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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.
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ReplyDeletePowdered grape from a special crop!
You see, this powder has been fermented,
A newfangled process recently invented!
I'll wager you've never seen the likes,
I'll pour some water into this device
A simple canister, but inside it's coated
With a secret catalyst that I've promoted!
Now I fetch the powder and pour it in.
It's diluted wine, but not too thin!
The can can be reused hundreds of times,
And the packets sell for just two dimes!
"A New-Fangled Use
ReplyDeletefor an Old-Fangled Practice"
"'Fetch-and-Carry' is the rule for half
of our Hunter/Gatherer tribe.
I'll wager you know which half of the staff
is yours, without my throwing in a jibe.
"Your assignment (should you choose
to accept) is to bring back booze--
undiluted--in this can; can you do it?
Will you concur?
Or demur?
Or...
rue it?"
~ OMK
Owen ~ My man!
ReplyDeleteat last, you've done it...
Brilliant!
Percipient!
The cure for boxed wine!
~ OMK
Even guessing Dracula 's teeth would be part of the riddle-solution I missed it.
ReplyDeleteFln, OMK I appreciated your poem about Recovered alcoholics needing a new avocation. Then of course Owen dreams up a sot's delight: instant vino.
Can't or maybe Can not wait to see how Misty dances with today's J selection. Something fetching I'll wager but straight homespun wisdom not diluted.
I'm thinking I should have tried to rhyme the above. Maybe later I'll bring Chet or Lois into the picture . Does uncle Charles have a garden?
WC
Wow! Saturdays don't get any better than this, with Owen starting off with a brilliant poem, followed by Ol' Man Keith's clever, hilarious rhymes, and then, in addition, Wilbur's always kind commentary, ending with a promise of a Chet, Lois, or Uncle Charles poem. Woohoo!
ReplyDelete"Theater World"
ReplyDeleteThe actor took on a risky wager
when he hired his new assistant stager
and equipped her with a pager.
She would have to do errands and fetch,
was not allowed to quetch,
and had often to work a long stretch.
Still, she found the job a hoot,
with her boss a weird old coot
who could not her pleasure dilute.
One night she was dancing a cancan,
and her boss was first not a big fan.
But she rocked and sang and jangled
and her performance was so newfangled
that a raise before her he dangled.
He told her her job was a mess,
and then hired her as an actress.
Her new career is a great success,
and her coot of a boss she now does bless.
Hmm.
ReplyDeleteLet's see...
How to interpret Misty's "Theater World"...
First, it is so rare (as never, ever?) for an actor to do the hiring for a show.
Just for ducks, let's say he is also a producer. That might be.
An "assistant stager"? Huh?
Maybe this is an ASM?
--an assistant stage manager. It's a title that can cover lotsa different functions.
Let's change the focus to the girl herself. She would not be doing much dancing in her new glorified "gopher" job, but maybe she would be having fun at a cast party.
Having fun? That could give her "cover."
Just maybe she is an aspiring actress, cleverly finding a way to try out for the show--to show herself off to one of the show's producers, despite being refused an audition through normal channels (maybe she's not union!).
So let's say she has timed things so she is doing her "Cancan" number just as the actor/producer walks into the after- hours party.
WOW! Smart gal!
The big guy sees her style, cracks a smile,
and shouts, "You're hired!"
(And maybe whispers to his previous lead actress/dancer, "You're fired"....)
AND maybe, to really see things ending right,
they are married on the show's closing night!
~ OMK
OMK, re. Your ending comments on Owen's Chef d'oeuvre...
ReplyDeleteDid you mean prescient? That coincides nicely with a theme Owen likes to refer to.
Misty, did you notice I had 4 J's in my note to you?
And OK, I'll see if C,L,Ch or Nora
can make an appearance. Then Sandy likewise.
WC
Wilbur, Wow! Wow! No, I hadn't noticed (still sleepy this morning) until just now, when you pointed out all four Jumble words in your comment! Brilliant! Many thanks!
ReplyDeleteChet was at a meeting where one of the old timers was on a rant
ReplyDeleteAbout newfangled ideas diluting the message. What can't
And can be said. "I'll wager" , said the bitter vetch,
That no one under 35 has anything knew". "I'll fetch
That bone" said Chet. "Having had a spiritual awakening per Jung*
I identify with the previous speaker and I'm 34 years young."
** Jung and Spirituality
AA Grapevine on CG Jung and Bill W.
WC
Perhaps tomorrow's jumble will be kind and I can continue Chet's share. Assuming my own audience wants to hear Chet expound
DeleteOl' Man Keith, I loved it! I loved it! Once I saw that my poem was going to be about an actor/actors, I knew I was in your territory and wondered--a bit nervously--how you were going to respond to my totally amateur Jumble consolidation. And, sure enough, you helpfully pointed out that, technically, or historically, the relationship between the two figures had bumps and issues I wasn't even aware of. But I loved learning that there are, of course, complications in what actors, producers, staff, and others confront in their relationships. Have you ever written a book about this? You certainly should--it would be fascinating! (but maybe a bit tricky, give that all the people in your world would read it and relate to it).
ReplyDeleteWilbur ~ Not a bad suggestion, but No, I meant "percipient," a more accurate term for this piece.
ReplyDelete"Perceptive" is its non-rhyming synonym. Either conveys the sense of Owen's sizing up a need & filling it.
Enjoyed your verse today. You know I like it when we don't have to hit end stops all the time! They turn everything into a deadening rhythm.
Break it up, I say!!
I especially enjoy it when you save the end stops to the very end--as you do today. Works to "cap" things neatly.
Misty ~ I am so glad you took my critique in good spirit. I knew of course, you would expect me to react because of its theatrical context.
As for a "book" on the complicated relationships among the various persons and jobs of a life on the stage--wow! I really can't imagine anyone trying to do that--except maybe as a kind of dark comedy.
Relationships change constantly. In the theater proper, there are written and unwritten rules (in SDC and AEA [union] handbooks), and when you throw in the academic world (where the majority of theater artists actually earn their living) you KNOW some guidelines are fixed, and others in flux.
In my own career, I have been partly instrumental in writing some of the rules. That was hard enough.
The "book" I have been working on is already too long to be published. It is part a manual for artistic directors and part memoir. It is not only too long, but because of the blending of the personal with the general too hard now for me to even read!
~ OMK
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ReplyDeleteMmisty quetch? I think the word you were searching for was kvetch.
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