| finch, empty, willow, copper, "write" now.The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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How I long for summer, to be in the fields again,
To hear the magic music of the songbird wren.
To see the yellow goldfinch in the willow tree,
The copper-colored hummingbirds flitting free!
I write now of the beauty of nature at her best
While I am winter-bound, with only empty nests.
A song of the seasons, Owen, and of age and death. A beauty outside your usual repertory. Thank you for it.
~ OMK
I have a usual repertory?
I saw a lovely poem about nature, but didn't perceive age or death. Here in SoCal we have birds of various types all year. I'm only afraid this winter that my plants will get waterlogged from so much rain.
The jumble itself was not difficult, especially the clues. Since the first word of the solution was a pun, and the subject was an author, that wasn't a problem either.
My goodness, Owen, that is a lovely poem! Many thanks for that gift. This felt like one of my easiest Jumbles. All four words popped right up without any problem, as did the solution. And I loved it--delightful cartoon. I kept wondering if that guitar in the background was going to play some role in the answer and was relieved that it didn't.
I've been thinking about what OMK might have meant by "usual repertory", and possibly he was thinking of clever, often (but not always) light-hearted poems sometimes with a humorous twist. This poem was perhaps a bit more lyrical than most, but not out of the normal gamut.
Sounds feasible?
Yes, Owen, I believe this was a bit more lyrical and whimsical than some of your poems which often go into sagas of medieval chivalry or are more like ballads. In any case I think it's lovely and I like it.
To see birds and willows mentioned recalls spring which is on its way! I enjoyed the theme of the Jumble as I like anything to do with writing, novels and reading them. In Arizona copper is one of our three C's, cotton, citrus and copper, our main resources.
Sandy ~
"... each word in a textbook, being a fact, [can] mean more or less only one thing. A word in a poem, on the other hand, [can] say ten different things. ...the same word can be understood in ten different ways in a single reading and absorbed instantly.”
--Daniel Tammet, Each Word is a Bird We Teach to Sing
~ OMK
For Owen (this gave me a chuckle):
"If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry." ― Nassim Nicholas Taleb
~ OMK
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