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FLN, Misty ~ You haven’t acknowledged my last post to you @6:10 pm. You said you were tired—in your later reply to Wilbur— so I believe that accounts for skipping my message.
ReplyDeleteBut please be sure you have seen it.
Thank you.
Sincerely, OMK
ReplyDeleteToday’s Jumble haiku:
(There are many maxims for living, from the top—the premium—down to the mediocre.
My advice is to stick to the best. No need to take chances.
That’s why, in my poem below, I am…)
“Wheeling (Out) the First”
Govern thyself. Toot
a flute to sorrow, lest thy
swirl become a trudge.
~ OMK
First the Reeling
ReplyDeleteKilts swirl on the dance floor,
Haunting notes of the flute float.
Ancient rules govern the steps,
Knees high - never a trudge
Nor a snarl in the circles
OMK- compare our titles! I love your “lest thy swirl become a trudge”. I see the imagery of the grieving person winding down like a spinning top losing its momentum. The solution is to “toot a flute to sorrow”. (Give it the bird!). And all this is evoked in a short haiku. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI have not managed any rhyme today.
WC- Woo-boo! I managed to guess all four J words, but not the solution.
But I think I agree with OMK, that it would be better not to reveal them nakedly the night before.
Wordle is a bear today. Look at all the possibilities for the second and last letter!
C-eh and OMK, yes you're right. You can let me know the next morning as "Got 1,2,4" etc
ReplyDeleteI'll tackle wordle later
WC
You capture a fine spirit with your swirling kilts, CEh! It’s a smart start to your poem, as it sets a swift pace, and our eyes sweep up the rest brightly. And lightly.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that both you & I turned to folk ways in response to the J-words—you explicitly with your “ancient rules” and I in choosing “thyself.”
Yes, I appreciated “Reeling” in your title. Phonetically not far from “Wheeling,” and an easy step into your folk dance!
(Given the strange pun in the J-solution, the other option was a “V” sound, but that would have led nowhere.)
~ OMK
Wordle 15 Nov. ‘22
ReplyDeleteWordle 514 3/6
Par = 4
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
A canine howdy?
I should have had this in two.
For some reason I grokked the answer, but tested with a near word. I wonder why…?
~ OMK
Well, I got the Wordle in four tries, but only thanks to OMK's hint:
ReplyDeleteWordle 514 5/6
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Sorry, guess it took me five tries, not four. Haven't had my breakfast yet, and better do that next.
"Thankful Victory"
ReplyDeleteThe mayoral campaign was a difficult trudge
that required Leonard to learn
that his feelings his voters would judge
and this could help him to better govern.
His campaign advertised this swirl
and credit to his work did flute,
and this worked as many voters did hurl
their praises and did not stay mute.
He won, with votes not the worst
and now Leonard into thanks can burst.
OMK- thanks for your words of encouragement about my offering today. It is interesting where the combination of words takes us.
ReplyDeleteDH groaned when he got the J pun today.
Misty- my Wordle clue was a different animal than OMK’s.
It looks like you and I had almost exactly the same struggle today. Once we had guess two, there were many letters that could fill the second and last spots.
Your poem today takes us into the political world, rather than the musical one of my offering. Trudge might be a prophetic word for the toil of a politician’s daily work IMHO. But Leonard has started well and is full of happy thankfulness. We can only wish him well in his new position (and hope that it is only praise that the voters continue to hurl!).
Your poem, Misty, is quite timely, and indeed it puts me in mind of our local unfinished count--not far from either of us, up in L.A. for mayor.
ReplyDeleteLeonard is certainly luckier than Caruso and Bass, as they continue to wait for a final tally. Leonard can burst with thanks from now through this evening when, by law, late-arriving L.A. votes can still be counted!
Glad my hint could do you some good on Wordle. Hint, hint...
~ OMK
Thank you both, OMK and CanadianEh! for your lovely verses and your very kind responses to mine. We've all had a lot of fun with Jumble words, didn't we? OMK, I loved your tooting flute, and CE!, your swirling kilt was also a treat.
ReplyDeleteOne of the delights on this blog is how we all (including Wilbur) have such very different poetic styles and practices. I think that variety gives not only our offerings much variety but reminds us of the huge horizon of poetry itself.
Maybe I ventured into politics with my verse today because our current political situation is very complicated and stressful, and it's hard not to have it in back of our minds. Is yours at all worrisome in Canada, CEh? And, yes, OMK, even our local situation is so troublesome with so many votes still to be counted. Let's just pray that things will settle down in a good way and that we'll have a peaceful and healthy and productive year ahead.
I remembered that I was friends with Owen on FB so I responded to his SO Brent who'd posted that he was in a Special Care Facility in NM
ReplyDeleteTime to see what C&L are up to
WC
Oops, that's tomorrow when I combine Wednesday and Thursday
DeleteThe L.A. vote should be settled tonight, Misty, one week from voting day. By law, all ballots will be accepted if mailed on time and rec’d one week after the official day.
ReplyDeleteBass was leading in the count, and it will take a surprising upset for Caruso to overtake her.
~ OMK