| || ditty, faint, batten, pepper, patient patient.
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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.
13 comments:
Fingers crossed, Owen, that you feel up to writing a poem. I do think that working all these clue words into a coherent product will be a challenge. You've met that challenge before, though!
A sea chantey is what we need, with spirits down,
A ditty to transport us, before in grief we drown.
One to conjure up a storm at sea, that matches
The fury of our current day, to batten down the hatches!
The times when we must double down on patience,
Because faint winds won't fill the sails of our conveyance.
Times becalmed and times when, like the Cutty Sark,
We raced across the briny, and out-swam any shark!
With cargo from the Orient, finest silks of far Cathay,
And aromatic spices: black pepper, attar sachets.
We smelled the salt sea foam, handled canvas sails,
And felt the freedom joy, far from the lubber's wails!
Wow! I don't know how you do it, but it's wonderful. So evocative, creative, and I think you managed to work in a hint of contemporary comment.
Just great, Owen.
I posted the Tuesday version of the latest Ivanhoe goings on, on the Tuesday blog.
I echo Sandy, Owen, you've certainly doubled down on you poetic efforts. Your l'icks at CC have been solid W's too
I got four J's fairly quickly and just needed unhurried forbearance to get the riddle-solution
WC
Good to see you in the prime spot again, Owen. And with a strong chantey, an original "Mevillian" song--with a rousing, rhythmic sentiment.
"Weigh-heigh,
haul away,
me hearty-O!"
FLN, an additional Thank You to Sandy, on behalf of our Maggie.
She was shown the card and nearly licked the screen!
If any of ye seek to rhyme the solution's word
and believe you've already shown sufficient patience,
just inquire of any lexocographic nerd.
He'll know the cause of a cause is facient facience.
~ OMK
Owen, how wonderful to see your delightful poem. Loved seeing all the Jumble words find perfect places everywhere. Many thanks for this treat.
Also enjoyed your complex play on the Jumble solution, Ol'Man Keith.
Can you remind me--who is Maggie?
And looking forward to your poem, Wilbur.
I have an Emeriti meeting this morning, but I'll come back here later in the day.
Maggie's our Golden Retriever who turned 11 yesterday.
PS. Owen ~ Erratum: "Melvillian" is the correct spelling.
~ OMK
HBD Maggie. Misty I posted my Tuesday Ivanhoe on Tuesday's blog this morning. I had one line left and must have dozed off. I'll probably be late again today.
WC
Ps, as I noted, the Fri xword was crunchy but I meant NE as trouble spot.
WC
Thanks for letting us know, Wilbur. I looked it up and loved the way you worked all of yesterday's Jumble words into it. An afternoon treat today!
The story progresses. . .
I guess that Scott, building on old legends and more modern retellings, is one main source of our modern view of the Robin Hood character. I have never done any real research into the development of that character, but it does seem that it tends to reflect the seller's or writer's time.
That's TELLER'S
Howard Pyle's book was 1883. But Robin Hood legends go back to the 1400s. From 1770 on Robin Hood tales started proliferating.
In the earlier tales Robin wasn't such a nice guy.
WC
So you led me to researching Howard Pyle, Wilbur. Between him and Scott, I guess our idea of Robin is significantly different from the old legends.
And films -- from the derring-do of Douglas Fairbanks, heroic Errol Flynn, homey Richard Todd, silly Carey Elwes and lugubrious Russell Crowe. And I don't forget jaded Sean Connery.
Robin Hood can be reinvented forever, and he probably will be.
I'm really glad you've made me think more about him, Wilbur. Among other interesting and entertaining aspects of your poems.
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