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FLN, here is one from last nightโฆ
Heaven forfend our border is breached,
or foreigners wonโt our visas beseech.
Rio Grande flows between us,
denoting โstrait,โ but subgenus.
Every day brings a crowd beyond reach.
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And this new oneโฆ
Get a grip on the smallest of fish,
unless it slithers right out of your fist.
Please stop when you pinch;
pause at one inch;
youโll have just the right wish for your dish.
~ OMK
Todayโs Jumble haiku:
โ(Mascot) Mix-Upโ
Nor Ass, nor Dumbo.
A khaki Hippo supplies
our caucusโ symbol.
~ OMK
Jungle John was organizing a safari
To capture a hippo for an interested party.
He gathered his bearers for a caucus
On how to handle this living carcass.
Dressed up in his khaki safari best,
And with some tourists, at their behest,
The bearers with supplies for a week,
Jungle John set out to find the beast.
They headed for a river and a hippo clan.
John lured one away to dry open land.
A hippo-leather harness held it a bay.
A helicopter came to pick it up and away!
Back in the town, they trundled their prey
Into an F-one-fifty pickup that drove it away!
Ginny wanted a loveable puppy
Got permission from a Yuppy
Guess her Mommy,
Guess her Poppy
Got her just a newt mudpuppy.
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A silly little tale today about an attempt to set up a private wildlife sanctuary.
Pickup Hiccup
We put on our khaki coat,
And camouflaged our boat,
Trying to steal the hippo
And maybe even the gecko
Living in the bayou
At the local zoo.
But the crowโs caw caused us alarm,
We returned quickly to the farm.
Our guppy will have to rely
On other playmates nearby
Until more pets we can supply.
Our plans went awry!
OMK- even this Canadian recognized the political symbols in your haiku LOL. The HIPPO party may be a great alternative. We actually had a Rhinoceros Party which promised to keep none of its promises if elected. At least they had an honest campaign slogan!
Great W offerings from both OMK and Owen today.
Owen- your J poem brought back great memories of a day at Crescent Lake, in the Rift Valley of Kenya, viewing the hippos and other wildlife. They look like large sleepy logs under the water and on shore, but apparently can move like lightening when capturing prey. We were warned with the story of a camera-toting tourist who got too close trying to get the perfect photo, and was grasped by those strong jaws. But it sounds like Jungle John knows what he is doing (unlike my amateur naturalists).
"Jerky Jumble"
Today's Jumble words
make this verse terse.
The word 'hippo' has no rhyme,
and 'khaki'/'tacky' is not sublime.
And everyone will mock us
when we try to rhyme 'caucus.'
If we'd been given a better 'supply'
it would've been easier to comply.
But today's Jumble gives us a hiccup
and so I did poorly with my 'pick-up'.
CanadianEh! ~ An ambitious undertaking, trying to create a private zooโฆ. And apparently with a full range in scale, from gecko all the way up to hippopotamus.
Iโm not clear why the crow could frighten your team off.
Was it perhaps a bird grabbing a ride on the hippoโs back?
And if your effort was unlicensed (I should pay more attention to your use of โstealโ?), I suppose any alarm could draw the attention of regulators!
Misty ~
While self-deprecation may be your thing,
your poem today has a neat swing.
Complaining of the J-wordsโ constraint
gave you the theme for your quaint complaint.*
Is it awkward? Maybe.
But itโs still your baby.
And as far as faux pas go,
it merits a qualified โBravoโ!
~ OMK
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* Still this former smoker often thought of โhippoโ
every time he flicked his Zippo.
Yes Misty- we were given a raucous caucus of Zurich words today. I could only create a โsilly taleโ, while you gave us a poetic diatribe. Nice work.
OMK- I only included the crow because I needed itโs caw-cus! (And I suppose โstealโ might invite an investigation. (But the bot hasnโt censored me today!)
LOL, how did autocorrect get Zurich out of J? Sometimes AI drives me crazy!
I know I know.
Sometimes, CEh, AI is just plumb crazy.
~ OMK
Owen's Jungle John seems a well-organized organizer. He has the manpower and the chopper and the pickup truck, all ready to hand.
While your poem reminded CEh of the danger presented bb a hippopotamus, it put me in mind of the opposite.
I have been watching nature and zoo shows on TV recently and have seen how friendly the hippo can be.
Especially well-fed ones, and they are super-friendly, of course, when raised from infancy by humans.
Nothing is cuter than a baby hippo.
Except a baby rhino.
Your limerick's multiple rhymes makes the W inescapable today.
I thank you for giving me the acrostic idea. As you can see, it is now one of my favorite gimmicks. As you go on to explore different ways of hinting, I'll content myself with your "leavings."
~ OMK
Another day of delightful verses and comments today.
Ol' Man Keith, we are getting more and more verses from you each day, and they are totally delightful. Today you gave us a serious one on borders, a funny one on a tiny fish, and then another haiku treasure where you worked three of the Jumble words into a single line:"khaki Hippo supplies," with an adjective followed by a noun followed by a verb--amazing!
Owen, you too supplied us with a long, elegant poem, where Jungle John's safari also included khaki wear and a hippo and a caucus and even a helicopter to provide the much needed pick--up! Thank you for that neat gift.
CanadianEh!, you didn't have to go to Africa because your local zoo and farm were already loaded with critters and pets of all different kinds. But I'm so glad that you didn't steal the hippo--just pick up lots of treats for him from your own private wild-life sanctuary.
Can't wait to see if you'll also give us an animal verse, Wilbur.
Thank you, Misty.
I appreciate your kind words, but I am at a loss to understand how in the next line you see โsymbolโ as a verb!
My original choice to end that line was โmascot,โ another noun. I switched it to โsymbolโ in order to use โmascotโ as part of my title.
The idea was that a hippo would serve as the emblem of a new political caucus, in the same way the donkey & elephant are the symbols of our major parties.
~ OMK
I'm driving from Boston to Fla. Erath is dormant
I liked Caw caus(ed) from C-eh
WC
OMK, sorry for the confusion. I was only referring to the second or middle line of your haiku where I took khaki to be an adjective referring to the hippo's outfit, then the hippo as the noun or subject of the phrase and then supplies as the verb, in the sense the khaki dressed hippo supplies us with a caucus symbol. How the hippo does that, I have no idea. Hope that helps.
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