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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.
"Love Tunnel"
ReplyDeleteOne night Vince did invite
his girlfriend to spend the night,
but sadly they got into a fight.
He wanted to mend this glitch,
but did not want his tactics to switch.
So his affections to still parlay
he invited her to stay.
He offered her wine and a nibble,
and this time they did not quibble,
and his kindness did her tempt
all previous problems to exempt.
Their love is now on a new tunnel
and their pleasures they've learned to funnel.
The affair now has a plain view
and become strong and shiny and new.
My goodness, I feel totally abandoned here on our Jumble blog today.
ReplyDeleteC'mon, friends--even if you didn't work the Jumble or have a rhyme or a haiku, any chance you could drop by and just give me a "Hi, Misty"? I'd be so grateful and send you a virtual hug in return.
I really meant to take today off.
ReplyDeleteI reckoned it would at least prepare us for Owen’s announced retirement—to get used to no forum at all.
I was very sleepy last night, but I did scribble some lines, just for the heck of it. I can’t even understand them today, but I guess they made sense in my half-dreamy condition.
Here you go (Remember: I shouldn’t even be here!):
“(In) Vain, in Vain, Pooh!”
Inviting to nibble, we may parlay a snack to a luncheon date.
Bait & switch is OK, if funneling up from a low expectation.
Marked from birth, the mother is exempt, ready to skate
and shake bouvier types from the opposite agnation.
Blooms of this type deserve the best in treatment.
Of that, it’s fair to say, we’ve no disagreement.
~ OMK
Vince should take a lesson from your poem, Misty ~
ReplyDeleteto always start with the wine & nibble—rather than the fight.
It is definitely a switch in his tactics, whether he likes to think so or not.
The fighting can wait to the morning after—right?
They’ll each have more ammunition then.
~ OMK
Woohoo! Woohoo! I'm not alone anymore--thank you, thank you, not only for checking in, OMK, but for also bringing along a terrific poem! Woohoo! thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteI finally looked up 'spoonerism' and so loved the spooneristic title to your verse. And once again, you amazed me, getting "invite," "nibble", and "parlay" into the first six words. An absolute delight, except that I'll have to look up "agnation"--the things I learn from you.
(looked it up: a relative whose kinship is traceable to male family members--or something like that).
And, yes, Vince should have avoided the fight with wine and nibbles--that would have been a better tactic.
I think the markings on female Bouviers are distinctive, so there was something in my sleep-addled brain about the”mother” able to evade or alter her colors if we only track her male ancestry.
ReplyDeleteI dunno; somethin’ like that.
I once played Robert Browning in The Barretts of Wimpole Street. In it, Elizabeth asks him the meaning of a passage in his “Sordello.”
He mulls it over, then replies,
“Well, Miss Barrett, when I wrote that line, only God and Robert Browning understood it. Now, I fear, only God understands it.”
Well, same here…
~ OMK
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Actually got two hits in my first guess. Too awhile but it was a no stress solve.
I like to grab any old word to start. However, I tossed CATCH unthinking since it had two C's. Batch,watch,latch,natch,patch, hatch: all were preferable.
WC
Yes, Chet and Lois were on the way to Nora's. I wonder....
BTW, the Xxxxxxxxx is because on Android the paste button is too close to the publish button. TheXxxxxxxxx is to move the button out of range
DeleteAnd I'm too tired for poetry. I'm glad misty engaged us in poetry and discussion of same. Bouvier was Jackie's maiden name as I recall.
ReplyDeleteI used "ortho" as a relative term or rather Chet did
WC
I'm off to bed, Wilbur, and turning off the computer. But great to have you post your Wordle and leave us messages--always great to hear from you.
ReplyDeleteSorry we didn’t get to see you earlier, WC.
ReplyDeleteA clever use of Xs!
I used to use the period (.) to re-position half lines in my poems, but it never looked right.
Yep, Jackie was a Bouvier. But I swear I didn’t have that in mind when I was choosing a dog.
Could it have been an unconscious choice?
I did not do the Wordle today—
because the net proved a spoiler. It just floated the answer before my innocent eyes!
I don’t understand why you were fooling with “two Cs,” as they had nothing to do with the answer.
~ OMK