| midst, munch, inward, bronco, inn-communicado.The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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In the midst of life there is much to munch on.
ReplyDeleteFood for the insides, and for the inward person.
That inner self we hide from ourself, incommunicado,
That un-reined self, wild as an untamed bronco.
We read, we talk, we listen, we grow.
We become more than just what we know.
Food turns into fat, and neurons in the brain.
Data turns to facts, and into our psyche drain.
Darwin started to explain how we came to be,
But no mortal can explain how I came to be me.
It is our lot to ponder why I cannot be you,
No matter how alike our meat or mental stew!
My mental stew has been simmering with exactly the same question lately, why our egos seem to be so firmly separated.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, however, I found this jumble solvable rather quickly one I spotted the most likely 3-letter prefix.
The remaining letters had nowhere else to go.
~ OMK
FLN. I agree on GETUP but I had the other three and the remaining letters were G and T .
ReplyDeleteI noticed the contradiction in the poem. Poor Chauncey and his "cutting" reminds me of Phillip who perfected eluding security cameras into an art form.
Am I the only one who INKs his XWs?
WC
WC ~
ReplyDeleteI too ink my Xwds, and I recall others posting they belong to the club.
Why?
No. 2 pencils don't seem to lay their graphite as smoothly as they once did. Dragging an aesthetically pleasing line requires more pressure than back in the Day & runs the risk of ripping through. A ballpoint glides easily & pleasantly.
And who wants to use an eraser? It should be called a smearer.
Just overwrite in ink. It makes a blotch, but so what?
~ OMK
Wonderful poem, Owen--many thanks! I had trouble getting #3 and #4 in the Jumble and so came to your poem for help. Couldn't believe that you managed to work all four words into your first stanza. Yay! Then I had to collect all those letters and figure out how they would form that long solution and Ta-dah! I got it! Took me a minute to add that extra letter to the first three, but found the cartoon and the solution a total delight! Much more fun than that strange and difficult crossword this morning.
ReplyDeleteClever poem, Owen, but the feature I enjoyed most was that misleading insertion of Darwin, because I was having trouble with a couple of the clue words and looked at the poem for help. I'd really be interested in knowing if Darwin was only there for his theory and the misleading aspect was just coincidence. (I am, as you may have guessed, fascinated by process.)
ReplyDeleteDid have a bit of trouble with the jumble solution, but once all the letters were there it became more available.
Misty, the CC is divided on the difficulty on the Friday . I found it easy but missed my Q, yesterday's I had a hard time but FIR .
ReplyDeleteI had CHUMP for #2 which confused me re. the obvious sol. I quickly saw that I was missing a C
OMK, I'll take it a step further and say there's an art to solving in pen. And further, with actual INK .
Another ART* is that of the overwrite as you mentioned . I guy composed a "slight monograph"** on altering letters.
Going further I'd like to think I could ink in guesses which would be more prone to the overwrite. Alas, that would be asking for the Overbeck*** of the overwrite.
WC
*We get it so often I CAP'ed it
** A favorite Sherlockian expression
***Obscure German 19th century artist
To use the code of today's CW, I found this EZ to solve after seeing the proliferation of N's and M's. And how nice to confirm all those words in your poem, Owen. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy solving in pencil because being somewhat OCD I can't abide the messiness of overwriting; erasing, if deftly done, can be quite neat.
Misty, I'm sorry you found today's crossword strange. I admit it was unusual but I found it an amusing change.
I'll chime in that I really liked the CW today. Took me awhile to see the theme, but it was a really fun Aha moment.
ReplyDeleteYes, Darwin was an on-purpose red herring. Also had INDRAW (as indrawing a breath) before hitting on INWARD. (It's after closing time.)
ReplyDeleteI also fixed on NON-COMMUNICADI or variations thereof. Where Oh where could I find one more O?
When I got all five of the words in the first paragraph (not my original intention) I thought about just submitting that (it was already past midnight). Then thought I'd play a little joke on you all by adding so much dross!
LOL
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