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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.
Like the mighty Khan of Xanadu,
ReplyDeleteVeteran of the Horde, and who
Breeched the Wall,
Made China fall.
On his horse, a blanket threw.
Reese played in a hillbilly band,
ReplyDeleteMusical saw and washboard tunes.
The whistling jug was at hand,
And Reese played with her spoons!
They played in Hatch, New Mexico,
Chili capital of the world!
Chilies there were roasting slow,
The fumes made her woozy and whirled!
The hand saw had a musical spring.
The whistling juggster never spoke.
The washboard player did his thing,
And Reese's spoons played baroque!
Today’s Jumble haiku:
ReplyDelete(The equinox is an astronomical marker. It is almost a celestial snog, with the sun kissing the equator; the earth’s natural wobble causes the rays to rub against the ground even as the seas suck them up.
Watch, in effect, as the sunshine…)
“Hits Sure, Woozin’ (and Shmoozin’)!”
I’ve spoken of spring’s
hatching: while the sun smacks at
the earth’s sweet waistline.
~ OMK
Weird. OMK's posting was up before mine, but got time stamped between my two.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have to admit to an historical inaccuracy. Kublai was the Khan of Xanadu, his grandfather Genghis was the one who conquered China.
"Courtship Journey"
ReplyDeleteSue's suitcase had been broken
as it slid down the hatch.
To the company she had spoken
and a repair they did then dispatch.
It worked and she was over the moon
visiting her boyfriend in June,
almost feeling a bit woozy
when he said "I love you, Suzie."
For hours they did spoon
after he offered her the ring.
They now look forward to their wedding
at the end of Spring.
I started out sewing, got into lukewarm water, and was held back, before I snuggled up in bed
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It’s Spring
ReplyDeleteand I swoon with delight,
Woozy to see the day bright.
For new life is hatching,
The gloom it is snatching.
A duvet of snow
Has warmed all below,
Now Nature has spoken,
Creation awoken.
Time for reenergizing.
FLN- I see that WC reported on the wedding - HURRAH! Just what we have all been waiting for. I can just imagine Chet’s churning stomach and his relief at seeing Lois’ radiant smile, thankfulness at completing the vows. And the wonderful music. Perhaps Lois will give us the woman’s view, plus describe the finery and flowers.
ReplyDeleteOwen starts us off today with the W, hidden and spread over the lines, plus a synonym in the rhyme. We’ll allow the historical inaccuracy as poetic licence.
Then Owen gives us a wonderful musical version of the J words and a Reese’s hillbilly band. I loved the spoons playing baroque!
Then OMK joins me in heralding spring. What a title and backstory you created. That J reveal was impossible to Spooner (pun intended)- I took a rhyming word to use (but I had no title)
Misty was caught up in the joy of Chet and Lois’ nuptials, and offered us another wedding. After all the air travel horror stories of lost or damaged luggage, cancelled flights etc., Sue (or Suzie to rhyme with woozy!) had a fortunate outcome. And an even better ending to the story. (I loved the other use of Spoon, with its visual imagery).
Thanks to all.
I enjoyed your Xanadu verse, Owen, rhyming the place with "who" and "threw." And then your lovely musical Reese story worked all the J words and solution in, in a most clever way. A neat treat.
ReplyDeleteOl' Man Keith, the title of your haiku made me laugh and I just couldn't believe how you worked SPOKEN SPRING HATCHing into the first two lines. What a gift you have for economy!
And then, CanadianEh!, we were given your joyful tribute to Spring, working its way to our earth by lifting a duvet of snow--an image that also made me swoon with delight. But it looks like the Wordle made you want to snuggle back in bed. I'll think about giving it a try--the Wordle, not going back to bed.
Misty, fln there's news on the C&L nuptials
ReplyDeleteOwen ~ I did post first, but it had an error, so I erased it and re-posted after you.
ReplyDeleteI changed "Watch the sun smack..." to "while the sun smacks...."
Enjoyed your limerick and your tribute to Reese's band.
FLN! WC ~ It was good seeing your resumption of the C&L story late yesterday.
I hope you saw my addition to your account of St. Paddy's wedding date.
Oh, Misty, how lucky Suzie was to have the phone no. of the suitcase company. I gather she would have had to stay home if her luggage remained broken.
No trip = no ring = no wedding in spring!
Aargh.
Good thing she had the number.
Meanwhile, enjoy your extra time beneath the covers. It is the last day for rain in SoCal, and a perfect day to stay in bed.
CanadianEh! I had no true spooner; but then we rarely do. I was pleased that I could switch the initial letters and forge a title that came close to matching my soft-porn treatment of the equinox as a celestial snogging.
Your poem is a dee-light! You really play up your ecstatic response to spring. As the sun caresses the equator, you croon of the warmth beneath that "duvet of snow." I reacted to that phrase as thoroughly as Misty did.
WooHoo! Wonderful!
~ OMK
BTW, today was Reese's birthday
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, OMK, I caught your addendum. Except I can't place Heimdall. Celtic connection?
ReplyDeleteI should have mentioned Chet's green beret especially since it rhymes perfectly with d___t
The W was tough for those of us who never took Home Ec
WC
Here's a doubleheader, you can try to guess the Thursday J's
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[And here's Lois's account, postmarked Aruba]
I submit that I too was quite excited, in fact, downright woozy
But I perked up , put a spring in my step for I was no common floozie.
The entire day was a three pronged affair with the gala reception
Held at Charles and Nora's complete with Champagne and caviar
After the meal it was time for the toast - for us of course it was NA* beer.
Nora tapped her flute with the edge of her spoon and spoke these words
This is the second most happy day of my life seeing these lovebirds
Entwined in perpetuity(and she went on and on). Finally down the hatch
Then off went the girdle(I think Holly may have caught it, natch).
At the that point we were just taking up space if you get my drift
For we bolted out the door and we were on the airplane in short shrift.
* Actually for AA's it would be zero alcohol beer or non alcohol champagne
WC
Well done, Wilbur! The muse is back! Erato is riding high!!
ReplyDeleteHeimdall? He’s Norse, the God of Dawn, the brightest source of light in the universe, the whitest of whiteness in choosing a wedding theme.
~ OMK
Two obscure ones on
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in a row.
The reception at Nora's was hardly _____
Misty, I started with a J
WC
BTW, Misty, Chet and Lois are back . Late Wednesday was Chet's take on the wedding