| daisy, guild, bikini, auburn, "budding".|
| equate, trophy, clergy, amoeba, sunken, hinder, hung in the balance.The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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When Daisy was just at that age when womanhood begins.
The roses on her chest were budding, curves were filling in.
She began to notice boys.
An auburn-headed beauty, boys were drawn like flies.
What she wore was a bikini, to match her brimming size --
To trade dolls for human toys!
Rich men equate beauty with either face or form.
A trophy-wife to help with keeping winter evenings warm.
Daisy looked the warmest!
In the guildhalls of the tradesmen, prudence took its place.
Clergy in the churches were more concerned with grace.
Pious Daisy was the coolest!
Her faults were smaller than amoeba, no hindrance at all.
Suitors hung onto her, waiting for sweet words to fall.
She balanced each at whim.
She was like a precious treasure, sunken with the tide,
Waiting for her hero, to find the chest and open wide,
Rare gems he'd find within.
My apologies for only one poem today. I wrote the first verse and fit 4 of the fivers in, and didn't want to do a whole 'nother verse for just one word, so just continued on with two more verses for the sixers and rogue fiver.
With all the verses you create daily, no apology is ever necessary. As always, you integrated really disparate words into a coherent whole. Especially difficult with two sets of words to work in.
I thought the jumbles themselves were both quite easy, with one exception. In fact the solution to the j6 popped out at me even before I read the clue words -- pretty obvious common phrase. But then I looked at the clue words and the fourth one just would not come. All those pesky vowels again! When finally it did, of course it seemed so obvious; that's what you call V8 can time, isn't it?
But it was fun. I enjoy the jumbles a lot, and Sundays, with two of them, is especially enjoyable. On top of that, the bonus of Owen's ingenious poetry. To quote another "jumbleer", Woohoo!!
Your poems are indeed ingenious, Owen, deserving of another Woohoo!
The Jumble this morning was a total delight. I got all six words even when some of them looked pretty much impossible at first sight. And once I had all the letters, the solution just popped right in without any hesitation at all. A perfect Sunday morning Jumble! (Thank for the shout-out, Sandyanon. Your posts are my favorites!)
Jumbleer or Woohoo-er, "Everybody knows it's Misty" .
And like y'all the sixers came slowly so I went to the xword . And that last Cali city seems familiar. Eh? But is it Misty, OMK or Picard? Or???
I guessed the first word of the riddle then realized "BY" wouldn't fit but another two letter word popped right up .
I agree with Sandy, Owen needs no apologies
WC
I'm surprised no one mentioned the double-double-entendre in the penultimate line, echoing the more explicit second line.
Considering I wrote the first verse without considering the sixer words, it's amazing how easily I fit them in. Except for the microscopic one.
To tell the truth, I was just ignoring those. Yes, that second line was very explicit. I did note that you worked the microscopic word in with some difficulty, though successfully. Fifteen different words hidden in a single poem is no small feat.
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