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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is definitely NOT required.
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
Parents and children separated at the border.
ReplyDeleteSomething that our government really hadn't oughter.
Now we're left harboring these migrant children,
And searching to find parents to put with them.
Advocates have lobbied to improve this situation.
Many parents have been sent back to their nation.
When we find them now, they'll get a ticket back,
To be reunited, and put on an immigration track.
The plan has been set up, it's ready to roll.
Finding every parent of a lost child is the goal!
It would've been better to do this from the start,
But only now have we leaders with human hearts.
For news reports, see HERE.
ReplyDeleteToday's couplet is just to change the pace.
I'm offering it in trochaic pentameter.
This is considered a difficult meter, which is what makes it fun to try.
"Ready to (Roll the) Reel"
Please to show your ticket in the lobby,
would you seek the screen for Pearl* Harbor.
~ OMK
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* Must be pronounced "PER-ul" ( / u ) to qualify.
OMK, you must be tickled pink over the California result. A whole new meaning for Big Blue*
ReplyDeleteWC
* As opposed to the clue fln-1 of "Little Blue"
Very moving poem, dealing with an important issue, Owen. And you worked in all four Jumble words and solution, yet very unobtrusively.
ReplyDeleteHow nice to get a trochaic pentameter from you, Ol' Man Keith. Looked it up and now understand why you stress that 'pearl' must be pronounced 'PER-ul'. Very clever, and you too included all Jumble words and solution.
Thank you both for this great start to our day.
Yep, Wilbur, it does feel good. The polls predicted this all along, but we've seen them lull us into complacency before.
ReplyDeleteI am not especially fond of Newsome, but he's progressive enough and he's damn pretty.
He's a smart boy who's made some dumb choices, but maybe this whole charade has sobered him up.
Owen, you bring a nice, folksy touch to a serious problem. It is a sad situation, but at least we're on a more promising path.
~ OMK
"Campaign"
ReplyDeleteBenedict was a barber
who had grown up in Ann Arbor
and did some ambition harbor.
He early made it his hobby
for his own election to lobby.
His campaign team was quite ready
and their efforts were solid and steady.
They did everything they could
to make their candidate look good--
just as they promised they would.
They promoted his goals on his ticket
with an outcome that proved they licked it.
The campaign was on a roll
and successful in the poll.
And so Benedict reached his goal.
Misty, you give your Benedict a charmed career.
ReplyDeleteWho is it who says
"All work and the right choices
Make Jack the pick of the voters' voices"!?
~ OMK
Misty, re. Greta and the unnamed spouse
ReplyDeleteWhen hubby said, "Greta I better go, I'm an unrepentant sinner "
"What's your hurry", Greta said, "Why not say for dinner?"
When he'd devoured the roast beef and all the fixins
He said, "If I leave here I'm crazy as the dickens"
For happy husbands a hearty meal is the perfect winner
WC
Wilbur, how nice that Greta and her husband have figured out how to avoid a divorce! Makes me happy to hear this--especially in a sweet, romantic poem.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, my sweet husband Rowland was the great cook in our family. At the beginning of our friendship, he invited me to his house for dinner and cooked a wonderful vegetarian casserole. I didn't cook at the time, so to invite him to my house, I suggested that I'd order us a pizza. He responded by saying, "You know, I have a pizza for lunch every day. So I really think I'd prefer a real meal for dinner." A real meal?!
How on earth does on produce that? So I went to Trader Joe's and told one of the women there my problem and she took me over to the seafood counter and showed me a package of sole that had a recipe on the back. She showed me where to find the ingredients and frozen side dishes, and wished me good luck. The dinner was a success, and I was on my way to becoming a cook. A year or two after Rowland and I had married, our cooking was so good we were invited to join two different Gourmet clubs.
So maybe Greta and her husband have a good future ahead.
That is a very happy marriage-cum-culinary tale, Misty. Did this ol' heart glad to read it...
ReplyDeleteWhen I met my wife, I was the cook. I had several dishes in my repertory, but I suppose sukiyaki was my speciality. Over the years I have hung up my chef's knives and lost my touch. We tend to fend for ourselves now for daily fare, but Janice has become the chef for weekly family meals & for holidays. She takes delight in her magic cook pots of all shapes and sizes.
She has a variety of "best dishes" to her name now. But I have to say that my favorite of favorites is a most humble item--her meatloaf! I don't know how she does it ("Shh, it's a secret," she says), but it outdoes every meatloaf dish I have ever eaten elsewhere.
Ever!
~ OMK
Great that you have a wife who is a wonderful cook, OMK Good for you!
ReplyDeleteI'm lucky that Clauder, Rowland's last caregiver who still lives in his room here and is here for supper after working with his new client all day, is willing to share the cooking chores with me. So we still have a decent meal every night, which is a blessing.