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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 NOT required.
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Trust Orson Wells to hatch a plot
ReplyDeleteOf alien invasion, true or not!
Some were in panic,
Frightened and frantic,
But most saw it as theatrical rot!
Today’s J-words seem awful easy.
ReplyDeleteHere’s my Jumble haiku:
(Edie is a cheeky lass, but now her supervisor fines her $50…)
”— Per Sass, Ed!”
Edie’s union wants
paid snack time. Bosses crush it.
Damn. She should picket.
~ OMK
Orson, eh?
ReplyDeleteWell, he had rather an ample one,
Especially at the end.
As for my W—
I take a daily dose
of Lipitor, so my cholesterol
stays within bounds.
— OK?
~ OMK
"Couple Kindness"
ReplyDeleteBetty could only blush
when she received a snack
because she had a huge crush
on the guy with the blue knapsack.
So when his company did picket
she her votes for him did cast,
and he bought her a theater ticket,
which should make the romance last--
as each the other's kindness surpassed.
Misty ~ Your rhyme scheme & rhythm are both superb today!
ReplyDeleteI get the general line of your tale, the trade of favors that supports romance and the sweetness of the end.
I just wasn’t sure I could put the details together properly.
Maybe he supplied the snacks from that knapsack?
And maybe his “company” was the caterer? Then you allude to her support (“votes”) for his role—in their labor action?
I like your poem very much. I don’t like my questions.
Maybe you see why I add backstories to my otherwise obscure pieces.
~ OMK
Wordle 532 4/6
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Elegant verse, with a clever ending! Very enjoyable, Owen, a real treat!
ReplyDeleteAnd then came your brilliant first haiku, OMK, with J words and solution all worked in. And it's interesting how you focus on the dramatic action that the J words can produce, while I work mainly with the sounds of the words and how to relate them into a narrative. But as you notice, OMK, the result is that my poem's story often doesn't make perfect analytical sense. It just interests me how we all have different strategies and goals with our verses, including CE and Wilbur.
Sorry I didn't get to the Wordle today, Wilbur, but yours looks lovely and probably fun to work out.
I only posted one haiku today, Misty. Thank you for spotting all the J-words in it.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, it is tricky--often beyond my limited skill--to match any drama in my verse to the rhythmic line shifts. If I had been indulging in free verse, I probably would have given "Damn" a separate line.
You cover all the Words in your poem too, along with a superior use of rhyme and rhythm. The reason I felt compelled to ask questions is that I see literary opportunities (not dramatic ones) being raised but dropped.
Just how did her snack bring her into the guy's orbit? Who was picketing & why? Why would he want her vote (such a strange thing)?
Drama needs conflict, sometimes even resolution. A basic story just asks for clarity.
Obscurity, if it isn't to be shunned, may be an avant garde feature, hinting at symbolism, suggesting that readers seek for meaning behind the surface.
But I don't think you are aiming in that direction.
~ OMK