Puzzle 9
by Ari Nieh and Dave Savitt
sonnet by Ari Nieh

Every line of the sonnet contains a word (or two) indicating 
either a beginning or an end:

As from the FIRST I melancholy yearned
To drown the BOTTOM reaches of my pain
So thou, the SOURCE of all my troubles, spurned
What BIRTH of joy I sought in thy disdain.
The TERMINUS of love is like a flame,
Its DEATH brought swift by rainfall from afar.
Too soon I find the DAWN and its cold shame;
Our wounds precede the ONSET of thy star.
O untrue love, BEGINNING endless war!
Let thy harsh GENESIS be LEFT, and so
Away I fly, and seek CONCLUSION for
The storm whose END I sought so long ago.
Oft callous love doth PREFACE endless harm,
And cruel FINALE follows dearest charm.

From each line where the word indicates a beginning,
take the first letter; from each line where the word
indicates an end, take the last letter.  This spells
ANSWERTOOLROOM.  The answer is TOOLROOM.