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Today’s Jumble haiku:
(Pet geckos used to be kept with chains around their necks. They could tolerate this as long as their owners left them with enough slack to let them regulate their body temps in daylight.
This particular reptile lived along a waterway in Venice CA. When he felt cold, he broke free by inhaling and puffing out his throat to snap his…)
“Inapt Chains
Our Gecko exhaled,
& stretched out to sun his limbs
on the canal’s strand.
~ OMK
The tempo was set by the conductor, a gnome.
He was as precise as a metronome.
"My sense of timing
There's no denying
Comes from years of watching a garden growin' !"
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I got downtown pretty quickly today.
Wordle 676 3/6*
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Owen- brilliant hiding of the W today. I’m guessing that your starter was the second word in your poem, but what was your second guess? I love gnomes and gardens.
Hallion - a disreputable or useless lout. Collins English Dictionary.
Exchange Act
The gecko in the ads
For metrosexual fashion fads
Wore a strand of pearls
That channeled his weekend whirls.
Those nights he was a stallion,
By day a plain ex-hallion.
OMK- what a wonderful backstory to explain your haiku. It was an effort today to connect those J words. I took the W’s lead, and it led to a somewhat risquรฉ result. Those ads weren’t for insurance!
"Wet Pet"
The kid got a gecko on his birthday
and refused to give it away.
The gift may have been banal
but the kid took it to a strand
where it could swim in a canal,
an experience the kid found grand.
The pet put the kid on a new trail
which allowed him to relax and exhale.
And this gave his life a nice change
of exploring an whole new range.
Nice work getting all those J words into your pet-themed poem, Misty.
Interesting, the different meanings of “strand”. You and OMK used the same one. I used the jewellery; and then there is the “leave high and dry” meaning too.
Pets are a wonderful experience for kids. For many, like your kid, they are therapeutic, with a calming, relaxing effect.
Wordle 26 April ‘23
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Wordle 676 2/6
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Followed your
hints. But in
San Francisco
we call it Muni.
~ OMK
CEh!, tempo was indeed one of my guesses, but a J word was my first.
I tried to write up a J poem today, but by the 2nd verse gave it up as banal and uninspired. I did look up strand, and found it was a particularly British usage as a beach. Also, the GEICO gecko's first name is Martin.
CEh! ~ Thanks again for enjoying my lil' guy's story. I thought your poem a gem, showing fresh mastery of rhyme. "Hellion" is a very fine word, a reminder of what a pal a dictionary can be. (What would poets do without 'em.)
Owen ~ Trust your judgment! We certainly do. The limerick is certainly enough.
Yes, "strand" is a busy word--on both sides of the Pond. Humpty Dumpty would be proud of it.
I don't know that I would call a gecko a "banal" gift, Misty. That might apply to those little "chameleons" they used to sell us at the circus, but a gecko brings a little more class to the transaction.
Your poem speaks to the joy any pet might bring to a child. In this case, it seems to have been a life-changer, definitely for the better.
~ OMK
Those were tricky words to work into a poem today, but we got a delightful array of verses, including yours, Owen. So thank you all for your "strand of pearls," CE!, especially, and your sun-bathing Gecko, too, OMK.
And Wilbur, we hope you'll also check in.
Looks like that penultimate stab, Wilbur, could ONLY have been the “R” word.
I can’t think of another. Can you?
~ OMK
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