| || slosh, chide, plural, cactus, at her disposal.
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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed!
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
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In the Arizona desert, the Saguaros stand as sentries
Watching over sand, as ancestors have for centuries.
Rain is rare, but when it comes, it washes the arroyos,
It sloshes over cactus, and waters at Saguaros' Dios.
The gods and ghosts of the Saguaros, outside human ken,
Wander through the desert, only Coyote for a friend.
They chide the Gila woodpecker that nests inside the pulp,
To respect her venerable host of the home she has sculpt.
With no legs to move them, they ghost from tree to tree,
Dust Devils as their stallions, swirling wild and free!
With a plurality of arms, these gods of desert plants
Are disposed to take blossoms as prayers of succulence.
I think one of the qualities that distinguishes true artists from the rest of humanity is the ability to contemplate at length the world and especially the inner life of another being, including inanimate and semi-animate objects, as Owen does in this poem--and with some frequency. Bravo! Well done!
Today's solution?
"I know you're a great admirer of my comfortable home and all my kitchen conveniences, but these are not reason enough for your brash proposal, young man!"
~ OMK
Had trouble with the fourth Jumble word, but you neat poem gave that to me--many thanks, Owen. But still had problems with the solution, and then read Ol'Man Keith's play on the words and TADA! I got the solution too! Many thanks, blog friends. Fun Jumble and I loved the colors in the cartoon, including the green scraps going down the sink.
Really evocative poem, Owen, painting a vivid, rather eerie, picture of the desert.
I found this jumble pretty easy; saw the solution before I even looked at the clues. It was an obvious pun. I also had some trouble with the fourth clue, and had to puzzle over it awhile. But knowing which of its letters were and were not in the solution was a big he!p.
I'm late because I could get neither #3 nor 4. The CC was as quick as it's ever been but I tried everything.
Finally 3, then minutes later, 4. I assumed THE was in the Riddle-Solution and only one last look at the picture alerted me of the exact wording.
Which made sense.
Wow, taking one word Owen has made a panoramic verse of the intricate desert world. A unique talent and we four J-birds are the beneficiaries.
A great pair of l'icks at the CC today too.
WC
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