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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.
Glad you got it too, Wilbur ~ Yet another type of measurement…
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Haiku Background:
Well-tempered clavier, harpsichord, or organ?
For Johann Sebastian, it was…
“A Moot Point”
Pianos factor
in Bach’s dreams; impelling his
original themes.
~ OMK
[Lois says]
ReplyDeleteSo we're third cousins, what's the big deal? I'd say that's a moot point
After all the origin of our romance was that seedy piano bar joint
It had to be the fate factor that impelled me to come over and talk
And by the he way, you've spruced up nicely since our long walk
[Chet responds]
Nothing to lose your cool about my love, nothing to holler about
Stay light and airy, that's your best side After all I really doubt
Charles will outdo himself regardless of any big problem he's found
When we did our 8th and 9th steps we put the past into the background
WC
Hard one today. Back later, I hope.
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That was a smooth haiku today , OMK and it even rhymed.
ReplyDeleteUnless there’s a surprise reveal to link Chet & Lois any closer, Wilbur, they’re treating a distant “cousin-ship” with the coolness it deserves.
ReplyDelete“[N]othing to holler about,” as Chet says.
Ancestry is constantly alerting me to 5th or 8th cousins I never dreamed of—and whom I never plan to meet. Just imagine how many kinship paths used to cross with ours w/o DNA flags to tell us!
OTOH, there may be a closer link—if someone made an attempt to hide it. Just a few months ago, I was contacted by a niece I did not know about, and as it turns out, her father is my half-brother, a half-brother I did not know I had!
Our DNA proves it: my mother had a son before marrying my dad, a child she immediately gave up for adoption and never mentioned again in her lifetime.
My new bro is two years older. His Canadian adoptive parents moved him there.
How often may such relationships have been successfully hidden in the past?
In my case, everybody in my part of the family is deceased. Except for me, mom almost brought it off.
Are Chet & Lois half-sibs?! Now that would be something!
~ OMK
CanadianEh! ~ As you can see in my familial discovery (above), I have a close Canadian connection. My new/older brother lives in Toronto.
ReplyDeleteI was skeptical at first. We need to be on the alert for internet scams. But this is apparently legit, holding up via DNA and other channels. He is a leading financial publisher, retired. My new niece is the author of several books for children. I am enjoying getting to know them—and their kids!
A small world, indeed!
~ OMK
OMK- what wonderful news of your Canadian connection. I am glad that the experience has been good; there is always the possibility of trauma or non-acceptance. But in those times, there often was no other choice but to have the child and give him/her up for adoption, hide the fact, and then go on with life as if it never happened. I am sure that your mother’s secret was a well-kept sadness for her.
ReplyDeleteMy brother is the keeper of the family tree, and is constantly getting news about DNA connections. One foster child turned out to be a blood half- cousin. Connections to Beatrix Potter and Charlie Chaplin have been found. Some Viking DNA also. Very interesting.
Can't believe you got it in just three tries, Ol' Man Keith--great job.
ReplyDeleteMine look a lot longer but at least it worked in the end.
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Sorry it took so long for you, Misty, but glad you got it.
ReplyDeleteI can't claim the credit. As I've noted before, I am always running across Wordle hints on the web.
If I see the answer, I don't bother doing the game. But if I get ONE hint (as I did today), I will sometimes give it a go.
The usual hint is the first letter. That's what I started with. I make no secret of it.
In my first two tries today, I exhausted 4 of the 5 vowels, which left only the correct one.
On my 2nd try (as you can see), I found two key consonants. It wasn't hard to nail it then, knowing 3 key consonants and the missing vowel.
Are you taking a poetry break today? You certainly deserve it!
CE! ~ I was a bit shocked, then saddened to learn of my mom's early liaison. It was a high school affair in San Francisco, with the father going on to become a motorcycle cop in the City. His family has been good about accepting it too--although nobody knows now if he even knew he was an early dad.
I was saddened both for my mom's plight, as those were tougher times, but also for the fact that she never felt she could talk about it, even in her later years. I don't know why she couldn't share it with me when I was an adult.
Perhaps she had to bury the memory just that deeply. There's no way to tell now.
Looks like your brother is doing a fine job with your "tree," connecting to Potter and Chaplin! Wow!
Yep, I have Viking DNA too. Those guys got around.
But I am mainly Welsh, Cornish and Anglo.
My surname, Fowler, is Anglo, but the funny thing about "family" names is that they often have the LEAST claim on one's DNA.
Take "Fowler," for example. Our tree traces it back to the 13th century. Ever since then, there has been a thinning of that Anglo "blood" by century after century of Celtic (Welsh & Cornish tribes) stock. It is almost a fluke that the Fowler name stayed on.
Many, maybe most, family names must be like that.
~ OMK
Thanks for asking, Ol' Man Keith. Yes, I had trouble sleeping and didn't wake up until almost 10 AM. Made for a tough morning, and although I got the Jumble stuff it just wasn't poetry-inclined with the way I felt this morning. My first day in years, if I'm not mistaken, but so it goes, after you turn 77. Let's hope for a better morning tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI’m sorry you’re out-o’-sorts today, Misty. That takes the fun out of giving yourself a break.
ReplyDeleteYes, this is the first & only time I remember when you haven’t posted a poem—since you started doing so.
Sadly, we may get plenty of time off soon, as it doesn’t look good for the continuation of this site once Owen hangs up his spurs.
~ OMK
Misty, if B and M were eliminated all that was left was G.
ReplyDeleteYep, 3rd cousins would not be bad but Charles seemed to consider it a BIG Problem. Sibs? That's a reach. But first cousins once removed might be an outside possibility.
Then again, Chet has an air of confidence. Does he have something up his sleeve?
Betsy found a nephew a few years ago. Her sister stays in touch. It was the brother's child put up for adoption. And, like OMK the kid became successful.
WC
Wilbur, glad Chet and Lois won't let their third cousin relationship get in the way of their romance. Good for them!
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