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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.
Wow! A pun that contradicts itself. Kind of ingenious.
ReplyDeleteFLN, Wilbur ~ A coupla things:
ReplyDeleteFirst, thanks for the complimentary comment re. Ezra.
Second, nice to continue on with Lois & Laurel.
It may seem strange, but my main takeaway was Laurel's not-so-subtle jingling of pocket change.
Not too fond of listening just to make somebody feel good, I gather...?
Today's Jumble:
"B' Gosh!"
The envoy's tone was cocky & bright.
In the hollow of his palm he had a globe
to show he held the world so tight.
His arm slashed down as if to probe
a way to coin a new gestural trope:
"Over all the earth," he seemed to say,
"Our mighty nation holds powerful sway."
~ OMK
See, OMK, I thought that Laurel was being helpful by jingling the coins, and that it may even have been a tactic agreed upon by her and Lois ahead of time. Possible, yes?
ReplyDelete"Improbable Story"
ReplyDeleteRoy wanted to be an envoy,
a job he was sure he'd enjoy.
But before he had time to deploy
something happened that did him annoy.
He learned that the job would slash
his salary, and he'd have little cash.
His ambition soon appeared hollow
with little success to follow.
The promise of becoming posh
turned out to be just hogwash.
So he turned down the offer of the job,
a loss that did not make him sob.
He decided he'd instead start to write
short stories, and to his delight
he got published, and he reached a new height,
and his future is now very bright.
Misty ~ Glad to see Roy found his feet as an author. He may find it a posher future than his original aim to be a diplomat.
ReplyDeleteIt's doubtful anyway that he'd have been much of a success as an envoy if his goal was to make money.
Sincerity--or at least a convincing display of such--seems to be what's needed in diplomacy, an occupation hardly noted for raking in the bucks.
Not that writing is a great cash machine, but at least you're your own boss.
Good job covering all of today's words! They seemed to be a disparate lot...
Much appreciated the stanza breaks, and especially your enjambment in stanzas 2 and 4!
~ OMK
Dentist appointment, so on my way. Thank you for all your kind comments, OMK. I'll comment on your delightful verse later.
ReplyDeleteSandy ~ I can see how you interpret it differently.
ReplyDeleteWhichever version was meant by Wilbur, isn't it interesting how we can read it in almost opposite ways?
The popular way of resolving such diverse responses is to ask the author. But that caters to the "intentional fallacy," so we must let the poem stand on its own.
BTW, I thought your comment on today's solution was right on the mark.
Its two meanings seem to cancel themselves out, b'Gosh!
~ OMK
Tough dentist visit at noon, with no feeling in my upper lip all afternoon. Finally getting slowly better, so I hope I can eat a little supper at 7.
ReplyDeleteI'm always amazed how you work all Jumble words and solution into you tight and classy verses, OMK, and the one this morning was especially clever. I can actually picture the envoy holding that globe in his hand while he gives his patriotic lecture. Great job!
Thank you, Misty, for taking time to respond to my little verse--especially after your unpleasant dental ordeal today. I appreciate your thoughts & glad you could "see" my global gesture.
ReplyDeleteIn my note to you I called today's words "disparate." I found them tough to work into the same place & time.
I wrote my first line right away, although I had to go back several times to revise the first of the two adjectives I used to describe the envoy's "tone."
I hadn't any notion where to go with the envoy's charge, his mission. It was a real mystery.
But I imagined myself as an actor in an improv situation. "Hollow" made me think of my hand, so I made myself guess what I might be palming--and just took it from there.
~ OMK
Yes, the Jumble words have a pretty considerable effect on the topics and moods of our verses. Often when I want to write a happy poem, words like "slash" and "hollow" make you hesitate--although "bright" was a help this morning. So I really appreciate your explanation of your process in figuring out how to direct the verse this morning.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, OMK, and I'll hope for a "bright"er day tomorrow for both of us.
Sorry so late. Here's background on AA Speaker meetings
ReplyDeleteI had mentioned earlier the "cough". Another signal from wayback was the jingling of coins. All of that traditionally treated in good fun.
Re. Guest. Chet, Lois and their sponsors travel to another group to speak. Hence guests. Time is a factor to be respected - meetings like to start and end on time.
Nice work from OMK and Misty today.
WC
Interesting, Wilbur. So Laurel was being helpful?
ReplyDeleteI wasn't paying enough attention, I guess, or I would have realized they'd gone to a different group.
Thanks.