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The opening poem should contain all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble and/or Wordle and/or Orijinz.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is NOT required.
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.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is NOT required.
Today’s Jumble haiku:
ReplyDelete(After some years of use, you’ll know when to destroy an outhouse is when you can’t sit in comfort, free of intruding pests, insect bites and…)
“Spider Veins,
Or, Time to Move On”
My advice, when you burn
privies: keep an island’s gap,
so’s not to get singed.
~ OMK
The novice quilter is finishing up her Christmas presents using her
ReplyDeleteEider Skeins
I am privy to advice
That the best duck
For duvet filler at lowest price
Is an eider to pluck.
Singe the quills to prevent shift
Of the down into islands of feathers stuck,
Marring the gift.
OMK- I wondered which definition of “privy” we all might use. I LOLed at your burning outhouse (and not a Halloween prank).
ReplyDeleteThat J reveal was almost impossible to Spooner properly,, but I tried. I have no idea if my poem is factually correct, but I got all the J words and the W into it. A knowledgeable quilter might differ with my instructions.
There really are a lot of ways to interpret “privy,” CanadianEh! We used two of them; I wonder which way Misty will choose.
ReplyDeleteI know you say your poem isn’t correct but I wonder if the detail is true–that by singeing, soft eider is somehow kept separate from the rougher part of a feather?
I did enjoy your piece, with that bouncing rhyme scheme.
Your Spoony titles may not be completely successful, but at least you’re trying. You’ll notice that lately I have just re-purposed the original solutions—either as my title or buried in the backstory.
~ OMK
"Vacation"
ReplyDeletePete was privy to getting advice
about how to book travels
at a very low price.
So he took his wife on an island
that was in demand and really grand.
While there they took a trip with a rider
where she was sadly bitten by a spider.
This thankfully didn't injure her veins
nor did it cause her any pains.
She was quickly back on her feet
and the vacation became a treat.
Thanks OMK. I did wonder myself if singeing the quill might prevent it from poking through the duvet. Yes, my rhyme scheme (and rhythm is very bouncy today.
ReplyDeleteMisty uses the same meaning for “privy” as I did. Lucky Peter’s wife to be taken on an island trip (and not be painfully injured by the spider bite). I can’t find “singe” in your poem. But the only way I could think to incorporate it, would be to have the wife be singed by a mild sunburn. That seems to stretch the expression.
Lots of fun today.
Yes, lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteEspecially for Misty's Pete and his wife.
She was lucky that the spider caused little to no harm. I guess it just felt encroached upon. (They're awfully territorial.)
This was apparently not a venomous variety. Maybe a jumping or hobo spider, or common household type.
~ OMK
Ol' Man Keith, very clever haiku: you worked every single Jumble word and the solution into your production. Excellent!
ReplyDeleteCanadianEh!, looks like your quilter will make a lovely duvet, filling it in with Jumble words just as you did in your verse. Lots of talent all around.
Was my 'privy' okay, OMK, I forgot to look it up. And thank you for analyzing the spider as not venomous--a great relief.
I guess I just didn't want Pete's wife to get 'singed--CanadianEh!. They had enough trouble dealing with spiders.
Have a good evening, everybody.