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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
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Sometimes the solution just jumps out at you, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteI owe David and Jeff a lot of thanks; a relief after guest jumblers.
Leo wanted the world to see,
ReplyDeleteSo he signed up to go to sea!
The merchant marine fit his style,
So that's where he would be awhile!
Our brash fellow signed a hitch
To go to sea for a three month trip!
When he crossed the equator first time
A bottle was uncorked to douse him in wine!
When his time was up, he headed inland
Traded sea legs for an easier stand!
But he had built friendships in the ranks,
He left his buddies with a bunch of thanks!
An imaginative storyteller has an impulse to write of a larger than life figure, a giant of a world traveler.
ReplyDeleteIn order to remember his idea, he…
”Banks the Hunch”
‘Tis not in Cork but farther inland
they tell of the Big Brash Boyo!
He hitches on clouds across to Greenland
& down to a Spanish arroyo.
Mere continents are naught to him;
he hops the alps on a single limb,
& lands in Egypt, no need of a swim.
(His feats out-freak die Brüder Grimm.)
And that’s our smash ‘n’ crash Boyo!
~ OMK
I have fond memories of Thanksgiving back when I was a child
ReplyDeleteUncle Lefty, Sprockett that is, would come for lunch
Dad told me, "Lefty was brash but equally was wild"
When he uncorked a beauty his coach'd say, "Thanks a bunch!"
"He'd hitched on with a team inland from Bangor
Everywhere he pitched the result was anguish and rancor
Did he indeed get a cup of coffee in the Bigs? Boston perchance
But brash and wild are not ingredients for success in the Big Dance"
WC
"Thanksgiving Day"
ReplyDeleteToday is a day to give thanks
for blessings in all of our ranks.
We'll celebrate not a bunch of lunch
but dinner, with a turkey to munch.
The opening speech will not be brash
and not focus on money or cash,
for even if we're not rich
we have thanks to hitch and pitch.
When that's done, while we pass the dressings
we'll be grateful for all our blessings.
And while we uncork our bottle of wine
we'll be thankful for this inland time.
Happy Thanksgiving all!
ReplyDeleteNice to see Sandy, Owen, & Wilbur pitching in, offering tributes to a sailor boy and a wild man pitcher along the way.
And Misty speaking to the blessings of the day!
Can’t say if I‘ll be back today, as we’re prepping for a visit from the grandkids.
But I’ll review everything before Black Friday is out.
~ OMK
Owen, so glad Leo had such a great experience in the marines.
ReplyDeleteWilbur, what fond childhood Thanksgiving memories you have!
OMK, very exciting international poem--thank you for that too!
Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!
Happy Thanksgiving to my Jumble family; Owen, Misty, Sandy and Keith.
ReplyDeleteLefty is a legendary pitcher of the first decades of the 19th Century. Norm Nathan of Boston radio fame would tell "Lefty" stories and much like Sherlock fans I wrote a few pastiche.
WC
Thank you for the Thanksgiving wish, Wilbur. Happy Thanksgiving to you in return.
ReplyDeleteLefty sounds like an interesting guest.
Yep , I'm a lefty and we're a quixotic bunch. One friend who'd been around said that I was the uniquest guy he'd known.
DeleteThen again he'd never met Sprockett
Hope you had family with you today, Sandy.
WC
The merchant marine is not the same as the Marines. The mm is just civilian sailors who crew transport ships. They sign up for just one or a few voyages at a time. The Marines are a military service that demands at least a 2-year commitment.
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