| || milky, ounce, abrupt, grassy, back story.
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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.
5 comments:
I always thought that was two words.
Ah well, I feel for the poor soul -- empathy and then some!
I agree. I thought it was two words. But I'm following the J's example in titling my little piece.
"Whackstory"
It may seem abrupt, or simplistic,
but it's a truth that will always endure:
"An ounce of prevention"--to be heuristic--
"is worth a pound of cure."
From the milky breath of infants
on Taugetos' grassy slopes
(each one a gruesome instance
of the dashing of certain hopes):
"We're proof that early intervention
is nearly as good as parental abstention."
~ OMK
"Wedding Day"
The bride's gown was lovely and silky
in a gleaming white color, all milky.
The party was outdoors and grassy
to honor the sweet little lassie.
The talking was brief and abrupt,
it was time that the guests all supped.
There were wine glasses by the ounce
and even larger amounts.
A day fully of joy and glory,
that would make a lovely back story.
Happily, Misty, I believe your ode to the "Wedding Day" offers rather more positivity--or maybe optimism--than my rather grisly focus.
You captured a real moment, a blip on the radar of time, when lilting chatter turns to food and drink--meanwhile, dropping clue word hints every other line.
(I wonder why the outdoors venue is said to "honor the sweet lassie." Doesn't anyone ever honor the poor groom in the planning of weddings? Or is it because the father of the bride is paying the piper?)
I swear I didn't know where I was heading through my entire first stanza.
It was only when I saw who must be speaking "with milky breath" that a special meaning for the old proverb came into play.
Brrrrrr.
~ OMK
My goodness, Ol Man Keith, your verses are always so complex, both in their concept and in their language. I just draw up a list of rhyming words for each Jumble item, and then speculate how they could be drawn together in a theme. Since only 'silky' seemed to rhyme with 'milky,' that suggested a bridal theme. If there had been something to rhyme with 'groom' I would certainly have included him, but 'grassy' suggested only 'sassy,' 'brassy,' and 'lassie'--so I had to stick with the bride. But I like the fact that your and Wilbur's and Owen's poems are much more serious and therefore often problem-themed, and I think we need those sorts of contrasts in our little poetic world here.
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