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Today’s Jumble haiku X 2:
ReplyDelete(Testing his new taxi by speeding through an open orchard, he took care to neither dawdle nor go faster than the posted MPH.
Once he settled on a gear, the aim was to cut it close, but to keep ….)
“Gaining (in) Drive”
Through the grove he drove,
admitting no fares, not to
impair his cab’s speed…
Nor yet to exceed
the inland limit, but to
legally skim it.
~ OMK
Love can come in many ways
ReplyDeleteUnlooked for in our mundane days.
Nature surprises
And hypnotizes
Real love conquers come what may!
ReplyDeleteWordle 21 Dec. ‘22
Par = 4
Wordle 550 3/6
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Well, you narrow-minded hint-seekers, here’s one for you!
Happy Solstice!
~ OMK
Wordle 550 4/6*
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"Grand Gift"
ReplyDeleteDave through the grove was driving
in the pouring rain,
and he had to admit, when arriving,
that his project was insane.
His hope had been to repair
an inland piano grand.
But his efforts did only impair
the project of the band.
After giving it some thought
he had a new idea:
a new piano he bought,
and they thanked him with a grateful cheer.
Weather forecasts predict record cold for Florida. Will my orange juice be:
ReplyDeleteCircling the Drain?
The Waxing Crescent lunar phase
Brought a Christmas storm,
Coating the inland grove with glaze-
The citrus crop was ruined.
They hated to admit it,
But calamity comes in pairs.
Driving winds destroyed the orchards,
Adding to their cares.
Woohoo! I think I got today's Wordle in three tries:
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Looks like Misty’s Dave was the guy’s mine past-tense driving the same present-perfect car!
ReplyDeleteThrough the same grove for sure, as how many unaffiliated batches of trees are we likely to find on this Jumble page?
Mine was racing for no particular rhyme or reason, so they are both subject to the same category: “project… insane.”
At least he had a piano in mind—and the ready cash to pay for a newbie. I wonder if it is CEh’s Yamahaha, of recent memory?!
~ OMK
OMK- your ingenuity knows no bounds. I love that double haiku cab driver and his test drive!
ReplyDeleteMisty- i’m glad that Tom saw that his idea was insane, and just decided to buy a piano.
BTW, do we have to use WC’s accent to get a rhyme out of “idea” and “cheer”? LOL
I’m sorry that I have another sad offering today. I remember seeing those frozen orchards on a Florida visit in January 1990.
Now, the Christmas forecast may be for record lows (even lower than those of Dec. 1989!).
OMK- great call re the YAMAHA piano, although my Kawai piano has been a good brand (upright not grand).
ReplyDeleteLoved your taxi-driver verse, Ol' Man Keith--makes perfect sense with today's J clues!
ReplyDeleteOwen, what lovely romantic verses you are producing these days! I'm almost tempted to save them, in case anyone I know ever needs a romantic verse! Cant wait to see tomorrow's.
You got me to look up "Waxing Crescent," CanadianEh!, and I learned it's a moon that rises once a month from 9AM to 9PM? Is that right? How would we see that in the daytime? Let us know when the next one is coming, and I'll try to look for it.
Wilbur, any Chet and Lois news today?
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. [Chet and Lois are discussing parental involvement in the coming wedding]
[Lois shares]
It's been many months, years in fact, since I've spoken to my mother
My alcohol impairment started early; after awhile I thought "Why bother."
The last time I saw her I pulled up to the house in a shiny Yamaha
Anyway, I hadn't yet admitted defeat ,next thing I know a brouhaha.
[Chets turn]
As you know my father lives inland. Last time together he threw
Me out into a driving rainstorm. I slept in a grove that night
The canvas of my crimes though not larcenous weren't hardly right
I can just imagine "Forgive me father, I have sinned". "What else is new!"
WC
Well done, CanadianEh: The connection of the FLA freeze with the moon's phase was well-timed, given today's W fixation.
ReplyDeleteYou almost turned a Christmas crop disaster into a thing of beauty, using rhyme as your tool.
Your title works for me too. Rhyme is a magical device. (Assonance may be next best, as in my poor version.)
~ OMK
ReplyDeleteOK, it has been ten hours since I posted my Wordle-graph. Did anybody pick out my hint?
ReplyDelete--a rather deeply embedded one, I admit.
Anybody...?
~ OMK
CEh! ~ You say you may be heading for a record low this Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI can't claim a new record for us here in SoCal, but the Xmas forecast is for clear skies and near-80 degrees (or upper 20s, if that's how you roll...).
Should be nice, so long as we don't catch any quakes! (Fingers crossed!)
~ OMK
WC ~ Looks like Chet's dad gave him a hard time, throwing him out like that when he most needed help. Lois only had to deal with a "brouhaha," but Chet was mercilessly tossed in a fierce rainstorm!
ReplyDeleteMan, that was cold-hearted!
Still, from what I have learned about addicts of all stripes, Chet probably gave the old man plenty of reason.
I wonder what C&L expect from their elders in (or near?) their ceremony?
If all Lois' folks have to contend with is "to give her away," they can likely handle that with ease.
But if they're expected to pay for the shindig, I wonder what their spending limit might be...?
As for Chet's dad, will he even show up?
~ OMK
Ol' Man Keith, does your Wordle clue have to do with the fact that the Winter Solstice starts today?
ReplyDeleteSorry, OMK, of course it does, as your Wordle posting indicates. Okay, here's how I got my Wordle: I began with CANES, and then changed to FINAL, and then got the solstice answer on my third try. Does that make sense?
ReplyDeleteWilbur, how sad that Lois had such a bad experience with her mother, while Chet had an even worse one with his father. But that could certainly have been at the base for their sympathy for each other. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteOMK, I thought solstice referred to the angle of the earth's tilt toward the sun. On 12/21 the sun's angle allows for the shortest duration and least heat of the year .
ReplyDeleteNothing to do with the moon IMHO
BTW, my C&L had Tuesday and Wednesday J's and riddle-solutions
WC