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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.
No poem from me. I’m cashing in the extra free day I earned.
ReplyDeleteHave a great time, everyone! I’ll look in later—just as audience.
~ OMK
"Gift Shift"
ReplyDeleteFiguring out what to do with her gem
was at first a zesty problem.
Lily's lawyer had to drill
her to rewrite her will.
Should she leave this gift to a zoo
to feed their pets better bamboo?
That decision seemed silly and pathetic
and Lily needed something more poetic.
Now an art museum will inherit her gem,
a sizeable solution to her problem.
Poor guess on fourth row.
ReplyDeleteBack later I hope.
Wordle 343 5/6*
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I’m happy to take poetic licence if I may,
ReplyDeleteFor a sizable problem* that crept in today.
You know the drill of trying to say
Something in a novel and zesty way.
And then you get bamboozled!
*(yes spellcheck and I I don’t like this spelling either, WC and Misty but only seven spaces)
Not sure what today’s words are, but Misty’s verse
ReplyDeletemust cover ‘em all. I read of a gem disbursed
for bamboo in a zoo. (Could maybe be worse?)
My guess is the poor critters would’ve slept
from a sympodial surfeit, or would’ve crept
away from their feed bowls—while their keepers wept.
In the end, Misty’s option of a museum
deserves respect. It beats a mausoleum,
and shows a choice well-honed, via Boolean!
~ OMK
Here's Fri and Sat combined
ReplyDelete"Have a seat on that bamboo rocker, Chet and let's chat
I see your zesty to get hitched to Lois and that should be that.
But I see a sizeable problem: Do I need to spell out the drill?
There's lots of details to cover before the 'I dos' and I will.
Don't think of me as a pain in the butt, I love you both as my own
But marriage is not a ballet, not just a veil and a gown.
I know this is like the ninth inning of of a golden romance
To culminate in a public wedding followed by a dance.
There's nothing more beautiful than poetic vows at the altar
But are you ready for the pitfalls of marriage? Or will you falter?"
[To be continued, what is this big problem Charles has with Chet marrying Lois? Any ideas?]3
You did it, CanadianEh!--worked all the Jumble words and solution into your wonderful compact verse! A delight!
ReplyDeleteAnd, Wilbur, you are just amazing! First verses with today's Jumbles, second one with yesterday's, and a complex continuation of the Chet and Lois romance with Charles cautioning them about a possible marriage problem. I have no idea what it is, but I wish he'd just shut up and let them have a beautiful wedding. They've been waiting for this for such a long time.
Wilbur ~ Afraid I have no idea as to the specifics of Charles' "problem" with Chet.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that the romance strikes him as hurried--a bit too soon for marriage? Maybe he needs it to slow its roll, to creep up on him. But I dunno.
(I didn't even know it was Charles' voice, until I read your last, non-poetic, line. I was afraid it was Lois!!)
Please keep it coming; I am eager to find out.
CanadianEh! ~ I am curious. Your reference to "a sizable problem" with "poetic license" is, as the King used to say, a puzzlement!
Does it have anything to do with today's omni-floating "W" answer, with the past tense of the verb that rhymes (in the present) with sleep and beep?
I will stay tuned...
~ OMK
Thank you for your always kind response, Ol' Man Keith, but as you could tell, today's Jumble words (zesty, drill, bamboo, poetic) were a challenge to work into a coherent verse for me. I'm impressed by how much more smoothly CanadianEh! and Wilbur did it, but that "bamboo" just made it weird for me. (I first wondered if that was a baboon, an animal, but no, it's apparently a big woody grass). Well it's a weekend and weekends are always a bit tough, but let's all look forward to a nice Sunday tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteOho! C-Eh!, never mind.
ReplyDeleteIt is the lack of an "e" in SIZABLE, right?
It occurs to me that many of the words ending in "able" are problematic. (In the Corner, I'm always noting whether a crossword is "do-able" or not.)
I just Googled it, and read that "Outside of North America, it is spelled 'sizeable.'"
Oh, dear-- I guess you're no longer included on this continent!
~ OMK
Misty, I liked your verse just fine. It read.
ReplyDeleteI left a text on Chet's cellphone "waz'up?
Let's see if he has more information re. The sizeable problem.
C-eh, you're a natural poet, you have the schtick. Keep em coming
And OMK, your "days off" are more productive than the "Ons"
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