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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.
15 comments:
FLN, Wilbur ~ I did indeed get a kick outta your Joycean game yesterday.
Misty's blushes may be all the reward you need, but let me add my bit of praise, as I appreciated it as one of the cleverer verse constructs we have seen on the site. Bravo to you!
Today's installment:
"I'm Posing Guidelines"
I sometimes might get a little tipsy,
but I never leave a bar tab unpaid.
We consumers have ethical standards:
The last treat on the plate's the "old maid."
I use my napkin when extracting some gristle,
never slurp when I'm sipping my soup.
I always begin with my outside utensil,
and wash my hands whenever I poop.
(And I no longer have a yen
for Chicken Marmalade
since "Egg Noggin," my hen,
by the train tracks strayed.)
~ OMK
Fln, glad you'll appreciated it. Here's the ref(eg Who is Sherlock Holmes?)
In his introduction to the collected Sherlock Holmes stories, Christopher Morley quotes a passage in which Holmes and Watson are discussing Professor Moriarty. Watson says, "The famous scientific criminal, as famous among crooks as—" and Holmes interrupts, "My blushes, Watson." Watson replies, "I was about to say, as he is unknown to the public."(as a certain Wilbur Charles)
WC
Aha!
I had no idea your name appears in such distinguished company, Wilbur!
Or am I mis-reading your passage? I confess the paranthesis outside the end-quote is a bit confusing, and I wasn't able to find the article on my own.
My poem today started with the last parenthetical bit, with my sweet (fictitious) hen who, I should have noted, strayed "onto" the tracks, rather than merely "by" them.
Oops.
~ OMK
"Recovery"
Ginny was a bit of a gypsy,
cheerful, even when she was tipsy.
She was a well-known model by trade
but her gin left her often unpaid.
So to try to improve her noggin
she decided to take up jogging.
It was a good course she had chosen
which made her look fine and imposing.
Working hard with all her might,
her future began to look bright.
Her career soon reached a new height,
thanks to having now seen the light.
Thanks for your new verse, Misty!
Your Ginny took her fate in hand,
and jogging proved a healthy stand--
a way to keep her figure trim
and her heart full of vigor & vim!
As a runner (retired) myself, I got a special kick out of your rhyming "noggin" with "joggin'."
~ OMK
OMK, it was a treat
to learn you're so tidy and neat,
and that you pay off all your debts,
I imagine including all your bets.
And your eating, so polite,
gives no one any fright.
And take good care of your sweet hen,
by keeping her safe in her pen.
Dear Misty,
Sorry to report that I was a little too subtle in my description of Egg Noggin's final moments.
Sadly, the dear lil' hen not only strayed "by" the tracks, but right "on" the tracks and--yes!--just as the locomotive was using them.
Oh, No!!
And that's why I no longer eat chicken dishes.
The good news is that it is all fiction.
(But we authors must be true to our characters, no?)
~ OMK
Chet saw Lois as a mysterious femme fatale. A cute little gypsy.
He couldn't imagine how she might be a drunk or even a bit tipsy.
He couldn't shake the thought from his noggin:
Joy and bliss with this captivating Miss?
Mind boggl'in
Much like the unpaid bill or for that matter Step Eight
He knew in his heart there was work to do. Lois would have to wait.
WC
OMK, no Wilbur Charles AKA Me has no great public persona. Much like Moriarty whom Watson was referring. Re. The hen who somehow missed hearing the oncoming locomotive I offer this.
As I was motivating westerly towards Tampa I thought I'd take a short cut. I missed the "No through way" sign. It was just dusk, getting dark quick.
I came to a RR crossing. As I reached the tracks I looked to my right and there was a train bearing down. I gunned my little Fiat, the conductor pulled on his whistle frantically and I'm still around.
I recalled neighborhoods petitioning to have trains no longer signal when they passed little used Xings. I'd be curious as to whether said conductor suggested that signalling be resumed.
I'd guess I crossed about 3 seconds max ahead of that train which I'm guessing was AMTRAC.
WC
Wilbur ~
Very glad to know Chet resolved his Lois-fixation without a lot of needless Sturm und Drang.
A good thing too, I reckon, as he seems to have projected confused images onto her, imagining both a noir-type femme fatale AND a cutey-pie "little gypsy" in the same dame!
I know women can be complicated, but... Sheesh.
Your episode with the train was hair-raising to read. I had a little Fiat too & I would never have trusted mine to clear the tracks with ANY seconds to spare.
~ OMK
Love seeing how you work all the Jumble words into your verse, Wilbur--very, very clever!
Turns out that Chet is very sensible. I guess he has to be, for AA to work.
I wonder, are there many romances between AA fellow strugglers?
I forgot to add, Misty, that I liked how you rhymed "imposing." Just as with "noggin," you picked a word to rhyme which is perfect in conversation, even if it doesn't appear so on the page.
The way we elide our "ing" endings allows you to echo "chosen" with "imposin'"--just as you rhymed "noggin" with "joggin'."
Perfect!
I found "imposing" a tough one, even in my poem's title. I really didn't want to have it stand by itself--so early in the day, before closing time.
I finally gave up trying to do it as a single word!
~ OMK
OMK, it was gun it forward or try reverse. No time to think. As long as I didn't stall. Evacuating the vehicle was my 3rd choice.
I somehow skipped IMPOSING on my ditty. It was in my head but not typed in.
Sandy, there are many AA Couples. Patience is key. Suggestion: Don't marry the disease. He or she should have completed 12 Steps and be totally committed.
WC
Thank you for the kind words on my "imposing"--a toughie, for me too. But loved all your verses this morning.
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