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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.
“Change of Shorts?”
ReplyDeleteScouts are trained hikers,
taught to pace themselves. / Indoors
or out: “Be Prepared.”
~ OMK
"Outdoors"
ReplyDeleteAfter spending a year indoors,
Sam's spirits were ready to soar.
He found a talented scout
who helped him to start getting out
and taught him to become a hiker
and then a racing biker.
In a short time Sam's life has changed,
and he is now no longer deranged.
Wordle 334 3/6
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~ OMK
The scout troop trained at their meeting indoor.
ReplyDeleteIn uniforms clean and starched.
But each hiker was taught
That when out on a march
They needed to change into shorts.
I’ll raise a glass to OMK, as my offering mimicked his.
Plus he had a great Wordle result. I wonder which of my second or third words he had for his second?
Wordle 334 4/6*
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Misty ~ Cool poem today! I especially enjoyed the final couplet, with an unexpected rhyme. (The way you slipped that final word in...)
ReplyDeleteI mean, who knew he was "deranged" at the start? But it all makes sense in these days of pandemic. You found the through line that connects & makes sense of ALL the random words!
CanadianEh! ~ Thanks for the toast!
And for the poem. As I remember my scouting days, we wore shorts on open terrain, but NEVER when hiking through brush--or anywhere off-trail.
As for the second word on my Wordle, it began with a "C" and ended with a "P."
'nuff said?
~ OMK
My 3rd word began with F and ended in K. Something every prepared scout carries. Ideally not full of scotch.
ReplyDeleteMisty, bravo for pulling out your wordle solve . Last guess. That's the fun of it.
C-eh shows us that poems need not rhyme just flow.
I couldn't grok riddle-solution, I'm not good at that.
WC
Oops, I think I just got an email from Lois. Can't wait to see her take on Chet's gloomy reminisces
What was your 4th word, Wilbur?
ReplyDeleteAssonance is a form of near-rhyme.
CanadianEh! has a good ear; “indoor/taught/shorts” hang in the ballpark, while “starched/march” knock the homer.
Eager to eavesdrop on Lois’ email!
~ OMK
OMK - your word was my second
ReplyDeleteWC- your word was my third. And then the light dawned. I nearly forgot that you can use a letter twice.
Misty - was poor Sam deranged by a year of Covid isolation indoors? Time enjoying nature can be very restorative.
Thanks all for enjoying my rough attempts at poetry. (WC, march and starched almost rhyme LOL).
And you are correct, OMK, that those shorts are not the best choice for hiking through the brush. I was thinking of the heat (and trying to work in the word “short”).
Here's Lois's take
ReplyDeleteChet, if there's one thing I've learned: you won't be short-changed here
Once you get it in your noggin that the only fear is FEAR
It may not be a utopia but it's better than that igloo of the mind
It's my hope in a Higher Power that leaves the past behind
When you were a boy scout on those ten mile hikes uphill
That was no indoor sport but rather a contest of will
But willpower never kept us from getting sloshed in bars
It was faith in a Higher Power: whether the universe or stars
I've finally been taught the difference of right from wrong.
This and other lessons learned is why I've lasted so long
WC