| gloat, mound, apathy, smoker, (a) motor mouth. |
| strand, sprain, oddest, excuse, zodiac, sporty, prized possessions.
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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed!
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
15 comments:
For Sandy!
(Notice that these solution hints are still entirely in prose:)
The GOP is actively trying to suppress registration this year, and if they have their way, they will engineer a voter drought in November.
Such anti-democratic action and the odd weighting of states by the electoral college have contributed to extremist views by certain leaders in California and other liberal states, some of whom have advised secessions to their various legislatures.
~ OMK
I don't want to gloat and brag
About how poetry's my bag,
But like some volcanic smoker,
Once in a while I spew a choker.
From this mound of hardened lava
Comes a line with inspired bravura.
Despite my swings of apathy
I come with some insights for thee.
Erato, working in my brain,
Even with my neurons drained,
And my consciousness gone south
Turns my fingers to a motor mouth!
Once they had a love so grand,
Now, they each the other strand
Upon an isle of loneliness,
Their true-love sprained, in distress.
Their difference of an oddest sort,
To strange excuses they did resort.
Twas in their stars, the Zodiac
Brought their love to ruin and wrack.
For he foresaw for him, for her,
A sporty time, a fun future.
While in the horoscope she cast,
Her prize possession was her past.
But as time passed, love grew not cold.
In isolation, he mourned the foretold.
While she saw the past she could recover,
And reconciled with her star-crossed lover.
OMK,forgive me, but I really have no problem with poetry on the blog; I think you overinterpreted my earlier comment, and I'm feeling quite self conscious about your references to it. Can we just move on and let me recede into the background? Thanks.
I'm really very glad to see Owen back. And two long poems! Especially like the j4, which seems to take personal feelings and turn them into interesting verse.
I did the four J's and the first riddle. And (I thought) the 6*6's. And the first word of the riddle-solution became clear and with all those S's so with the second. But, I was missing an I. But SPINAL was firm(I thought).
So I had to look at the only two J's that had an I and there it was (actually, right in Owen's poem).
So, after i read the CC, I'll try to get on with Bilbo and his tricks. I think Gandalf will be along any moment.
WC
Wonderful! Only Owen's poem so far, and so we can write our commentaries in prose. Woohoo!
I can only do the second Jumble, and Owen, I loved the way you worked the Jumble words into your sweet poem in the exact order in which they appeared in the paper, ending in the solution. And your poem is charming.
So, a delightful Nobel prize Jumble and looking forward to more Jumble comments and Wilbur poem. Always nice to see you check in on a Sunday, Sandyanon. And what a complicated gloss on the second puzzle solution, Ol'Man Keith. You clearly know your California politics better than I do!
Have a good weekend, everybody.
Have a good
Misty ~ You may have noticed recently how often our governor has been referring to "the nation state of California."
He has been very polite in dealing with POTUS but has also made the point that much more tax money flows to DC (incl from undocumented residents) than is returned in benefits & services.
Owen ~ Thank you!
Both poems are rich in theme & feeling. We are blessed by your generosity. Thank you for sharing such beauties.
I have been pondering how to dub you. It really is not my place, as you have led us all so far.
~ OMK
FLN for Wilbur ~ Regarding Godot.
I see it primarily as a performance piece. It is really written for clowns, specialists in the wry, dry sort of humor. It is mildly funny on the page, but truly a sweet if desperate comedy when presented by the right actors. I have seen several productions, and they vary only in the degree of humor--and the fear expressed in the final scene when they are unsure that anyone (Godot?) is paying attention to them.
The original US production starred EG Marshall and Bert Lahr.
I didn't see it, of course. I was too young, and it was in Florida, for Pete's sake!
My guess is that Lahr may have been too over-the-top, and EG super-dry. (He played Macbeth for me two decades later, a part not exactly known as a laugh-riot.)
The very simplest take on the show (IMHO) is "a couple of modern guys who haven't made peace with existentialism." Or, even more succinctly, they haven't recognized yet that "THEY are ALL there is."
What a hoot, eh?
~ OMK
Also, Misty ~
Amused to be a Muse?
All's well, but don't misuse
Your powers, or disabuse
A trusting child who's
Thrilled to accept your ruse as truths.
~ OMK
I won't, I swear
With all my care.
As the siege progressed Thorin's mad obsession
For the Arkenstone, his kingdom's prize possession
Put a sprain in the patience of Fili, Kili and Bombur.
And it was the portly one standing guard at the door
For whom Bilbo offered his place with the oddest excuse:
"Old Sport, I'd like to have a smoke if you choose,
In fact, go ahead and motor on down to the mouth
Of the cave, I'll wake you later and that's the truth.
But Bilbo didn't stop to gloat at good fortune
For with the waning light of the crescent moon
And using the rope he'd secreted under his cloak
He slipped over the mound like the shifty bloke
He'd become transformed as. No longer meek
And apathetic, he slipped off and crossed the creek .
Perhaps his star in the zodiac would be even handed
Or would the sortie to the enemy camp leave him stranded.
WC
Sandy, please don't recede and certainly don't be self-conscious. I love your input.
OMK, my thoughts too were that seeing GODOT performed would make a big difference. Btw, Bert LAHR seems to be everywhere. Including the Fantastiks that folks were talking about.
Owen as we all concur is read hot with poetry here and l'icks at CC.
And also as you can see above, Bilbo has crossed the Rubicon- the creek dividing the dwarves and the besieging armies.
Tube in for some negotiations this week.
WC
Ps, I haven't forgotten the talented Misty. You are the cherry on top of the fudge sundae of Jumble blogging.
Now where have I heard that expression lately?
WC
Wow, Wilbur. You appeared with a poem that has all of our second Jumble words and the solution beautifully dispersed through the story. Many thanks for this Sunday treat (no, you cannot have a fudge sundae with a cherry).
But, hey, I love the sweet compliments I've been getting lately, and "talented" --ooh, very kind, Wilbur, many thanks.
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