I can chew on?



Thanks for nothing, Outta Here





Well Mr. Outta There, I will give you something to chomp on.

Stop arm chairing that thing to death and get out in the trees where the “box” is, but before you go, look at the poem as if it were a map,

because it is, and like any other map, it will show you where to go if you follow its directions. f"

What if, what we are supposed to do is follow the directions in the poem... on the poem. For example, the first clue: "Begin it where warm waters halt"
So we circle the "s" in waters since that's where "warm waters" stops.
We then draw a line downward between the words as we "take it in the canyon down" and place another circle below the "B" in Brown (Since the B is the home, or start of Brown)

and continue through the 9 clues.

Finally, we take our map we've drawn and find locations/rivers/roads in the search state that match up with our circles and lines?

[davebakedpotato]

Jan 17, 2020 22:52:46 GMT -5 kaotkbliss said:

Fenn's response to this remark got me thinking, what if I've been going about this all wrong. What if instead of looking for places on a map that each clue describes, I look in the poem itself?
Here's the comment and Fenn's response:
"Hi Fenn,



I’ve read your wonderful books and they didn’t help me one iota.

The poem with your precious 9 clues is ambiguous, which means absolutely worthless in my opinion.

I don’t think the bronze box can be found using the information that is currently available.

I have arm chaired this thing to death. Why don’t you give me something I can chew on?



Thanks for nothing, Outta Here





Well Mr. Outta There, I will give you something to chomp on.

Stop arm chairing that thing to death and get out in the trees where the “box” is, but before you go, look at the poem as if it were a map,

because it is, and like any other map, it will show you where to go if you follow its directions. f"

What if, what we are supposed to do is follow the directions in the poem... on the poem. For example, the first clue: "Begin it where warm waters halt"
So we circle the "s" in waters since that's where "warm waters" stops.
We then draw a line downward between the words as we "take it in the canyon down" and place another circle below the "B" in Brown (Since the B is the home, or start of Brown)

and continue through the 9 clues.

Finally, we take our map we've drawn and find locations/rivers/roads in the search state that match up with our circles and lines?

Great piece of lateral thinking, well described. I don't think the poem works like this personally as there's a few things Forrest has said that doesn't stack up to it, but who knows...