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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is definitely NOT required.
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
A scattering of hi-rez puzzle have shown up, but only a scattering. 5/1, skip a week with none, then 2 or 3 a week until the end of the month.
ReplyDeleteAnd, I don't get today's solution, either. A body-builder's pose might be called a stance, but that seems like pushing it, and the rest doesn't even bother pushing!
FLN: Misty ~ I didn't see your final post till now. I am bowled over by the warmth of your compliments. Thank you!
ReplyDelete"Good Fortune"
IN the centuries of western adventures
when bandits & pirates roamed the earth
calling themselves "explorers,"
they stashed booty holding great worth.
They made drawings to guide their return,
marked with major temples, pagodas, & shrines,
and stuffed these in their ponchos & tunics
(relying on the holy landmarks as signs),
Hence the "treasure maps" we happily sing,
happening on which would make us rich as a King.
~ OMK
Owen ~ I don't particularly like it either, but I think it makes sense. The word means an accident or coincidence, sometimes (rarely?) implying it is engineered to someone's advantage. Here the photographer may have slyly grabbed a sexy photo. That the guy was in a "stance" at the time adds to the word's appropriateness. Not great, but it adds up.
ReplyDelete~ OMK
"Kindness"
ReplyDeletePenny had a friend named Poncho
who in time became her honcho.
One day Penny's bank did crash
and she lost her entire stash.
She was quite unhappy, hence,
for being broke made her very tense.
But Poncho gave her a loan,
which made her feel less alone.
That he took such a helpful stance
gave her life a whole new chance
and filled her with a sense of romance.
And so, their life had a coda
when they married in a pagoda.
Years later a great gift she inherited
and she gave it to Poncho--who did merit it.
Misty ~ Your brief story has a nice arc that mine couldn't manage. Alas, there's not much to be said about treasure maps that doesn't require an epic length.
ReplyDeleteWhat's in a name?
Penny & Poncho benefited from your trust in a name. I thought "Pancho" was the correct spelling, so gave up thinking of him as a possible character. (I fondly recall Pancho, the Cisco Kid's funny sidekick.) But I see that "Poncho" can also be a name, so bow to the wealthy benefactor in your verse.
Coda and Pagoda make a neat rhyme, and I think it makes good sense to treat pagoda here as a final flip or afterthought.
~ OMK
Ol' Man Keith, I actually loved the way you worked the Jumble words into your "treasure map" verse. And yes, I did look up Poncho to make sure it was a legitimate first name, which helped a lot (since I could only think of "honcho" as a word to rhyme with it).
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for your lovely response to my "Proposal" message. I'll try to respond more later when I have a bit more time.