| || occur, macaw, unlock, ruffle, "wreck" room.
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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.
Sue was the gal at our church who
ReplyDeleteAlways stayed out after curfew.
For the choir boys whom
She loaned her "rec" womb,
Sue faithfully fondled their virtue.
~ OMK
OMK, I don't think those boys had any virtue left but were certainly glad to fondle hers.
ReplyDeleteThe four J's were a snap and once I realized that the second word wasn't WORK I quickly grok'ed the riddle-solution.
Let's follow the 14 dwarves and hobbit exploration of the ruins of Thror's kingdom.
WC
It occured to Bilbo, Balin and finally to Thorin too
ReplyDeleteThat they best needs leave this wreck of a room
With flagons, bowls and broken drinking-horns all askew.
For Smaug might yet return and that would spell certain doom.
Bilbo was lost but Thorin was unruffled, for he knew
The way to the great hall of Thror that unlocked a view
Of a great arch carved in the days before the machinations
Of Smaug and his awesome power spelt dwarvish destruction.
WC
Bill met Jill online on Zoom,
ReplyDeleteAnd a romance began to bloom.
They met on his deck
Where he kissed her neck,
And soon ended up as her groom.
Years later their teenage son Beck
Turned their parlor into a wreck.
They gave him a broom
To clean up that room
Which earned him a thank-you check.
My macaw so ruffles my feathers.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I plan get-togethers,
He unlocks and then wrecks my room.
So my tiny shrewd saboteur
Sees to it they never occur,
And plunges me deep into gloom.
WHY DO I PUT UP WITH HIM?!!
BTW, no, I don't have a macaw. Lucky me!
ReplyDeleteSomehow I posted twice, re. Bilbo. I'll delete one of them.
ReplyDeleteWC
Ps, nice lick's from the ladies today. Did you catch how I got the bird in there?
Misty, your lil’ bitty ditty
ReplyDeleteWas just so darned sweet & pretty.
A nice surprise
For these old eyes…
‘Tis pity we’re not all so witty!
~ OMK
I see our Sandy is handy
ReplyDeleteDescribing her avian Arani*.
The bird was absurd,
Behav’d like a turd,
But her verse? Ah! quite the Jim-Dandy.
~ OMK
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* I'm told tales that she has a parrot
Are apparently all without merit.
Wilbur, I totally can't see where you got the bird in there. Pulleease tell me.
ReplyDeleteSandy see if you can spot it
ReplyDeleteOf
Of a great arch carved in the days before the machinations
Of Smaug and his awesome power spelt dwarvish destruction.
Anybody spot it?
Sandy can sure spin a l'ick
So to Misty, take your pick
Misty never gets ruffled
And Sandy won't be muffled
Out of both I sure got a kick
So too, Misty
DeleteThank you, Wilbur,
ReplyDeleteYou're never sappy,
And you always
Make us happy!
And you, Keith,
ReplyDeleteDeserve a wreath
For being sweet
And a daily treat.
Wilbur ~ The bird may be lurking within or between words, but I admit I don't see it.
ReplyDeleteAre you perhaps relying on the (American) pronunciation of "machinations" to get a (partial) phonetic echo of "macaw" in the 1st syllables?
~ OMK
I see "mac"hinations and much, much later I see "aw"esome. That's quite a separation, Wilbur. Too much for me to grasp it.
ReplyDelete"Macaw"-nitions is what I saw.
ReplyDeleteSorry, my writer's block just wasn't able to overcome that macaw-ber word today. But I'll try extra hard to get out two tomorrow. At the moment, I have a sparrow flying around from picture frame to picture frame here in my bedroom!
Oh, and marvelous rhyming by everyone today, most especially Sandy for incorporating all the Jumble words!
ReplyDeleteYes, mack-in-ations followed by "AWEsome. As Owen said not an easy fit
ReplyDeleteI guess Saturday will be known as poetry night (and day).
WC
And Sandy had her meter down,
ReplyDeleteWorthy of the laurel-crown.
~ OMK