A blogsite offering entertaining daily oddities since January 2020. There are now over fifteen hundred posts in these four years. Images -- photographic, computer-simulated and poetic --, are drawn from daily life, as well as from poems and wordplay grouped by topic on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense". The poetry displayed is all original, although portions of it evolved through rigorous editing on a collaborative website.
August 23, 2021
AUG 23, limerick variation: C-rhyme extension -- cleaning services
August 22, 2021
AUG 22, commercial product: prostheses for male turkeys
August 21, 2021
AUG 21, wordplay maps: American Scramble-towns -- finale (21)
August 20, 2021
AUG 20 (2021), singable satire: Perry Como sings "MEL AND HIS HERNIA"
PARODY-LYRICS
PARODY COMPOSED: Dr.G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, December 2015.
PLUS: A bonus poem, joining the disparate topics of hernia and gender-neutral language (see below!)
MEL and HIS HERNIA
(to the tune of "Me and My Shadow")
AUG 20, STD-poetry: weighing anchor (primary syphilis)
August 19, 2021
AUG 19, dental feelings (sentimental verse): prognathism
August 18, 2021
AUG 18, a brief saga: 'French denial'
August 17, 2021
AUG 17, palinku (poetic novelty): baked goods and sweet treats
In this post, we will continue with a novel form of poetic wordplay. Inspired by Japanese haiku poetry, this new form is used for a terse verse with a total of 17 syllables displayed on three lines. Unlike its classic Japanese analogue, this concoction does not mandate the precise distribution of the syllables among the three lines, but does stipulate that each word in the poem be included in a palindromic phrase or sentence in English (i.e. one that can be read either forwards or backwards).
To help the reader discern the origin of the lyrics, each palindrome (generally occupying one of the three lines of the poem) has been color-coded.
(Ed. note:) Verses of this type have continued to accumulate, and there are now more than 50 of them. You can easily view them all if you proceed to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.(Or, if your prefer, you can view all this material on Facebook in Giorgio's photo-albums.)
August 16, 2021
AUG 16, portraits of couples: trumpeter swans, black-necked swans
August 15, 2021
AUG 15, reptiles: beneficial snakes
August 14, 2021
AUG 14, wordplay maps: American Scramble-towns, 19,20
August 13, 2021
AUG 13, to clot or not: anti-coagulant drugs
August 12, 2021
AUG 12, binomial phrases (intro): "hale and hearty"
To review the poetic effusion that we have accumulated about binomial phrases proceed to our blog "Edifying Nonsense", and check the post 'Grandpa Greg's Advanced Grammar: Binomial Expressions'. Click HERE !
There is also an entire collection of lyrics to patter songs, somewhat older material, dedicated to various kinds of binomials, that provides more didactic material and an extensive series of examples, and allows you to sing these expressions for your own enjoyment, or for that of others around you. Click HERE !
August 11, 2021
AUG 11, life in Palindrome Valley: bidirectional pen (souvenirs)
August 10, 2021
AUG 10, new world palindromes: national wrap-up
August 9, 2021
AUG 9, oncologic verses: hem-oncologists
August 8, 2021
AUG 8, old world palindromes: national wrap-up
You can view the entire collection of 'Old World Palindromes' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense"; start by clicking HERE.
August 7, 2021
AUG 7, variant Nantucket limerick: slbling ribaldry
August 6, 2021
AUG 6, garden intruders: deer fencing
August 5, 2021
AUG 5, bi-lyrical limerick: 'go/went'