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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.
The colorist was lazt today!
ReplyDeleteNothing but gray and white.
ReplyDelete“Repair Work”
The object of the joist repair
was to strengthen the deck
so Mommy could subdue her fear.
Panic possessed her whene’er
she’d hear
a “krick” or a “kreck.”
Or even a creak.
Did the repairman speak?
She heard, “Now be of good cheer!”
Yea! He didn’t mumble;
gave her no mumbo-jumbo.
He’d finished his job!
The floor did not squeak.
And she felt her heartthrob
slowing…
growing…
calmer
with no drama.
hop—
bop—bop—
Bob.
~ OMK
"Tough Homework"
ReplyDeleteMommy always checked
to make sure the homework was correct,
and Bobby didn't object.
There was much that Bobby knew,
so he was reluctant to subdue
even when a test's choices (joists?)
were few.
But one day he felt like a dumbo
when the homework was mumbo jumbo.
He decided the project he'd jet
and instead take a walk with his pet.
Lonely day on the Jumble today. Your clever "Repair Work" poem, with a neat theme and structure, deserved some discussion and praise, OMK.
ReplyDeleteBut let's hope for a busier day tomorrow.
Thank you for the recognition, Misty. I did work a bit longer than usual on this one, but of course I am not satisfied with it. It would be great sometime to see thoughtful responses, wouldn't it?
ReplyDeleteI pondered your piece today, but I could not make up my mind how far to license humpty-dumpty-ism.
You know by now I am a fan of making words do a lot more than they're signed on to do. (In dictionaries!)
I love "dumbo" in this sense. But I just can't quite read the metaphoric use of "joists." "Jet" I can partly see.
You got off to such a solid start in the first stanza, I wasn't quite prepped in the 2nd for "subdue" without an object.
Anyway, you see my dilemma....
~ OMK
I don't blame you for not entirely enjoying my verse, OMK, but once again, I found to tough to work the Jumble words into a coherent narrative and so they don't all work very well. I looked up 'joist' and learned it was a structural building support and so thought it might metaphorically be something that supports the grounding of test or exam questions. Anyone, your lovely poem saved our Jumble day, so thanks for that again.
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