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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.
No cat can run a kiosk,
ReplyDeleteNot mall nor anywhere!
No cat can be that piousk
To a mercantile affair!
He'd fight with his supplier,
His custom would despair!
Large boxes he'd require,
So his cousins could sit there!
He'd not deal in filthy lucre,
He'd keep a clean kiosk!
Whatever things he sold there
Were things that he'd kick off!
My cousin's highest-spending customer is a not-very-bright fan of Sacramento's basketball team, who happens to be a millionaire.
ReplyDeleteShe knows him as the ...
"Thick Kings' Toff"
My cousin fights the bluenose squad,
on her journey to riches from rags.
She owns & runs a porno kiosk,
hawking quaint toy tricks & the filthiest mags.
~ OMK
"Reparation"
ReplyDeleteThe knight was caught in a plight
and keen to avoid a fight.
A lot of rumors were buzzing
about his favorite cousin
who owed the king some cash
for kiosk tickets he let crash.
His cousin did feel guilty
though his deed was not really filthy,
and so he kicked things off
in a way that would save him much scoff.
He did so by inviting the King
to bring his wife to the opera to sing,
something he had his friends arrange
and it created a fortunate change.
The Knight sat in the same wing
as the King, whose applause did ring
forgiveness for his cousin
which was a very good thing.
Owen ~
ReplyDeleteMy imagination tries
but flails & fails
to make "piousk" work.
Is it a simple disguise
for a descriptor that nails
a common feline quirk?
Or am I overthinking just
a typo--no big fuss?
BTW, I wonder where Ms. Misty's gone.
Maybe she's enjoying a well earned day--not On.
~ OMK
Whoops!
ReplyDeleteI wrote too soon.
She's here, and well before noon.
Good to see her back
--with a cast of regal character!
(They do nothing to disparage her.)
~ OMK
Many thanks for missing me, Ol' Man Keith.
ReplyDeleteI once again checked your brief poem, and once again, there they all were: all four Jumble words and Jumble solution. Brilliant as always.
Owen, my two favorite moments in your poem came when 'filthy lucre' appeared above 'clean kiosk'. Very clever.
Misty ~
ReplyDeleteThat "regal" cast puzzled me for a bit. I wasn't sure if it was the knight or the cousin who did the inviting.
I get that the knight wanted to help his wayward cousin, either by arranging for the king's consort to sing at an opera (while crediting his cousin), or to help an operatic occasion (arranged by the cousin) by gracing it with his (the knight's) presence.
I liked several rhymes, esp. cousin/buzzing and filthy/guilty (guess I have a thing for "near" rhymes).
Ah, here it is: I attribute my confusion to the "he" pronoun in the third line, second stanza.
~ OMK
Thank you so much, OMK, for working your way through my (not very clear) verse story and getting it. Much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteNo, wait!
ReplyDeleteI DIDN'T get it, Misty.
I mean, yes, I spotted where the confusion was, but I still can't say WHO (the knight or the cousin) arranged for the opera.
You begin the 2nd stanza with "His cousin...," referring to BOTH the knight AND the cousin, so which one is the "he" 3rd line, 2nd stanza?!
~ Still PZL'd
He'd been away for awhile and the cousins had grown up
ReplyDeleteBarbara was attractive, he couldn't kick but he had to own up
That Christie got his heart aquiver. Both were out of bounds
So to get his mind off of things he headed for the other side of town
He knew of a kiosk which sold all sorts of things some filthy
Some worse. But what the heck, he already felt guilty,
Couldn't fight those urges, those feelings after all.
So he bought a video, Burns' Anthology of Baseball.
WC
As I read it the knight is a bystander. The cousin got the brilliant idea to get the King's mind off of Money.
ReplyDeleteFour poems all trying to deal with the word KIOSK.
WC
OMK I should consult with you before I publish my poems. Yes, it would have made more sense if the Knight had arranged the wife's opera performance, not the cousin. Well, let's hope for a better Sunday.
ReplyDeleteWilbur, you are definitely an incorrigible sports buff. Not that it's a bad thing!
ReplyDeleteThank you, WC,
ReplyDeleteI believe Misty stands by your answer.
~ OMK