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Ambrose Bierce was a snarky old writer.
ReplyDeleteVenting his wrath, he'd lunge like a tiger!
In newspaper columns, the satiric curmudgeon
Could wield his pen like a veritable bludgeon!
He defined his words with bile that was scary,
Then compiled them into The Devil's Dictionary !
The Civil War, of which he chanced to be a vet,
Is when and where much of his fiction was set.
A rough patch of his story is the lack of an ending.
To observe the Mexican Revolt he was intending.
He donned his poncho to ride with Pancho Villa!
Never heard from again, that ended his career!
This was nearly perfect!
DeleteIf only the last word had been "career-a"!
But maybe that's how you wanted it - to lack an ending... .?
A bit of prescience for me, since I wrote of failing crops and a pumpkin patch just yesterday!
ReplyDeleteLove all your comments, but I'm really eager to see the first posting from someone who's not from the Crossword Corner!
Sorry, Owen, I'm a Cornerite, but I have a busy day and hope I can still post early. Wonderful poem, thanks. I really struggled with the 3 item, and finally went on to solve the Jumble without it. Once I had the letters I needed for 3, I was able to solve it too. I guess Halloween is not far off, is it? Hope we still get our pumpkins.
ReplyDeleteNothing to be sorry about! I mean in addition to, not in place of!
DeleteContrary to today's solution, this J was a smooth field - from start to finish.
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PS. I think we need to talk it up more on the regular Corner...
I ran over to the J because I was stumped on the xword . And I ran right through this
ReplyDeletePutting the letters down in a different order helped with the solution.
I read yesterday's poem and comments. Solved the J late.
J poems ate great because of the flexibility . I'll have to research Mr Bierce. Familiar .
An author who's popular in here who I find very topical is Isaac Asimov . One has to decipher the"allegory" of course.
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Owen, you must know that I really enjoy trying to figure out the genesis of your themes. Today I'll take a chance and guess that it was the third clue word that started you thinking. Maybe? Really interesting poem, which led me to googling Bierce.
ReplyDeleteNo problems to speak of with the jumble, though that third word did take just a bit longer.
P.S. From what I've seen in supermarkets in the past, there's profit in tiny pumpkins. Maybe these farmers have hit on a new possibility!
You're probably right. I don't always know myself, but I did know the link between Bierce and Villa, and none of the others suggest any link with Bierce. I did have to check the spellings, but that wasn't until I got to the third verse.
DeleteThat phrase at the end of the second line beckoned me for a while, but only to a circus/zoo theme I'd already done just recently.
Thx. Glad you chose Bierce; I've learned more about him than I knew before.
DeleteP.S. I googled jumble in different ways, and the only way I could get this blog near the top of results was to use the words hints no spoilers.
DeleteIf we want non-Cornerites to know about it, somehow maybe change the name to mean the same but include other words as well. I have no idea how to do that.
Ol'Man Keith, I've also been wondering how we might get other cornerites to try the Jumbles and come to this site. I thought we weren't supposed to discuss Jumbles there, but maybe we could just invite others to join us here.
ReplyDeleteWill do. I'll post a link today and tomorrow and see if that helps...
ReplyDeleteWithout posting answers, it is difficult for the vast public to find you. It was googling an answer I did not find that led me to C.C., and I am sure many others. I think most of the Corner solves before going to the blog which after all is the bigeest puzzle spoiler of them all. Perhaps rethink your process, IMO. Best of luck. L714.
ReplyDeleteHi everybody. I enjoy the Jumble and I enjoy Owen's poems but... I do the Jumble online. I usually get it OK after some stumbling around. If not, I can get a first-letter hint (or more if needed) online. Posting personal stuff unrelated to the Jumble would probably be a duplicate of stuff I posted on the CW blog.
ReplyDeleteSo when I come here, if I can't discuss my solving process, I really don't know what I can contribute. On the Corner, the whole puzzle is open for discussion, Here, I'm at a loss as to how and what to contribute. So I think I find myself agreeing with Lemon.
Most seem to get by fairly well referring to #1, #2, etc. For example, I wanted accent for #3, but it didn't have a chance because it had a T instead of an H.
DeleteSome have shown great creativity in hinting at the answers w/o spelling them out. It is fun to see the lengths some folk go - sometimes rhyming the answers, sometimes using contradictory or opposite expressions ...
Delete~ OMK
Homophones can work, too. I've got one in tomorrow's poem.
DeleteSandy & Lemon: Look up SEO: Search Engine Optimization. It's a whole field devoted to how to get to the top of the google lists. Maybe you could help?
ReplyDeleteWould it be out of line to put a link to the Jumble blog on the Crossword Corner site? If it would be ok, it would possibly attract more CC users to the Jumble site and that would be a start.
DeleteI started reading about SEO, but it seems pretty complicated. One thought: since answers are provided eventually, could "answers" be included as a keyword, along with "no spoilers". That might get some more looks, and a conspicuous, but brief explanation at the top could keep some lookers interested.
Ok, I don't seem to be able to let it lie just yet. How about, e.g.,
Delete"You'll find answers to the clue words and the solution here after 5pm Central Time every day (is that right?)
But until then you can get hints and enjoy looking for all those words in some form or another in my poem, which I write to be interesting and fun. And others often include hints to search for in their posts; you can too."
Sandy, I put a couple of links to this site on today's Corner blog, but Owen thought that too intrusive. I do believe it is a simple way to help folk, but it didn't seem to be appreciated.
Delete~ OMK
Could somebody ask CC (I assume she's the official administrator) if it would be ok to post a link off to the side? No big deal, just a brief explanation?
DeleteOMK: it was appreciated! But 3 times? A bit of overkill? I desperately don't want CC to resent our intrusions!
DeleteAsking her to add us to the sidebar is a fine idea! I'll leave that to one of you, tho. I don't want this to be just my blog, but a group effort!
Words 1, 2, and 4 came easily. I had to study hard for word 3. I thought I had the first word of the sol. correct, but I had to replace the first letter which was the middle letter of the second word.
ReplyDeleteOne problem I find in coming to this blog every day is that I have to click on the date after arriving here.
ReplyDeleteUnless I bother to do that (scrolling down the right side to reach the "Blog Archive" dates) I can't access the day's entries.
The Crossword Corner doesn't have this two-stage requirement.
Is there a better link, a simpler way to reach the posting page directly?
~ OMK
I have this site and CC pinned, and just hit the "newer post" button under the comment box each day. CC also needs two clicks, since if I just go to the home site, I find the expo, but no comments.
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