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The opening poem should contain all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble and/or Wordle and/or Orijinz.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is NOT required.
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual Jumble or Wordle answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is NOT required.
Today’s Jumble haiku:
ReplyDelete(The zoo’s bush baby primates decided to follow the writers & actors. They went on strike for a wage increase.
When things went their way, they rued the outcome …)
”Starving Toll”
The lemurs formed a
union—for salary—“but
not sap,” they regret.
~ OMK
20 SEP ‘23
ReplyDeletePar=4
Wordle 823 2/6
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W823
You can use this to catch a rabbit or hare,
or something larger (with a prayer, if you dare).
You may call it a trap; I am apt to say “ ….. .”
~ OMK
Beat the drum, beat the drum!
ReplyDeleteI know a rabbit whose time has come!
I'll spring a trap
To shut his yap,
And catch him quicker than he can call his Mum!
Wordle 823 5/6
🎣🥁🎣🎣🎣
🪤🥁🎣🪤🎣
🪤🥁🥁🎣🎣
🥁🥁🥁🎣🥁
🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
Too many rhyming words today - I was trapped
ReplyDeleteWordle 823 4/6*
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🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
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With my apologies to PETA
ReplyDeleteRoaring Stole
The lemur was full of regret,
He decided to grin and bear it.
Like a lion he cried out, and yet
He was truly trapped and ensnared,
A reunion with his mate he despaired.
Destined to pay the hunter’s salary,
His fur would be a vintage Hollywood Regency.
Misty should get the W today, with all our rhyming hints.
ReplyDeleteOMK- Brilliant and topical backstory to your lemurs’ strike. And a caution against always getting what you ask for and then ruing the collateral damage.
We went in slightly different directions with our titles. My topic was slightly macabre. I remember my mother having one if those fur scarfs with the entire animal, head and tail included, plus little beady button eyes. I can’t imagine wearing one - shudder!
Orijinz:
ReplyDeleteBr'er Bear had a grin from ear to ear. Br'er Rabbit would learn today who to fear!
The Tar Baby sat,
Awaiting to trap
Whoever was first to come near!
Sorry the Orijinz is so late this morning. Neither my phone nor i were feeling well last night. I managed the W, but the O just wouldn't load. And i haven't written the J nor CC poems yet.
ReplyDeleteA bit of coincidence -- i did the W first, thinking of Buggs Bunny, but then along came the O and continued the same story, but with a new starring role.
ReplyDelete"Lemur Stir"
ReplyDeleteThe lemur was gentle and very kind
and the zoo hoped a partner
for him they would find.
But such a union might get them in debt,
so they stopped their search
with much regret.
Instead they figured out that the gallery
might have another way to make a salary.
They gave the lemur a starring role
in an animal show that became their goal.
The audience loved it and it was a hit
and the lemur into the zoo did now happily fit.
CanadianEh! ~ A splendid Spoonerish title! I love how it led to your sorry recollection. My mom had the same foxy critter around her neck. (But I can’t imagine one made from an actual lemur, with a striped tail!—except as a costume designer’s gag.)
ReplyDeleteStill, I like how you captured your lemur’s last desperate moments…
Misty ~ Your lemur’s attentions seem to have been bought off. Instead of providing him with a life’s mate, they enticed him into becoming a matinee idol.
Hollywood strikes again!
~ OMK
I figured it would be too tough for me to get the Wordle today, but, Woohoo!, it worked out, thanks to your helpful hints, Ol' Man Keith and CanadianEh!! Here it is:
ReplyDeleteWordle 823 1/6
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I'm glad I dared to try it with your clues--I fared well in the end.
Ol' Man Keith, I hope those baby lemurs get the sap they need before it's too late. But I still always enjoy your haiku and verse.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have been thinking of Janice and hoping she's feeling better.
Owen, I sure hope you set that poor bunny free from his trap.
CanadianEh!, I'm afraid your verse made me sad. But your comment about your mother's fur scarf showed your good heart.
I miss Wilbur on days like this. But am so glad to still visit you all on the blog every day.
Don’t worry about the “baby” lemurs, Misty!
ReplyDeleteOnly the adults can join a union. My reference to “bush baby primates” identifies the family to which they belong.
A bush baby is a kind of ape, regardless of its age.
~ OMK
Ach! I had a busy day doing my fall cleaning, and didn’t get back here.
ReplyDeleteMisty- your lemur was lucky to be in a zoo where he would not suffer the horrible fate of my lemur. Yes, my verse was sad.
But OMK will attest that it was my Spooner title that led my thoughts to that Stole.
Hope you are feeling better Owen.
I am out of town tomorrow and doubt I will make it here.