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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.
"Liv (ing at the end of) a Long Line"
ReplyDeleteRakat the Kazakh raised his goblet in the image of a toast.
"I fondly recall from my youth in the family villa,
how we all would celebrate at the behest of our host.
We'd raise our drinks (praying for relief from Scylla),
while honoring our descent from that glorious Hun, Atilla!"
~ OMK
Sammel, the last true Knight Templar
ReplyDeleteLives in his villa, north of modern Rome.
He had joined in times that were simpler,
It seemed an exciting way to leave home.
He'd fought at Jerusalem, Malta, and Crete.
He grew sick of the gory, but destiny chose.
Gained glory, as friends died at his feet.
He lived thru every battle, his image rose.
Crusades are done, Knights are at peace.
He's lived a long life in these idyllic hills.
He fondly loves a special relic of the East,
A Jerusalem goblet, used each day for his pills.
Two terrific poems to start our morning, with neat characters, Rakat and Sammel, fondly enjoying happy memories of the long life they lived. If we were there, we'd raise a goblet to this lovely image of their lives.
ReplyDeleteA real treat of a poem from Owen today!
ReplyDeleteAnyone whose birthday falls before '55 has just gotta love that ending!
~ OMK
"Happy Community"
ReplyDeleteVera lived in her villa
where she fed her pet gorilla
ice cream with vanilla.
He was her favorite pet
and after taking him to the vet
she gave him milk in her goblet.
The people in her village
appreciated his image
and awarded him a tin badge.
Vera fondly found him a wife
and the animals live without strife,
enjoying a long and happy life.
For Misty ~
ReplyDeleteVera and her gorilla
bring things up to date--
no longer lingering in the late
ends of history, not with thrilla
crusades or destructive huns
but in a tale so vanilla
it practically hums
with the goodness of chums!
~ OMK
OMK, thank you very much, I needed that
ReplyDeletesince my verses lately have been quite flat.
With your gentle comments so very kind
you improve the spirits of my mind,
making me feel less sorrow
with hopes for a better tomorrow.
(I admit I made my response verse deliberately worse
as an effort to ward off my poetry curse)
Confession time?
ReplyDeleteWhich did you make "deliberately worse"?
My sin today was laziness. I didn't mind how my verse came out, but I admit it was a backwards creation.
My first line was originally (and typically) in the first person, as "I raised my goblet..."
He only became "Rakat the Kazakh" after I could find no other "villa" rhymes for my tag-couplet than "Scylla" and, finally, "Atilla."
Once the Hun came into the picture, I had to use Google to find today's decendants of the Huns.
Then I had to Google favorite names for Kazakhs.
How on earth did Lord Byron manage w/o Google?
~ OMK
OMK The description of your process in creating the poem is so helpful and interesting because it mirrors my own, trying to find rhymes for the words at the same time as trying to create a narrative with some sort of a coherent and unifying theme. It makes me appreciate not only your writing process but the challenge of working your way through it. Thank you so much
ReplyDeleteSandy, fln, that was the second poem about Tiger. The prior one, Wednesday?, rhymed SANDAL with Scandal.
ReplyDeleteMisty, your latest have been solid B's with an occasional A-.
The Templars are one of my favorite subjects after reading Holy Blood, Holy Grail. Not to speak of my year long EPIC , Ivanhoe, featuring Sir Brian de Bois de Boulogne, the ill-fated Templar knight.
I had avail<Villa which left me short an L. I was sure of riddle-solution so finally spotted it.
WC
Yes, Wilbur, I read both the Tiger narratives, I do enjoy it when you continue a topic.
ReplyDeleteAnd the "scandal" and "sin" combo were exactly the reason I thought of the remark I made.
Wilbur, getting a B from you makes my day! Thank you!
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