| || venue, rough, smugly, papaya, measure up.
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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.
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When libations were poured or championship mugs were awarded, the modest young lass who was self-denying in everything--from breakfast cocoa to brassieres--always took the lesser cup.
~ OMK
For Bilbo had shown himself and the dwarves verve
And vigor. Faced with fear and peril he'd shown his nerve.
Said Balin, who was like a papa,"Ya, you did it,
I'm proud to say you're one bold and brave hobbit.
Bilbo, my boy, whenever the going got rough
You measured up. You were brave and tough."
But Bilbo hardly felt smug for Autumn was giving way
To Winter, and soon the sun would set on Durin's day.
WC
Real ingenuity in your poem, Wilbur. Thinking outside the box for sure. You know which clue I mean.
This jumble was generally easy, especially the solution, which popped up even before I read the clues. Pretty cute.
Woohoo! Got this weird but funny mountain Jumble without any problem. All four words fell into place without any experimentation and so did the interesting, and appropriate, solution. Ol'Man Keith confirmed it right away, and enjoyed seeing Bilbo generously praised in your poem, Wilbur. Just hope he doesn't have a tough winter. Meanwhile, we're enjoying a lovely spring day--hope you all do too.
Let me join the chorus in praise of today's Hobbit installment, Wilbur!
You know I love it when you wrap it round the corners so neatly--esp. from lls. 1-2 and 7-8. Your meter, always the loosest part of your work, today comes nearest a rewarding balance. I could dance to it.
(I know I make a big thing of this, but meter is where our English [Anglo-Saxon] verse began, and we have never lost the heart-beat of it, needing it far more than rhyme IMHO.)
I like to sound verse aloud, and I can usually make the rhythm come out right, if not on the first go, then on the 2nd or 3rd try. Today I gladly followed your lead right through on the first go!
Bravo, me lad, bravo!!
~ OMK
PS. I'd recommend a comma instead of a full stop at the end of line 4.
Yep, I just looked back. , was the ticket. I think my self-disparagement had to do with my awareness of lack of flow.
I don't think any self respecting "poet" would publish five minutes after creation.
I think I mentioned that I've come full circle. Bilbo's at the door, the elven moon writing indicates that Durin's Day(Autumnal equinox) combined with a crescent moon is the key.
Let's see if 10 J's plus two riddle-solutions will cooperate to get Bilbo in the door.
And that will bring us right back to dragon- hobbit palaver, where we started two months ago.
WC
I could dance to the beat of Wilbur's verse. In a trance
Like a pup, I'd happily prance! Right outta my pants
I'd hop. When he reins back lines in regular beats
And skips the stops, he's my Byron; he's my Keats.
~ OMK
Dear Keith, don't hop out of your pants,
If you do we'll go into a trance.
Wilbur's poems are great,
And we all can relate.
But just stick to a modest dance.
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