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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.
normally, I don't cook much,
ReplyDeleteNot for we that gourmet stuff!
In a pinch, I could try my hand,
Tho the result would be bland.
My humble apartment wouldn't do
For entertaining who knows who.
Just a glance would confirm fears
That I haven't cleaned in years!
I have no art about the place
That would appeal to lavish taste.
My only asset, they would be finding,
Is that my writing is spellbinding!
FLN, W.C. ~ Please check my late post yesterday.
ReplyDeleteFor today. I wasn’t going for economy:
“Faites vos Jeux”
A glance, a pinch—a slap!
His sweet approach doesn’t go so well.
What a way to treat a chap!
He aims for Heaven; she gives him Hell.
Does his flirting cross the line?
He thinks stock pick-up lines too bland,
that mostly horny dudes lack spine…
He’ll lavish affection on demand,
nor stint to commit his love.
He’ll go all out—and up above
the mark to cast a spell,
binding hearts with her—Heaven or Hell!
The man’s all in, fades an easy eight. Not tame.
He just reckons romance is a gamblin’ game.
~ OMK
"Romance"
ReplyDeleteThe party was totally bland,
but from the very first glance
Hank wanted to take her hand
and invite her to a dance.
The chance of even finding
such a beauty was
spell-binding.
So he gave her a pinch and a kiss,
a gesture she couldn't miss.
He did all he could to lavish
affection, with which he did ravish
her, and so, without any strife,
she became the love of his life
--and his wife.
The answer today was meh. I was expecting ENCHANTING, EN-RAPT-TING, RE-SOURCE, ORIGINAL SOURCE-ERER.
ReplyDeleteNot true, Owen, your writing is spellbinding, especially in a poem where you (well, as the narrator) deprecate yourself about all sorts of things, but admit that your writing is terrific. It is--it is a great treat!
ReplyDeleteReally enjoyed your first stanza, Misty!
ReplyDeleteWhile I could wish for more alternating rhymes, I thought your progression (through an offbeat 2nd stanza into couplets at last) was nicely modulated. It fit with the progress Hank was making in his courtship, sealing it with marriage in the end.
I labored with mine today, but came near my object in the end. My guy was always ready to commit, even if his first plays were rushed and awkward.
One correction: the last line of the 3rd stanza should read:
...binding hearts with her! (Heaven or hell!)
~ OMK
Ol' Man Keith, exciting to see a relatively long verse of three-plus stanzas from you this morning. And I was delighted to see that, like mine, yours was also about romance. I guess this morning's Jumble words just implicitly nudged us in that direction. Your suitor is clearly a bit more adventurous and complex than mine, and that avoids any sentimentality, which mine always inevitably seems to have. And I'm glad your guy was always ready to commit. Fun Jumble day, all around.
ReplyDeleteNice one, Owen!
ReplyDeleteSorry, I almost forgot to acknowledge yours, I'm so accustomed to your strong showings. This one does not disappoint, leading from one weak practice--cooking--through a messy abode to a surprise claim of superiority in your man's art--Writing!
Ah, but is it so? You give us a head-scratcher.
Isn't it a time-honored poser?--to claim something is true, but to base the claim in some hocus-pocus? Magic, or entrancement? And therefore automatically suspect?
Oh, you, riddlin' sphinx!
~ OMK
Thanks again, Misty!
ReplyDeleteOne more correction.
Last line, 2nd stanza:
...that, mainly, horny dudes lack spine.
The earlier version makes the dudes out to be mostly horny, whereas it is "in the main" that the horny ones seem (to him) spineless.
A subtle point, I know, but a fine one.
~ OMK
Chet liked open speaker meetings featuring tales of drunken
ReplyDeleteFrolics, spellbinding inanity and human lives sunken
To the depths of despair.
Others were untypically bland lacking the lavish antics
With barely a pinch of the wild and crazy nor the frantic
Lifestyle that AAers so love to hear
At first glance these tales all seemed singularly unique
But all had a similar theme: A different life each one did seek.
WC
Misty, I liked your switch to AB AB. Hmm, different usage for "pinch" a very versatile word though for many woman that first "pinch" would be the the last.
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BTW, my foreboding about the Saturday CC seemed to be akin to the boy who cried WOOF.
Wilbur, this episode seems like a preface to more personal expressions by Chet and/or Lois. Hope so; I look forward to them.
ReplyDeleteEchoing Sandy's encouragement, I hope we're going to see you giving voice to some of those very "antics."
ReplyDeleteEven some vulgar humor, WC!
"WC" gags or "toilet ticklers."
As much as Chet enjoyed such inane sessions, you can be sure your Jumble readership is eager to study them too.
For anthropological analysis, of course!
~ OMK
WooHoo!
ReplyDeleteWoo!
HOO!!
San Francisco defeats Green Bay 13-10.
~ OMK
I too look forward to how Chet will proceed, Wilbur.
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