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Image from the Internet.
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.
FLN ~ I must trust your witness, Misty. I wish I had known the gentleman, as he would surely have expanded my limited horizons.
ReplyDeleteI had better stick to my anthropomorphized junk cars and cash machines.
As for my J4s (Easter edition) - Rhyme or prose?
~ OMK
I hope this curt offering is not too obscure. It touches all the bases for me, but it is always for the reader to decide.
ReplyDelete"Nearly Fair?"
Our dad and stepmom
enjoyed their river cabin.
Mom's canary sang.
~ OMK
"Separation"
ReplyDeleteMary had a canary
that she shared with Barry and Larry.
They all lived in a cabin,
safe from nabbing and stabbing.
But their cabin was by a river
that was cold, and made them shiver.
The boys felt staying there was unfair,
but Mary didn't care.
So the guys got a new place near-by,
and Mary waved them "Good-by."
Thank you for your kind response, Ol' Man Keith, and I loved the way you worked the Jumble words into your crisp verse.
ReplyDeleteHmm.
ReplyDeleteCool rhyming, Misty. I like the internal stuff ("nabbing and stabbing").
Is the Mary, Larry, and Barry scenario a revision of some ancient Greek original? The names are changed, but could Mary be a stand-in for Clytemnestra?
Barry would be either Agamemnon or Aegisthus, or vice versa with Larry.
Nah, I'm over-thinking it!
Mary is Medea, and the Canary is the Golden Fleece.
(The color is right.)
~ OMK
Ah, I wish I had your legendary, mythical, and historical memory, Ol' Man Keith--what wonderful poetry I could then write!
ReplyDeleteBut as it is, Mary, Barry, and Larry are just a couple of poor siblings who can only afford some crummy cabins near a river, where they're doing their best to stay warm in cold weather. I don't even want to think about their future--it just makes me sad. I just hope Mary's canary survives, with his feathers (his fleece?) keeping him warm.
The fruits of his reckless riddling would usher in
ReplyDeleteFire and brimstone on the Laketown men.
He'd just had to overdo it. He'd got away
So Smaug transferred his rage to they
Who'd helped the Hobbit. What would betoke
Bard and his kin and the kindly townfolk.
He thought of young Tommy and sister Mary
His teddy bear and her beloved pet canary.
WC
A replay but it's the stuff Sandy liked
DeleteOk, I can't leave you hanging
ReplyDeleteThe shine of Smaug's armor glistened as he neared
Alarm bells rang , it was what Bard had always feared
He'd have a hefty chore defending the beleaguered town
Those not incinerated would most likely drown.
An infinite shower of arrows proved to no avail
Those that hit their target merely bounced off the serpent's mail
Dragon strength and feline cunning had come to comprise
The futility of struggle and Laketown's certain demise.
Bard was down to the black arrow he mustn't rush
When a voice was heard, could it be that thrush
"Aim under the left breast, Bard and send it flying through"
Strange advice, strange source but somehow sounding true
And there was Smaug in all his glory and his pride
And there was the target and the noble Bowman let it ride
Yes the humble Hobbit had devined the fatal flaw
The bolt flew straight and thus it was the dragon's last hurrah.
WC
I like Hobbit stories, Wilbur, and glad Smaug is defeated. Am sad to think Ivanhoe is done.
ReplyDeleteThought I'd let you see what Sunday's color picture was like, compared to today's. Sunday pictures have been like that for weeks. Whoever the weekend colorist is, they've been erasing outlines, so white, flesh-tones, and yellow all blend into each other.
ReplyDeleteWow, Wilbur--terrific epic poetry, wow! What a great gift to start our week! Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteGood to see you back, Wilbur. I wish I were more up on the Hobbit, but I gather that Smaug was not just any old dragon but a nasty one and deserving of that heart-true shot!
ReplyDelete~ OMK
Owen ~ The coloring on that Rockwell cartoon seems really washed out. I can't imagine it was truly the artist's choice.
ReplyDeleteMight not something have gone awry in the processing?
~ OMK