| aroma, brand, cipher, hamper, (a) name dropper. |
| induct, enzyme, superb, drench, equity,violin, driven to succeed.
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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.
12 comments:
J4
"Named Coffee"
The best part of my coffee's taste
has got to be its aroma.
For years my morning cup was graced
with hazel flavored kona.
I thought I'd never change my brand,
but then I remembered the flavor
of a brew from a N'Awlins Java stand,
a cup I once found to savor.
Its name was French, a fancy cipher,
and its beans were mixed with chicory.
Each swallow seemed complete, much riper
than my hazel, and, when sipped apres-ski,
it won the day. It enjoys world wide fame
as Cafe du Monde, available on line.
Cafe du Monde!--I love the name!
It's as fresh as still-on-the-vine.
Fill the thermos in the hamper; this is my ideal.
Nothing can distract me from a cup so real.
~ OMK
Delicious coffee poem, Ol' Man Keith--simply superb!
I tried to do something with the successful Tesla inventor, but as you will see . . .
"Chuck's Career"
His parents tried to induct
poor Chuck, before he was plucked
into a worse career that sucked.
In a lab he studied an enzyme
that did little his interests to prime.
He went on to work on an herb,
a project even less superb.
He needed to get off his bench
and begin his worries to quench.
He needed serenity and equity
and to fail would be a pity.
So he began to play a violin,
along with drinking some gin.
And music turned out to be his given
and finally, finally he was driven
to play with pizzazz and speed,
and, guess what, he began to succeed.
Quench, bench? How about drench?
I usually go easy on myself on Sundays, going with the J4, while you bravely tackled the sixer. "Drench" is no piece o' cake. Seems there's always one outlier word that either doesn't fit in with the theme suggested by the others, or is impossible to rhyme well.
"Cipher" was that one for me today. I ended up pressing it to an awkward meaning.
I try to keep sense and rhythm ahead of rhyme. When searching for a rhyme, there are certain words that are easier to work with than others. In your examples, bench and quench have specific meanings that saddle you hard. Common verbs and prepositions are easier to use, I find. Sometimes a near rhyme is more malleable, like "Whence."
I loved your formula for rescuing Chuck--the violin and "drinking some gin."
~ OMK
I solved the six J's from the paper before tackling the CC. Then I came back to the solution where I successfully grok'ed the second word. Then tada.
Yes, tackling the 6*6 was a challenge that Misty SUCCEEDED in. OMK a delightful paean to java. Having to drop down to decaf leaves me no desire for fancy in that realm.
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I've tried to drop coffee altogether but what do I do at the breakfast counter which I love to frequent.
I've just been summoned to a junk quest so any poetry from me must wait. I'm bummed by my FIW on the easy(otherwise) xword.
WC
Wilbur, so great to have you check in. We've missed you! And you are so incredibly kind to us, with your delightful comments. Thank you so much!
We miss your poetry, but will look forward to the next installment. Maybe then Sandy will check in with us too. And I hope Owen is okay and will visit too.
Aren't we lucky to have this much poetry in our lives!
Yes, so good to see you back over here, Wilbur, old man!
Even without your fine verse, it is just good to read your friendly voice and your comments always welcome.
I know there must be some who visit but don't think to leave a word or two. It would be encouraging to read a little note from each.
I think Sandy mentioned once, in passing, that she sometimes looks in w/o posting a message.
I wish she'd read this and change her thinking on that.
Even a brief "Hi, Guys" would go far to warm the old place up!
~ OMK
Well, you know, OMK, unless I can post early, I feel loath to post, because I never have anything to say about the poems that are already on the blog. Except for any story Wilbur may post; I'm interested in the progress of his plot.
But that's OK, Sandy. We don't expect everybody to respond to the poetry.
It's totally up to the individual. You can talk about anything else. Maybe the weather, or the news of the day.
Or nothing but "Present."
We just like to know when you're around...
~ OMK
Well, writing these poems seems to be the preoccupation of everyone else contributing to the blog. Though Wilbur does sometimes comment on the jumbles.
I miss the "old days", when posting about the jumbles themselves and on one's experiences with them was the focus of the blog. Ah well, can't expect things never to change. And in this small group, I seem to be the outlier.
Sandy, I too started out just commenting on the Jumbles without writing poetry, and will try to go back to do that again once in a while. Doing poetry just turned out to be a surprise and something I do now enjoy, but it's not everyone's thing. I wish we had more visitors like you to make our group more diverse.
Just as a speculation, if I were a new visitor to this blog, I might well think:
"Oh, this blog is for people who want to write jumble-inspired poetry. Guess it's not for me."
And not return.
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