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FLN, Misty & CEh!
ReplyDeleteThere are late posts last night to each of you.
Today’s Jumble haiku:
(From 1917 to ‘72, every American county had its local Selective Service Board.
Depending on your politics, the poem below is either to be deplored or deserving of vigorous approval.
If the latter, this pitch is a remarkably…)
“Good Attainder!”
Forgo the draft boards—
those county slave auctions, meat
markets for armies…!
~ OMK
"Book Shook"
ReplyDeleteWhen Don read his wife's first draft
her book story made him laugh.
So they put the book on the market--
it sold, and they bought a new carpet.
Then a film-maker gave it a gander
and after a second look,
decided he loved its slander
and quickly the film-right took.
The film played all over the county
and let no-one forgo their bounty.
Ol' Man Keith, I did read your long message to me yesterday, and appreciated all the information. Thank you for that, and I apologize for not having sent you a 'thank you' last evening.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your haiku this morning, and will have to look up "attainder." I learn a lot about language from you every day.
In case others have a question about "attainder," it is described as "the forfeiture of land and civil rights suffered as a consequence of death for treason or felony."
ReplyDelete… and stretched here to refer to the gov’t’s forfeiture of its “right” to seize young men, as a consequence of decades of said government’s (presumed “felony” of) abusing their 4th Amendment right “to be secure in their persons….”
ReplyDelete~ OMK
My personal history with the San Francisco draft board is a lengthy saga for another time & place.
ReplyDeleteYour tale of Don & his author wife, Misty, is of an ideal relationship.
The two are supportive of each other in an inspiring way, whereby his appreciation of her early draft pays off in subsequent versions—all the way through marketing it as a book & then selling the film rights for a successful mass-hit!
I like it!
Apparently, all that remains in their immediate future are their on-camera “red carpet” interviews on Oscar night.
(Maybe even—cross fingers! Hold your breath…—“And the envelope, please!”)
One of the joys of writing, whether in short poems or vast novels, is to take vicarious delight in the success of our characters.
~ OMK
Look or Pander?
ReplyDeleteA gentleman would forgo his comfort
And trade chairs
If his date was sitting in a draft.
He would valet her car to the front door
On a rainy day.
A trip to one of the the county fairs
Would mean trying to win her a prize.
A market visit would mean buying a craft.
Ulterior motive? Never! . . . but
What’s good for the goose
Is good for the gander!
Wordle 12 Nov. ‘22
ReplyDeletePar = 4
Wordle 511 2/6
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Good job, CEh!
Another of those “Foyer”
problems, eh…?
~ OMK
Interesting asymmetrical rhymes, CEh!
ReplyDeleteEven matching your clever title’s “Pander” with the final word, “Gander,” of your ultimate (11th) line!
Whew!
Anyway, those echoes are so far apart, we can pay unfettered attention to your chivalrous gentleman’s fine manners.
It is a bit unnerving that his deeds are all conditional. All leading up to your 9th line question: “Ulterior motive?”
Are we to presume his good acts are meant as transactional?
You are quick to say “Never,” but isn’t your firmness deconstructed by the “goose/gander” message?
Hmmm…
You wouldn’t be suggesting that his niceness should be repaid by some—Er… not-quite-so-nice behavior!
Would you, now?
~ OMK
My offering today needs more work, but no more time to spare.
ReplyDeleteOMK- yes, thanks for clarify your post removal and reposting. I began to think Blogger was trying to drive me crazy!
I have to run. Concert tonight!
I should have had this
ReplyDeleteWordle 511 4/6
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in two. Guess 3 was inane.
I didn't have the J nearby so used an E on #1
Well I got out of the valley and back on top
WC
No poetry. I struggled all last night with the CC xword
ReplyDeleteA real bear especially with no redletters nor lookups
WC
No worries, WC ~ SLATE should have given it to you, but maybe fatigue is to blame. Understandable,
ReplyDeleteAs for poetry, I figure you'll be rested & good for tomorrow--when I will be taking a breather.
Hey, Misty! Wilbur is handing it to you!
And did you catch my hint in my W-note to CEh?!
You oughtta be good for two, three at the most.
~ OMK