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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 NOT required.
Since August 2022, Wordle brags and links to original jigsaw puzzles are also welcomed!
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On the Left they say they're woke,
ReplyDeleteAnd on the Right, images evoke:
Luddite fears,
Witchcraft years,
Times before a legal toke!
Apologies for the convoluted title.
ReplyDeleteIt’s exactly the kind I deplore, even as I may settle for it.
Today’s Jumble haiku:
Until arrangements can be made to either release these beasts to the wild or to an open sanctuary, they need to be properly fed.
“I take pride in tellin’ ya, I…
“Brang Sup(per to the whole dang) Mob”
(—ev’ra one of ‘em.)
Bisons and jaguars
can’t abide zoos. They must roam—
fish must swim, seals splash*…
~ OMK
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* Etc.
ReplyDeleteOwen ~ The limerick is a most congenial form.
I used it too for my Sunday excuse.
The W in your opening line today renders yours splendidly au courant.
—§—
How weird…
I opted for a different starter today.
I was thinking WREATH, in the spirit of the season.
It’s too long, of course, so I shortened it.
And solved in two.
Who’d-a thunk it?
Par = 4
Wordle 534 2/6
🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
~ OMK
"Zoo Success"
ReplyDeleteThe new zoo made quite a splash
when a bison it acquired,
but it was the jaguar who was a smash
and an excited audience inspired.
The zoo's crew did abide with a bang-up job
and now flourishes with a visitors' mob.
Misty ~ Since your zoo is a “new zoo,” I imagine it must be one of the seriously re-considered zoological paradises I have been admiring on TV—those that are devoted more to the animals’ protection than to visitors’ pleasure. These are staffed with “keepers” whose training enables them to give the beasts all the proper diet, vet health care, and regular stimulation they need to flourish.
ReplyDeleteBisons and jaguars will find enough acreage to feel free to roam—separately, of course.
Visitors are guided to viewing areas where, if they are lucky, they may catch sight of animals drinking from a pond or returning to a haven from an outing.
These new zoos may be truly “woke,” not guilty of the exploitation that was the hallmark of past circus exhibitions & trained animal-act minstrelsies.
Since the visitors in your verse are said to be “inspired,” we may be sure it is by happy, well-cared-for residents!
We may say Brava to that!
~ OMK
Hey, CEh!
ReplyDeleteYou can subtract your non-starter word (as obviously no good at all!), and that may give you a better start—a sweeter outlook—on your day.
And if your penultimate word was WOVEN, I think you’re entitled to drop it as well. That gets you down to “par.”
~ OMK
Ol' Man Keith, thank you for the kind response to my verse, and I appreciated your kind haiku about keeping animals out of zoos. Your comments to that effect had an impact on me because my only grandson, Adrian, who is 18 years old, has been going into a forest every Saturday for years in his teens to feed the wildlife. And he has just begun college at a SUNI school in Syracuse that apparently offers a major in Wild Animal Science or some such thing. He plans to make wild animals his career, so I'll keep you posted on his progress.
ReplyDeleteMisty ~ Did you see the editorial in today's L.A. Times?
ReplyDeleteWith the headline, "Free Billy!"?
It was pleading with the L.A. Zoo to retire their 37-year old male elephant--after 3 decades of being cooped on a 3 acre enclosure--to an open range pachyderm sanctuary.
Apparently, old Billy has been doing a lot of head-bobbing lately--a sign of stress, according to elephant experts.
~ OMK
A Jangle Bob-Up
ReplyDeleteA bison and a jaguar
Could not abide as foes.
Woken,
they decided to make a splash
In the Christmas parade -
One with bells,
The other with a red nose.
Owen- good use of the Wordle!
ReplyDeleteOMK- thanks for the Wordle encouragement. Yes number 5 was Woven.
I LOLed at your title
And Misty’s zoo is doing well.
The Niagara area has had some furor over Marineland in Niagara Falls, and their treatment of whales, seals. Their popularity has waned and they are closing. Times have certainly changed, and there is more thought for the welfare of the animals in captivity. If they can’t be free, they should live in areas and groups as close to their natural habitat as possible.
Another twofer
ReplyDelete"By son", Chet's father said, as he stood by the porch of the house
"I can't abide your drinking booze by the gallon. Your just a souse"
Whoever would have thought Chet would emerge from that nadir
From those drinking jags constantly at war with life and self
Wearing DUI ankle bracelets obsessed with alcohol riddled with fear.
And today? On a roll , employed at a bang-up job
And…
About to marry that winsome elf.
"Sure", he thought "I'm not exactly rolling around in cash
But time is on my side and together Lois and I will make a splash"
WC
Quite a collection of J-words, Wilbur!
ReplyDeleteGood job squeezing them all in!
And so Lois is now a “winsome elf,” is she?
I wonder what she has to say about that…?!
~ OMK
And your title was rich, CEh!—enough to crack a smile.
ReplyDeleteI am still trying to work out which wore the bells and which the red “clown” nose.
Fun to imagine it either way…
~ OMK