| || ditto, event, bought, cement, be counted on.
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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.
"Counting my Favors"
ReplyDeleteI bought ditto paper to duplicate
press releases to advertise the event.
I figured the impression that these make
would win the sponsors to me and cement
their fondness for me with a good favor,
maybe wiping the memory of my evil labor.
~ OMK
"Brothers"
ReplyDeleteHarry was a pretty smart kiddo,
Brother Larry's smarts were ditto.
The brothers fought
and had to be taught
how to friendship cement
and quarrels prevent.
So they planned an event
where neat games they'd invent.
Soon a gadget they mounted
and big money they counted.
Now they're all grown up
and ready to own up
to no longer tarry,
but find girls they can marry.
A good outcome for Harry and Larry.
I hope readers remember "ditto paper."
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a grad student at SF State, I was assigned duties as the press assistant for the arts dept. I could type up quickie news releases on those purple-ink sheets.
These were handy when there wasn't time to prepare more formal mimeograph copies.
Both formats would smear, but mimeo looked a little more like printing.
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Misty ~ Your verse has a neat momentum and more detail than mine. I sometimes lose specificity when I practice economy.
I like the challenge of using fewer iiiwords, but...
I notice you left out the "ought" word. Were you going for my old trick of just using rhymes, or was there another reason?
~ OMK
Many thanks for the kind comments, Ol' Man Keith,, and for pointing out my error in omitting 'bought.' I initially had "The brothers fought/ and had to be taught, how peace could be bought, how to friendship cement and quarrels prevent." But I got off-track, somehow.
ReplyDeleteBut I love your brief poems which always have a lot of complexity. I don't think I could do that even if I adopted a different rhyming method.
Now looking forward to Wilbur's contribution, Sandy's comments, and, if we're lucky, Owen dropping by and even giving us a verse!