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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.
Since August 2022, Wordle brags and links to original jigsaw puzzles are also welcomed!
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual Jumble or Wordle answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
Walter the Wizard was a powerful mage.
ReplyDeleteHis apprentice was proud of his tutelage.
Sometimes battles against dragons he'd wage.
Other times he was just bossy to his village.
Discovering new potions was his obsession,
He'd churn ingredients over in his mind.
Successes were practical, or a whimsical expression.
Others were like cement, that he had to unwind.
One of his best was kernels of magic maize.
Planted where wind chimes caused crow fears,
The wind would rustle, and the chime played;
The melodious tinkling was music to his ears.
I’ll go easy on the Poetics today,
ReplyDeleteand start things off with a mere 17 syllables.
Today’s Jumble haiku:
(I am not sure the head cow could tell the difference between a new herd member and the latest version of a cement mixer. She stood stock still for hours…)
“Mixing it (or Music) to (a Cow’s) Ears”
“Wizard,” the bossy
cow, chewed cud & stared, while the
cement slowly churned.
~ OMK
The monastery barber was drunk that morn,
ReplyDeleteWhen Brother Robert had his tonsure shorn.
The hairy result
Was at fault --
Brother Bob's "tuft guy" nickname was born!
BTW, a Happy First Full Day of Spring to All!
ReplyDeleteThe equinox was fulfilled mid-day on Monday, so today is the longest complete day of what is traditionally the most tempestuous season of the year, when the climate is torn between lions (a-ROAR!) and lambs (ba-aa).
To my comrades in verbosity, be well & be sharp!
~ OMK
I started with a variation of my usual first word, then rose to the occasion, but tried to get my hands on things before getting down to business.
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Hear this Music
ReplyDeleteBossy the cow, a Brown Swiss,
Grazed high on an Alpen meadow.
Her tail moved with a swish,
To bell chime soft and low.
She gave plenty of high-fat milk
Which churned (don’t whiz hard!) like silk
Into butter so rich - never tough like cement.
It was easily worth the ascent.
Owen took the wizard and ran with that theme, using some beautiful imagery.
ReplyDeleteOMK and I went with the cow (I took the Bossy as name, while he took the Wizard, which was harder to incorporate into a haiku).
I smiled at the back story.
Then Owen takes the W in a new direction, evoking another smile.
Happy Spring. We saw our first robins on the lawn today- looking for worms in the snow, poor things.
Anonymous 1805-
The north wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what will the robin do then, Poor thing?
He'll sit in a barn,
And keep himself warm,
And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing!
"Music Magic"
ReplyDeleteThe wizard was bossy
and hard as cement.
His temper was saucy
and frequently vent.
But hearing music
his emotions did churn,
and its sound in his ears
made his feelings turn.
Now he lost his fears
and his eyes filled with tears.
Misty went with the wizard. And as is her custom, the bossy, hot-tempered wizard was transformed by the power of music.
ReplyDeleteLovely.
Where is WC? Are we going to have a wizard or a cow at the wedding?
CEh! - Enjoyed your poem and your comments. I appreciated how you embedded the W-word. Before I used it to name my cow, I almost went with my own version.
ReplyDeleteI only got this far:
“Bossy was taking
a whiz—arduously churn-
ing….”
—and you can see why I cut it short. My research showed me that dairymen do actually call their alpha cow “Bossy” as a nickname, so I opted to go with both names to designate my Holstein.
Happy to read that your “Brown Swiss” (Jersey? Guernsey?) gives silken milk.
Cement is very hard to drink.
~ OMK
I see Misty went with a mage-type wizard. I take his ”hard”ness to be of his personality or temperament. Cement is a difficult analog to fit with either. Maybe just as tough or hard as CEh’s is to drink!
ReplyDeleteI like that his “saucy” feelings gave in to music. Music can be a powerful converter.
My haiku followed from my association of cement with one of those big-bellied mixers. I couldn’t resist the image of a stolid, cud-chewing bovine facing off with a slow-churning mixer,
each wondering whether the other …
will blink first.
~ OMK
Poor thing, indeed—that hidden Robin!
ReplyDeleteI feel for him, CanadianEh!
I spent too many years hiding from snow myself, not to sympathize.
This morning in fact, SoCal let me down. Not with snow, but with blustering rainfall and near gale-force winds, an “atmospheric river” that should never occur in this balmy part of the land!
I had to go out in this mess, and I would have much preferred to hide my head under my wing.
~ OMK
We have an abundance, a richness of contributions from our reliable voices today.
ReplyDeleteOwen led us off with Walter the Wizard. I see “cement” was his way of describing an unsuccessful potion.
No fooling.
I liked that his magic maize was greeted by wind chimes.
His 2nd piece was one of his signature limericks. Always brief & to the point.
I suspect Wilbur’s absence (so far) does not betoken a lack of concern, but that he is busily cooking up a wedding nonpareil.
~ OMK
Owen, how nice to hear, that you too put music in Walter's ear.
ReplyDeleteOMK, you turned your wizard into a bossy cow, and gave her some tasty cuds to chow.
CE!, I hope your robin will sing, and keep himself warm until the spring.
Wilbur, we miss you so very much, and hope you will soon be in touch.
Wishing you all a great Tuesday, one that's not a sadness or blues day.
Wordle 21 March ‘23
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Neither hard
nor firm, but
also very like
cement …
~ OMK
My wordke posts seen to disappear. Here's today's Wordle 640 4/6
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I had to T it up from a difficult lie
To get my par
WC
[Chet grabbed a minute to let me know how the wedding went]
ReplyDeleteMy heart was churning seeing Lois walk down the aisle
But my heartbeat relaxed as I beheld Lois's radiant smile
We cemented our partnership with vows both earnest and true
To whatever wizard in heaven designed this happy fate: Thank you.
Embossed on my heart is the sight of Lois shedding happy tears
As we marched out to "Too-ra-loo-rah-loo-rah" it was music to our ears
WC
Too-ra-loo-rah-LAY!
ReplyDeleteGotcha!
Were they dressed in green?
I hope this comes near to what you’re seeing…
Chet will always recall
the freshest image of all—
when Lois came down the aisle
smiling all the while
sincerely, lacking guile,
turning the flower-decked hall
to a shrine worthy of Heimdall!
~ OMK