words from wordle 1,941
YODEL turned out to be a gift for zappai. Jonesy takes it all the way into bodily absurdity with “A BOWEL YODEL,” Diana uses it as the punch line to a sequence of increasingly unlikely literary possibilities, and Debbie lets it become a strange little act of self-expression after an identity crisis in olive-drab khakis. auntie jj finds a warmer use for it, turning the sound into a call that brings a loved ranch dog home.
The strongest poems made YODEL feel like an action with a reason behind it rather than merely a funny final word. Sometimes it became a joke, sometimes a summons, and sometimes a rainmaking cry. That gave the round a nice range while still letting the constraint stay gloriously odd.
Jonesy 5/6
A crap shoot: POKER
a COMET, very NOVEL.
A BOWEL YODEL
Debbie Wilson 4/6
OLIVE drab khakis
Am I LOSER or MODEL?
YODEL my way home…
Mark 0/6
Sleek simple SHAPE
BEING FLEET, LOVED by builders
DOWEL MODEL flare
Diana Marie 6/6
QUEST? Prince in EXILE?
Or LEGAL thriller NOVEL?
YOKEL will YODEL!
auntie jj 4/6
the MANGE on ranch dog
did not DETER; they LOVED him
YODEL brings him home
Lari 4/6
Ate BREAD to DETOX.
Now I’ll drink mint tea before I
MODEL my YODEL. 😊
Mick 3/6
toads PLEAD for water
there is scant pond to DELVE in —
Rainmaker YODEL!