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Todayโs Jumble haiku:
(A booth = the booth algorithm calculator,
-or-
The volume of a private phone booth;
Your choice! โฆ)
โNothing Too Newโ!
Tidal ebbs leave hop-
ping minnows, glitzy shells, and
booths of bottle caps.
~ OMK
A frazzled husband stops at the pop-up stand in the mall.
The Jewellery Booth
Tidal wave, cash spent?
Choose minnow size to glitzy;
Canโt do nothing at Christmas!
OMK- you used the literal meaning of tidal, and gave us scenic imagery of a beachcomberโs findings. I used the volume of the booth definition with sad imagery of all those bottle caps and the resulting pollution and effects on wildlife. Learning moment as I Googled re Boothโs Algorithm
I must remember that I can split words and thoughts in my haiku to get the correct rhythm/syllables.
I am not pleased with the grammar of โcanโt do nothingโ but I had to work with what I was given!
"Boy's Beau"
The ship's journey was tidal
and its objective was vital.
It did a small booth tow,
which carried a little minnow.
The critter was itsy bitsy,
with nothing shiny or glitzy.
But the captain's son loved fish,
and the minnow would fulfill his wish.
Misty- my imagination is running overtime, picturing that ship on its vital mission, towing a booth holding a little minnow, destined to become the captainโs sonโs pet fish. Thanks for my smile of the day.
OMK, you did it: worked all four Jumble words and solution into your haiku. Well done!
You did it too, CanadianEh!, although you also wonder if you observed all the rhythms and syllables required in haikus. I just realized I've never written a haiku in my life--or at least I don't think I have. Anyway, well done.
And thank you for your kind word about my verse--so glad it made you smile.
I take it, CanadianEh, that your double negative is accurate. One cannot get by with โdo(ing) nothingโ at Christmas.
Much is expected, and at least some must be done.
Your grammar is not offensive, nor is your extra 7-syllable line.
Yes, I went with tidal literally. I live near the shore, and beach trash must be addressed!
Oh, would that it were true, Misty, that todayโs ship captains had such command over their ships (and crew members!) that they could order so many additional sea miles (new ETAs) and extra projects (carpentry booths, catching fish, tying tow lines), despite what corporate owners might think.
But it is a sweet notion, one that might be pitched as an old time movie in which Lionel Barrymore and Freddie Bartholomew starred.
~ OMK
Believe it or not, Ol' Man Keith, but I came to this country from Austria on a huge army ship, on a journey that took two weeks! It was my first time on a ship and became one of the most delightful experiences of my youth (I was eleven years old) because many of the soldiers had families with them and there was a room reserved for children to play together every day. I loved playing with all those kids, and over the course of the two weeks with them I learned English from them, and learned it well enough that when I got to Pennsylvania, I didn't have to repeat fourth grade because my English was bad, but was actually allowed to start fifth grade because my English was good enough. So that journey became one of the best experiences of my youth and of my life.
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