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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.
6 comments:
FLN, Sandy, to be sure you caught my last note…
On today’s Jumble:
Sometimes a late-night snack must be rejected,
leading to an alarm &
frantic cries to…
“Shoot the Cook!“
It can be fun to nibble a snack in our house.
There’s tasty stuff in the fridge most days.
But a zesty scouse can raise a call to douse
my wife’s newest phase—while cooling the blaze!
~ OMK
"Marriage Success"
Henry bought a new house
which he shared with his lovely spouse.
She complained about the mouse and the louse,
but to calm her, Henry bought her a blouse.
In return she agreed not to quibble
and got him some snacks to nibble,
which were flavorful and zesty
and made Henry far less testy.
The chimney needed a new chute
to stop the buildup of soot.
This his wife did not reject
because it would their home protect.
Their marriage is now a breeze,
as with hugs they each other squeeze.
They are happy and at ease
and living a life of peace.
Thanks, Misty, this was fun.
I enjoyed Henry’s give and take with the Missus, ‘tho I couldn’t help thinking of the trouble he’d’ve saved if he’d just bought a blouse to start with.
But then we wouldn’t have the fun of finding your J-words, all neatly tucked in place.
No comment about the “mills”; I am sworn to silence. Anyway, this is comedy, always a good reason to stretch points of grammar!
All in all, much good fun.
And I got a special kick out of the final rhyme*. Brava!
~ OMK
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* It reminded me of the audio tape I once did for Japanese ESL students.
Thank you, Ol' Man Keith, and I enjoyed your offer too. Took me a minute to realize both your Intro and Verse work together, when I couldn't find "reject" until I looked above. Loved the rhyme of 'blaze' with 'days.' But what is a 'scouse,' she asks?
‘Tis a stew.
With reference to your final rhyme, as noted in my footnote, here is a cautionary note regarding “a life of Peas“:
Back in the ‘50s, some of the kids in our undergrad speech class were invited to read sample English dialog for Japanese students.
We were admonishing them that the meaning of certain words can be changed if you give voice or not to a single consonant.
The first of my contrasting sentences was:
“After the ball game, you can see my dirty knees.”
Then, with a straight face, I had to read:
“After the ball game, you can see my dirty niece.”
~ OMK
OMK, looked up "scouse"--"an English accent or dialect associated with Liverpool".
Who would have thunk it?
Your final knees/niece verse made me laugh.
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