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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.
Our family collects & studies antique Victorian art frames. Each of my siblings and I are assigned specific European sources--to keep up with their market value.
ReplyDeleteMy version of this is...
Gleaning France:"
Our linen closet
hoards gold leaf frames that boggle
imagination.
~ OMK
"Lame Game"
ReplyDeleteGloria gave the fellow a glance,
wondering if there was a chance
they might kindle a new romance.
She offered a welcome greeting,
and set up a social meeting.
She searched her closet for a nice dress
but in the end had to confess
that all her linen was a mess.
Their new date was a bit of a game
with many questions to frame,
and the results, for both, were the same.
A romance was not at all heating,
to say it was, would just be cheating.
No, they both knew it was only fleeting.
So, Gloria continues to boggle
other dates that she hopes won't joggle
her chance at a new romance
with that handsome fellow from France.
Sadly, Gloria's fleeting game
ReplyDeleteturned out, for both, the same:
...lame.
But she was handled with finesse, Misty.
I like your mix of triplets and couplets, especially how it breaks the natural monotony of couplets alone. And you're getting to be the master at running the sense beyond each couplet's latter rhyme. A neat example is your last stanza--two couplets making a single sentence.
Brava!
~ OMK
I can't believe you managed to work all Jumble words into a three-line verse with only ten letters! Amazing! And thank you for your helpful comments on mine, as well, Ol' Man Keith. As you can see, they are beginning to help me experiment a little more these days.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Misty!
ReplyDeleteI actually got all four J-words in my first 2 lines.
The title is an "almost-Spooner," reversing the opening phonemes of the J-solution.
And it wasn't the total of ten words that counted, but 17 syllables. Haiku restricts the syllable count--three lines at 5/7/5.
~ OMK