| || sheep, visor, untrue, camera, course (of) events.
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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.
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The legends of Loch Ness, in Cryptozoic lore,
Have fascinated travelers to that Caledonian shore.
Tourists come with cameras to see the creature raise,
The only creatures that they click are sheep that graze.
Are tales of the monster untrue or true accounts?
Did observers vouch they saw it, or renounce?
In the course of events, did the sun get in their eyes?
Or did they pull their visors down to properly apprise?
Word has got about that our dear POTUS, after viewing film of French military parades as well as some older movies of young Queen Elizabeth mounted on her beautiful steed for trooping the colors, is eager to have his own parade.
He fancies himself mounted on a fine stallion as the military units pass in review. He wants his beast to have a beautifully tooled leather saddle and head gear featuring an ostrich plume.
Its rump will be covered with a gold colored blanket displaying the presidential seal.
No date has been set for the festive event, but the animal is being readied.
Around DC stables, he has become known, of course, as the Horse of Pretense.
~ OMK
Nice use of the J words Owen and a smooth flowing verse. OMK your spoon reminds me of reading a Bible story as a kid. But I could never figure out if it was a donkey talking out of his ass or what.
Perhaps though the expression "Out of the mouths of babes ..." should be "When a horse's ass speaks...
Jumble went very fast and merely needed to jot down 12 letters to find the riddle-solution
WC
Yay! I got all four Jumble words but had trouble with the solution--even though I loved the cartoon. But I'm not a golfer so needed help, and it came from Owen's poem. Many thanks for the delightful verses with all the words neatly worked in!
Ol'Man Keith, your POTUS story totally cracked me up and made my day! Thank you so much for that special treat.
And I'll look forward to your poem, Wilbur.
Although life is seen as a vast panorama
The course of events are often done in camera
In life's procession a visor often clouded one's view
The reality they knew as life was predominantly untrue
The job deserved not won, the woman wooed but lost
Owed more to idle talk, ignorance, and paths not crossed
Poor Bunky's fate was like a sheep led to slaughter
Full of mighta beens, shouldas, couldas and oughtas.
WC
Too pessimistic? I was thinking of the world of sports most specifically where
talent gets overlooked, sometimes by chance sometimes by ulterior motive. Sometimes fate will intervene and an unpolished gem will be unearthed by chance.
WC
No problem, Wilbur. I think we have a reasonable pattern here with Owen's poems usually looking up, as it were--while yours look down. Hey, that's real life, full of ups and downs, and gives us needed realism. So thank you both for a balanced outlook on our world--with Ol'Man Keith giving us the great twist of a great up that is actually a terrific down. Woohoo! Commentaries don't get any more balanced and complex than this!
(Apologies for signing in anonymously. I am having trouble with Google not letting me sign on under my own Identity.)
Or maybe not pessimistic enough.
Sorry, Wilbur, your poem triggered a mood in me that sentimentalizes loss.
The sense that even the life well lived must contain failure & waste.
I'm focused on how it is that we wave goodbye to loss--the moment of surrender.
Thank you for the cue words.
~ OMK
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