| || heavy, mimic, hymnal, budget, "hi" and mighty.
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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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The Reverend Hallelujah Jones
Was preaching a powerful sermon,
Heavy with Biblical quotations
And he'd mimic the King James Version!
He brought the crowd to a frenzy,
And had them shouting "Amen!"
Then he had them pull out the hymnals,
And sing like the angels intend!
The collection plates were passed around,
He had a budget he couldn't take lightly.
Then the call to the altar was the climax,
To say hello to the High All-Mighty!
FLN, somewhat vainly I started grading Owen's l'icks with a W for Wilbur, ie I simply liked it(W) or if it didn't groove me, no comment. But his first one on CC today I had to go to the traditional A. Not to talk behind his back but his C's used to be some of my favorites.
Continuing a theme from elsewhere: it is always interesting what people know and don't. Sports, a vice I can't give up*, is a wasteland for so many and "Wasteland" foreign to another side of the house.
And speaking of (W)oohoos, you really are getting facile with the poetry. The "audio spigot" - I concur with Misty. It could have been either spigot btw.
Just possibly it might behoove one to have a google account connected to your blog avatar. For cellphone purposes.
WC
*Politics has crept in and apparently, as a white man living with predominantly conservative peers(not to speak of being a veteran) I'm expected to boycott sports now. I'd rather boycott politics.
Lemony, well it is firstly, a comedy. Boy, is Monk cheap. Did I miss a "Mom" clue, FLN. Another binge watch of mine.
I got "1500" and then "got" the "ending in 2400" clue. Re. Birnholz and thx staili. I'm stuck on Goldberg. One box. Not to speak of the un-grok-able theme.
WC
Enjoyed the extended answer, Wilbur , especially your last paragraph.
It has since occurred to me, thinking of a sports context, that "W" marks the "Win" column.
No?
As fr today's Jumble, I dig not need to dig deeply:
"Why so Flighty?"
Please turn your hymnals to number seven.
"Though my mimicry be heavy-handed,
My Lord will yet leaven the
budget for Heaven.
Yea! He will lift and
provision
Me."
(All say Amen.)
~ OMK
Enjoyed the poems. I see that the third clue word gave people their theme. It was also the word that gave me the most trouble in solving. But the solution wasn't that difficult -- cute but not outstanding, I thought.
I would have been more impressed with that mighty king if he'd ventured beyond Europe for some of his language proficiency. How about salaam or nîhâo?
"Just a Friday"
It's not yet Sunday, so no hymnal,
Avoid the church, and keep things minimal.
In order not to make this heavy,
here's only cheerful notes to levy.
Hope it won't require a gimmick
in order to avoid much mimic.
Did I fail? Feel free to judge it,
And comment on my verbal budget.
I tried to keep this poem tidy,
not to deep or high and mighty.
Wow!
--or rather, Woohoo!!
I think your gift to us today, Misty,
more than makes up for any problem you had yesterday.
I admire in particular the hymnal/minimal and judge it/budget pairings.
And your meter!
I went for free verse because of the challenges of these clue words, but you went right at 'em, head-on.
Brava!
~ OMK
Good point, Sandy!
Or maybe Hujambo?
But then, I guess we weren't supposed to really rate the king all that high or mighty...
~ OMK
Thank you very much, Ol'Man Keith. My poems will never have the elegance of yours and Owen's and Wilbur's, and always be a bit silly and foolish. But thanks for appreciating the difficulty of rhyming some of the words.
And not just the rhyming, Misty.
You broke away from the default church setting implied by "hymnal."
Your 4-beat line feels more confident, too. At some point, you might want to try varying it, maybe by wrapping around the end of the line. That can be tricky because you always want the rhythm to work with either the end-stop or the wrap. I know you already do it at the end of the first line of a rhyming couplet, but can you do it at the end of the second line TOO?
My favorite example is WS's sonnet 73. Watch how he wraps around multiple line ends & rhymes. (Sorry to use a 5-beat illustration, but...), which begins
That time of year thou mays't in me behold
when yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang
upon those boughs which shake against the cold
bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
(Whew!)
Or you can easily balance a 4-beat line with one of 3-beats. If you're rhyming, it gives the thought a little punch.
Ex. Don't you ever wonder why
A piglet loves his sty?
~ OMK
Well, I clearly have a lot to learn about poetry, Ol'Man Keith. My specialty was always fiction and I don't believe I ever published an article on poetry. So, I'll have to keep coming back to your suggestions to see if I can use them to improve my sounds and rhythms,
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