| outdo, extol, butler, bother, tooter tutor. |
| clunky, divide, bemoan, coerce, geyser, follow, day of "wreckoning".
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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed!
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
The architect turned car designer created a Victorian limo, then, for the less ostentatious, he designed a Tudor two-door.
ReplyDeleteRegarding OMK's rhymes, ladies discuss if metathesis describes them, and gentlemen discuss cant. And if you find a better word for them, bring that out, too.
I'm still working on poems.
I often use metathesis, but rarely think of it--as it is such an automatic adjustment when trying to rhyme as many of the source syllables as possible.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I get how cant applies here. I suppose I sometimes may use jargon or slang--is that it?
~ OMK
The butler was a master of butling,
ReplyDeleteAnd he would tutor interns in the trade.
It was a bother, he oft was unsettling
With "You rang?", when by a tootle he was bade.
It was easy to extol his fine butles
It was a part for which he had been made!
He could outdo any butler who bustled
Busily about, and butled like a knave!
The marvel of the mountains is majestic
ReplyDeleteWhere the Rockies straddle the great divide!
The Sangre de Cristos are fantastic,
And the Tetons have the geysers by their side!
Some bemoaned this great wall of a border
Between the plains and the Pacific coast
The need for passes to cross thru in order,
From clunky wagons to the highways we now boast!
We had to coerce the mountains to allow us
To follow routes for steel rails, then concrete.
We had to reckon with blizzards and snow dust
Which daily would wreck what we strove to complete.
Many of us aim for art but overshoot the mark. Today's two poems show our Owen to be not a fool of poetastery, but a true master of poetry.
ReplyDeleteBy depressing contrast, a highway patrol sniper recently missed his target, a thief, but felled instead a nearby topless waitress. He'll be known henceforth not for hitting the looter, but as Trooper Hooter-Shooter .
Will he use his time while suspended from active duty to perfect his gaming skills? It's said he's found a new way to check a king!
~ OMK
J4 was easy; and it had a real "groaner" pun.
ReplyDeleteJ6 gave me trouble. Got the clues, but ashamed to admit I looked up the long word in the solution. I appreciated the pun when I saw it.
Especially enjoyed the second, j6, poem, Owen. You do have a facility for bringing your themes to life, and I could feel the mountain barriers as I read. Thanks.
P.S. Call me unsophisticated, but I Just think of OMK's creations as rhymes. Or almost rhymes.
ReplyDeleteSo happy to see Owen's poems this morning, and you helped me get the fourth and fifth words, which I should have gotten but glad to have help. But the solution stumped me, and I finally also had to look it up. Feel sorry for the poor father. I drive a 2004 Toyota Subaru and would not like to see it, well, you know, w_ _ _ _ ed. Love your rhymes, Ol'Man Keith.
ReplyDeleteI slogged through the 6J's and had a typo on #1 which left me without a K. I really thought I had the Riddle-Solution but the letters weren't there (but they were ).
ReplyDeleteI only do the J6 on Sunday and after the CC. #3 and #5 gave me trouble.
Majestic poem by Owen. I had all A's at the CC yesterday and this was A+
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WC
Thank you, Sandy. That's all I ever claim them to be. Except on the rare occasion when they are also spoonerisms.
ReplyDelete~ OMK
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ReplyDeleteIf you work the puzzle online at Shockwave (and probably Uclick or others that use the same interface) the solution to the riddle will NOT register as correct. I found the reason to be hilarious! More tomorrow.
Ut-oh!
ReplyDelete1:45 AM PST & no posting yet for Dec. 9....
~ OMK