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Today’s Jumble haiku:
(Fences & gulches are known blocks and passages through life’s journeys [metaphoric]).
Here we see where they’ve met their match, and can’t make the…)
”Most of a Glance”
A casino’s thrown
dice are as fate. Neither fence
nor gulch can deter.
~ OMK
Our rookie drover ignores advice and learns the
Cost of a Glance
Trust me, don’t look back.
Thrown over the fence, gulch-bound
Cassey - no cowboy!
OMK- I like the direction you took with your title and backstory. Those dice can be fate - and perhaps not a good one.
I tried to ignore that troublesome C Jword, plus took phonetic liberty with my Spooner title.
I am liking working within a haiku frame; it tightens things up and forces brevity. I think I am becoming fairly successful.
Misty- your couple fared well with their romance for not having “a ghost of a chance”. “Future nights in bed” sounds romantic. I think you had a typo with “felt” instead of “fell”.
Ol' Man Keith, I used to love to gamble when I was younger, but have no desire to go back to a casino again. Your haiku confirms why.
CanadianEh!, I like your new haikus, but also miss your always lovely verses. Hope you still give us some of those once in a while.
And, by the way, I looked up "felt" and it is indeed a past tense of the word "feel", which is how I intended it to be read. But having them fall into a gulch and on a fence would have made my verse so much more dramatic and interesting.
Took me three tries to get today's Wordle, after playing around with words that started with the same three letters:
Wordle 880 3/6
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Still enjoyed it.
I agree, CanadianEh, you have a fine feeling for haiku.
Brevity is a sure guide (as well as "the soul of wit"). I wonder when people seem amazed that we can fit all the words into such a short space. It is the longer pieces that demand a more detailed arc.
The economy may work even better for you than for me, because I sense you are more comfortable with obscurity--which is allowed (understandably) inside 17 syllables.
Misty ~ I never gambled for high stakes, but there was a period in my life when I was curious about casinos, and I would set aside some money to lose in order to visit clubs in London and Europe. And Vegas, of course.
I gather your casino couple found life on the job too upsetting & confusing. Another good reason to get married!
~ OMK
Oh Misty. I am smiling at my misinterpreting your “felt”. I was being too literal about that gulch and fence. I love your view.
You are doing well with Wordle.
I do promise to create verses. Some of the J word combinations seem easier to work into a verse than a brief haiku. It may depend on my mood of the day.
Thanks for your comments and tutoring OMK. Some days the muses lean to the haiku form. I am having fun with it.
Loved your comments, OMK and CEh!, and have a great evening. I look forward to your poetry tomorrow!
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