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Today’s Jumble haiku:
(You have to be careful of your flatmate’s stuff when you’re sharing things.
Even dwarves must keep this in mind, while…)
“They Were Rooming”
Hearing Bishop Sheen
on theft, Grumpy slipped Whimsy’s
shoes back in his bed.
~ OMK
Wow, I moved from my starter box to the objects closer to me.
Wordle 906 2/6*
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The thieves thought the collection of Hummel figurines they stole would fetch a good price (especially with that sign on them)!
Take These
Sheen of sweat from theft,
Fuming and grumpy they were,
Loot was all whimsy!
OMK- what a fanciful, humorous haiku you give us today. The imagery produced (and the dwarves’ names) gave me a broad smile and chuckle. I liked your title (I gave up trying to Spooner, and used the W).
When all else fails, use the J words as names. What fun!
Well, two of the J-words are names anyway, so I couldn’t resist!
Everyone, I assume, knows Grumpy the Disney-fied dwarf, and many of my generation will recall the early TV appearances of the good Catholic Bishop Fulton J. Sheen—sermons in the form of neighborly chats.
I don’t believe the 3rd name ever made it into Snow White’s posse, but it may very well have been the nickname for one of the others.
~ OMK
Your haiku, CEh, does a neat job of flipping in the final line. It contradicts the action of the thieves whose “sheen” reinforces the notion that theft makes one frightened & nervous, maybe even “fuming and grumpy.”
Perhaps “Loot” was your name for an extra thief? Hard to tell, with the tradition of capitalizing the first word of a line.
~ OMK
"Saved"
After being accused of a theft,
the teenager felt bereft.
He was now jumpy and grumpy
and ended up fuming
that anyone could such a thing
be assuming.
The basis of the charge was flimsy
and was soon dropped as a mere whimsy.
For the teenager it was a huge relief
to no longer be considered a thief.
He was once again calm and serene
and glowed with a happy sheen.
“Saved” is an excellent character study, Misty, or at least a start for one.
We don’t know his name yet, but I feel you could give him one as you close in on him and provide reasons why, being innocent, he was suspected in the first place.
By saving “sheen” to the end, you make use of the word’s strange exudation to draw reader’s deeper curiosity. We want to know, “Hey, what’s going on here?”
~ OMK
Ol' Man Keith, what a delightful dwarf haiku from you this morning--a total delight. And what a surprise that in addition to the dwarfs you also worked Bishop Sheen into your verse, but without any disrespect. Nicely done.
CanadianEh!, I'm glad your thieves weren't made happy by their deed in your haiku. And your description made me look up Hummel figurines, whose name was familiar to me but I couldn't remember what they were. Fascinating background--many thanks for this interesting haiku.
OMK, I just saw your very kind message about my verse (I think we posted at almost the same time, so that may be why I didn't see it). Anyway, thank you so much for this gift. As you know, the Jumble words are not always easy to put into a verse or a story. A word like "theft" makes it especially challenging, so I'm very happy that you liked it. I thought of naming the boy, but it was also important to make him pretty young, which is why I called him a 'teenager.'And it would have made the verse too complicated to explain why he might be accused of theft. So I just wanted him to be happy at his outcome, and that's why I gave him a soft glow of 'sheen' at the end. Apology for this long response, but thank you again for giving me a bit of 'sheen' in response.
Misty- your poor teenager who was falsely accused! I’m glad that he was proven innocent, but it still would be a demoralizing incident. His sheen of happiness would be evident. Lovely poem.
I thought you might be familiar with Hummels with their German background. Unfortunately, the younger generation does not care for collections of Knick-knacks (even Royal Doultons are not as popular), and their value has plummeted.
OMK- Loot was not a name, but the stolen goods, those Hummels. They turned out to be of low value (see my note to Misty) and thus
“Whimsy”.
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