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Todayโs Jumble haiku :
(Nothing is as ephemeral as a bygone itch.
Unless poking fun at Mu*โฆ)
โMy Sweet Rhymeโ
When you utter tripe,
you tweak the red nose, emblem
of past itching times.
~ OMK
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* Certain haiku may be suggestive of koan.
Robin, in the forest with his men,
Wasn't so happy to defend.
Silently nock a bolt
To fire at friendly folk
Forced to fulfil the sheriff's end.
Wordle 539 5/6*
โฌโฌโฌโฌโฌ
โฌ๐จโฌ๐จโฌ
โฌโฌโฌ๐จ๐จ
๐จ๐จโฌโฌโฌ
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
Hard one today
Uncle Sam Wants You
Stitch on those stripes and emblems.
When opportunity knocks,
Donโt take your own sweet time
Or let disquiet weaken your resolve.
Enlist!
OMK- I found the hidden S word (and all the others), and smiled at the mental image. Would that be how Rudolph got his red nose?
Owen- I found the Wordle, but had to LIU to confirm your usage was legitimate. โTo fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbowโ. Learning moment.
I found the Wordle difficult today (even though it was in my title yesterday).
Another busy day (and weekend). I may not get a chance to return here until Monday.
"Pitch Stitch"
The actors worked hard to tweak
their production with an emblem,
and their show ended up so sleek,
it was considered a worthy gem.
Then some critics began to hype
that the show would do better to mime,
but the actors ignored all that tripe
and just acted in their own sweet time.
For CanadianEh, I should say,
โDonโt rap it.โ
Glad you found me out, what with my hidden S-word & the secret of the red proboscis.
Actually, I had the classic comicโs nose in mind, but your mention of Rudolph caused me to realize (after all these years!) that Montgomery Wardโs little caribou is in fact a Clown.
Your verse appeals to patriotism & the military spirit.
That oughta get โem all signing up! Yessiree! For God & Countryโฆ
Owen ~ My Man!
Not sure why Robin is on the sheriffโs side. Must be a wrinkle of the legend I forgot.
I like the usage: โnock a bolt.โ
And Misty ~
Didnโt quite get what those crickets hyped.That the show should cut out the dialogue?
Maybe the actors should don red noses?
Iโm sure it was wise that you had them ignore such advice & continue to play it for the โworthy gemโ it was, as appreciated (presumably) by other critics. Hurrah for hard work & sleek tweaking!
Give that cast a standing ovation!!
~ OMK
I guess I'd rather have the actors surrounded by BLUE HENs than having them wear "RED NOSES", Ol' Man Keith--unless you think that would be fun? In that case, I'll recommend it.
Keith, what makes you think Robin is on the sheriff's side? He's defending against the sheriff's conscips.
Ambiguity.
"...forced to defend the sheriff's ends" can be read as applying to either the "friendly folk" or to Robin himself.
The poetic grammar led me to the latter as my initial reading. I thought Robin was being "forced" to "Fire at friendly folk."
The use of standard capitalization at the start of each line (and the lack of a sentence subject) limits how we can read the meaning.
~ OMK
I tried to post this
Wordle 539 5/6
๐จโฌโฌโฌ๐จ
๐จ๐จโฌโฌโฌ
โฌโฌ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
โฌโฌ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
Ran out of wifi
Is it NYT that likes repeating letters so much. It's hard to use up precious letters by using the same one twice
Than there was the infamous MUMMY a month ago
WC
Re. Owen's Robib Hood poem.
An archer "nocks" the shaft into the bowstring.
The Sherriff effectively has a posse made up of townfolj not necessarily volunteers. Now if king John had royal troops chasing him Robin would have no qualms
WC
You may recall that Robin was fair-minded as evinced By this
Friday, 10/24/20
birch, churn, napkin, jaguar, hang back.
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Locksley now prepared to fix the ransoms of the pair.
Aymer the Abbott, bejeweled and costly attired
Isaac of York, with his vaults of gold acquired
From usury. Loans begged but at payment time: "It's not fair!"
The yeoman leader deemed the ratio as fifty-fifty
"This is lunacy", cried Aymer. "He'll sock it to me", said the Jew.
"My gold I've gained by being thrifty"
"Steal from the Church?, Damnation to you."
Both tried their best to fudge about their wealth.
"Fascinating", thought Locksley. "Gold's more valuable than their health".
Isaac's heart was churning at the news of his daughter's abduction
"Hang back", the outlaw leader said, "under the birch,
Away from the prying eyes of the prelate of the church."
[Said Isaac]"You've jogged my memory, you are Bend-A-Bow. [Said Locksley] "I'll grant remission, I'm friend not foe"
"You helped me once. I'll up the share of the proud, Abbott Aymer,
Whose napkins in his Vestry are worth a peon's wages for a year".
WC
Thanks, Wilbur, for an impressive series of couplets & varied schemesโdevoted to part of the Robin Hood tale.
I do have difficulties, personal I think, tracking dialogue among multiple characters, and the old convention of capitalizing at the start of each line interferes with the grammar.
Thatโs why it would be unfair of me to comment furtherโexcept to say that some phrases ring nobly, and it all just feels great!
~ OMK
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