I’m the part of the lock where a key you must use;
I perform many somersault feats to amuse;
I’m a glass with no stem that is perfect for booze;
And a codename for Bush, his security’s ruse.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m preparing French coffee; I’m benching a weight;
I can print my own money; I’m called Fourth Estate;
When they don’t want to talk and yet still you berate;
And a strategy basketball offenses hate.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a grass trimmed for putting; I’m hugging a tree;
I’m a party where some on the left might agree;
I’ve a lack of experience; jealous, I’ll be;
And I’ve heard it ain’t easy for frogs being me.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a cheer or salute used to welcome a chum;
I’m to flag down a cab with your hand or your thumb;
I’m to claim a home town as the place you are from;
And the pellets of ice that cold rain can become.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Dharam. See comments for answer… in anagram form!

I’m the mutual journey of body and soul;
I am simile chocolates, and metaphor bowl;
I’m a prison decree with no hope of parole;
And the breakfast that Mikey was one to extol.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a ghost apparition; I’m zeal for your school;
I am liquor distilled; the intent of a rule;
As an airline, a cheap way to fly somewhere cool;
Or to have a good outlook, like Paula Abdul.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a person who’s talking, so lend me your ear;
I preside over House legislation each year;
I can amplify music for others to hear;
And I promise a lecture when set to appear.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a building that’s good for a worshipping stop;
On a face, I’m a place for a thin muttonchop;
Philadelphia’s school that is one of the top;
And I sang of my dream: the good ship Lollipop.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I was on a retreat yesterday for the teacher training organization where I work. For one activity, we had to teach a skill we had to a colleague. My partner was our tech guru Evan O’Donnell, and instead of having him teach me something useful, we decided that I should teach him my method for writing riddles.

He then wrote one of his own (under extreme time pressure), and I was so impressed with how it turned out that I asked him if I could publish it here. Enjoy!

I’m a set of approaches with rules that are stern;
An aligned group of fishes, all swimming in turn;
Nirvana sings me for the money they earn;
Or I’m simply a building for students to learn.

Who am I?

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Asher. See comments for answer.

I’m a cartridge unloaded; a key that’s unfiled;
I’m a check with no limit; a face that’s just mild;
I am paper unblemished; in Scrabble, I’m wild;
And according to Locke, I’m the slate of a child.

I am a __________.

UPDATE: Riddle solved by Ms. Maddy. See comments for answer.