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Sunday, July 30, 2023

Sunday 30 July 2023

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15 comments:

  1. FLN, if you click on “the Fiber Studio,” you will see sculpture made of yarn & similar fibers.
    BUT look a little deeper, to artists like Jessica Wohl & Simon Schubert, and you will find major creations in human hair, artificial & real.
    ____________
    OK Now…
    My weekend’s busy with medical tests
    and an MRI, so chances aren’t the best
    for a holiday verse. In fact, they’re worse
    than they were at first—‘cuz I’m making this terse.
    ~ OMK

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  2. Solomon's libedo was still keen
    When he met with Sheba, the Queen.
    He washed his bod
    From toe to nob,
    Especially the parts in between!

    Wordle 771 4/6

    ๐Ÿ›๐Ÿงผ๐Ÿ›€๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ›
    ๐Ÿงผ๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ›€๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ›
    ๐Ÿงผ๐Ÿ›€๐Ÿ›€๐Ÿงผ๐Ÿ›
    ๐Ÿ›€๐Ÿ›€๐Ÿ›€๐Ÿ›€๐Ÿ›€

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  3. Wordle 771 4/6

    ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸฉ⬛⬛⬛
    ⬛๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ⬛๐ŸŸจ
    ⬛๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
    ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

    I first got lathe(red) up then ...(d)

    WC

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  6. OMK- thinking of you as you undergo those medical tests, and hoping for good results and peace.

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  7. Peg Leg Getup

    There’s no wiggle room
    In that pirate costume.
    But let’s be upbeat
    With sandals on your feet.
    Be glad you are alive,
    and learn how to thrive;
    Create a useful life,
    And try to avoid strife.

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  8. Xavier O'Hara, used pirate ship salesman,
    Wistfully thought of his days on the main
    ("This one's two owners, both little old maids,
    She'd only use it to plunder on Sundays!")

    Xavier kept upbeat by thinking of an island;
    Doffing his sandals, wiggling toes in sand.
    What he did now was useful, paid gold.
    He cleared a bundle on each ship he sold.

    But the call of the wind, waves, and surf
    Reminds him of his happiest days on earth.
    Oh, to be sailing, his spirit would thrive
    On cannon broadsides, barely staying alive!

    He would get up, in flounce shirt, snickersnee,
    And play as the fiercest ruler of the sea!

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  9. Owen- what a wonderful poem you give us today. I laughed at the little old maids only using the pirate ship to plunder on Sundays!
    Xavier with his memories of his days on the main finds it hard to be content with the humdrum of daily life onshore (even though the money is better). Don’t we all have those memories of our past (perhaps improved by the passage of time)? Ah, youth!

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  10. "Gambling"

    Pete was pretty irate
    to be cheated by a pirate.
    He at first had been upbeat
    that he didn't have to cheat
    to earn a useful treat.
    But the game created a scandal
    that Pete could hardly handle.

    His new poverty forced him to jiggle
    his last cash, to give him room to wiggle.
    But in the end Pete won a big bet
    from which a huge reward he did get.
    Now everyone gives Pete a high-five,
    because he will now permanently thrive.

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  11. The last line of my poem reveals it's not really Xavier's pirating days he's nostalgic for, but his boyhood playing at being a pirate.

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  12. Thanks Owen for pointing out that extra layer.

    Misty- Poor Pete- cheated, scandalized, impoverished. Wow, you really got your hero into a mess today. Glad his luck changed. Great story.

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  13. I thought I had no chance of getting a Wordle today. But then I thought about Wilbur's and CanadianEh!'s hints, and, Woohoo!, I got it:

    Wordle 771 1/6

    ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

    Many thanks for this kind and great help, you two--much appreciated!

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  14. Ol' Man Keith,
    I hope all you weekend tests went well
    and that you'll be back in a healthy spell.

    Owen,
    O'Hara seems to have a great time,
    out on the sea, enjoying the brine.

    CanadianEh!,
    Glad your pirate's little wiggle,
    gave him a happy life to jiggle.

    Wilbur,
    I bet after you cleanly lathered,
    happy friends around you gathered.

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  15. WooHoo Misty. Glad to be of help. We made you work a little harder for the Wordle today, and you rose to the challenge.

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