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Confused in matters of law,
The mixed up atty.'s jaw
Hit the floor
At the corps
Of asst. D. A.s he saw!
Today’s Jumble haiku is R-rated:
(Yes, she was getting ready for whatever the Kissing Bandit had in mind, yes; now she was both fearful and stimulated, yes, and slowly disrobing as…)
”She Pared” (her layers—yes yes…)
… Her young face drawn with
misery, but upper thighs
now ablaze in hope.
~ OMK
[Nora is on the phone with Lois' mother Martha]
The reason I called is to relay information regarding Lois, your daughter
I wish to prepare you for some happy news which I hope will bring laughter
She was drawn to me when in recovery and felt that I could heal her misery
The goal of her program is not to set the world ablaze but a daily recovery
She wants you to come to the wedding which will be upscale per request
It'll be a big shebang full of gladness and certainly not short of guests
WC
Supper Date
Candles ablaze,
Curtains drawn,
Tasty meal prepared.
Miss Erie was being wooed.
"Sad Supper"
The cook was ill-prepared
when he saw the kitchen ablaze
to deal with the misery he shared
with all who were equally amazed.
But his spirits were drawn to stay upper
and he still served a pretty good supper.
Wow! Lots to savour here today!
Owen- I spot the jumbled W in the first line, and am wondering if you have done similarly with variations of the W in the abbrev. in the second and last lines. Even without that, it is brilliant!
WC- you struggled with different letters than I did in the W. I must remember the duplicate possibility!
OMK- LOLed at your title and R-rated haiku. It might have been X-rated if you had tried to incorporate the W! Perhaps my Miss Erie will get to that point in the wooing.
WC- your Lois update today is beautiful (and I see those J words). Nora has framed the invitation nicely, and I hope Lois’ mother accepts.
Misty posted while I was composing! And she has taken her poem to the “misery” side of our supper (her offering has lovely rhyme and a final couplet, while mine was blunt and rhymeless). What a sad state of affairs for that cook. But fortunately, he stayed “upper” and was able to rescue the situation and still serve a good supper. Good cooks are resourceful!
I think I'd rather attend your supper than mine, CanadianEh!. Thanks for the very kind comment, much appreciated from a clever poet like you.
Oh dear--hope she turns out to be okay, Ol' Man Keith. But I'm sure your haiku will cheer her up.
Owen ~ CEh says she sees the W-word in ”the first line,” but I confess I can’t find it. Any hint for this old coot?
Misty ~ My compliments to the chef for such a sturdy streak of good cheer!
To be able to serve a fine meal after the fire, from a burnt-out kitchen, takes real resilience.
As to the fate of my heroine, I cannot say. I am a gentleman.
Wilbur ~ Good to see the continuation of the Chet/Lois romantico.
Nora has the right words, methinks—the tact of a diplomat. If anyone can win Lois’ mom over, it is she!
Back to you, CanadianEh! ~ Your Miss Erie should see no misery. She is clearly being courted in a manner far more gentile than that practiced by my K.B.!
If your couple should reach the “blazing thighs” moment, they will surely find a feather bed nearby.
~ OMK
OMK- the W is jumbled in the 3rd word, but you have to throw our two letters.
I see a version of the J in the 4th word of the second line
And I am trying to find it in the last line??
But perhaps I am trying too hard.
Sorry, I meant “a version of the W”.
Jeezo peezo, CanadianEh! I dunno.
After tossing the “m,” “e,” & “r,” we are left with just 4 letters, lacking a “y.”
But take another look at the 4th word in the 2nd line…
We can find a “y” there, in the abbreviated word—“atty.’s”—
and THERE is where you will find the anagram of today’s W.
Still, we gotta draw (Drawn?) a line somewhere— right? Working so hard to spot a word feels counterproductive to me. If it takes more than a half hour to find, I submit it doesn’t pay minimum wage.
I’m inclined to agree with your concluding thought.
If we work hard enough, we can re-code (rather than de-code) just about any word to become another.
I worked to find both J-words and the W in Owen’s piece, but I failed in my first and second tries.
At a certain point, even if a writer claims hidden embeds, we have to say, No, they’re just not there. Cleverness can devolve into obscurity.
~ OMK
OMK- I was getting the W mixed up and I made it too hard.
The second line has it as you said. And that one is fairly easy to find.
The first line has the noun form if you throw out two letters, but that is too obscure I agree.
Sorry to confuse your search.
Thanks, CEh! But I don’t want to dismantle parts of the word to find the “noun form” (TASTE?).
I believe the rest of my objections still hold.
The ideal for the blog, according to its very title, is to “hint,” cleverly to be sure; but not to conceal.
~ OMK
The anagram in the second line was the only reveal of TASTY. Lines 1 & 2 both had indicators that an anagram was involved. But how you saw it in other lines befozles me.
For Wordle, I don't think of my poems as hints so much a confirmations. With only one word to find, any real hint seems overkill.
Thanks for the clarification, Owen.
It helps to hear from you. And to know once/if a reader has found the W-word, there’s no need to search further.
~ OMK
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