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.
November 23, 2021
NOV 23, waterfowl: trumpeter swans
November 22, 2021
NOV 22, life in Palindrome Valley: palindrome bees
November 21, 2021
NOV 21, oncologic verses: beware, boomers! (cancer)
This verse can be considered a companion to the verse benign tumors.
November 20, 2021
NOV 20 (2021), singable satire: The Irish Rovers sing "VANCOUVER'S ISLE"
Rainbow over Ladysmith Harbour brief break from several days of intense rain. |
PARODY COMPOSED: Dr.G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, January, 2018.
SONGLINK: On our song-blog you can find the lyrics and chord-charts for Giorgio's parody of the original song. While there, you might also want to check out an earlier posting entitled "Singable Limerick-Medley#3: A Visit to Chemainus, B.C."
PARODY SONG-LYRICS
VANCOUVER'S ISLE
From that oversized town called Toronto
I'd go straight on to Vancouver Island,
But bad misfortune overcame me,
It can rain on the plains and the prairies.
Spent ten days hunkered down in Nanaimo,
In a bar not too far from Chemainus
"When you fly here with Westjet (not Porter),
I've retired now to South Carolina --
It can rain on the plains and the prairies;
* A.C. = Air Canada. Westjet is a competitor on flights across the country. Porter provides more local service from Toronto Island Airport to destinations in Eastern Canada and the East Coast of the U.S.
NOV 20, wordplay maps: Scramble-towns of eastern Canada, #15 and #16
November 19, 2021
NOV 19, bar-fauna: the 'mule', a mixed drink
If you liked this submission, you might want to refer to our entire collection of verses about human and animal denizens of bars, pubs and other watering-holes. Click HERE.
November 18, 2021
NOV 18, cinematic guide: beaver tales ("Gone with the Wind")
November 17, 2021
NOV 17, planet-saving verse: 'too hot to hoot' - palindrome
November 16, 2021
NOV 16, mammalian wildlife: Western lowland gorillas
November 15, 2021
NOV 15, humorists' scurrilous talk: 'comings and goings'
November 14, 2021
NOV 14, bi-lyrical limerick: fiefdom
November 13, 2021
NOV 13, wordplay maps: Scramble-towns of eastern Canada, #13 and #14
LINKS to other nonsense in this series:
November 12, 2021
NOV 12, etymology: 'mystery'
For fans of etymology, we have three blogposts with collections of verses about word-origins such as the one above on our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". You can start to review some of this intriguing material by clicking HERE, and then following the links!
November 11, 2021
NOV 11, insects: woolly bear caterpillars
November 10, 2021
NOV 10, garden intruders: papyrus
November 9, 2021
NOV 9, magical palindromes: 'Pa's as selfless as I am'
November 8, 2021
NOV 8, domestic hazards: ionization-based smoke detectors
November 7, 2021
NOV 7, reptiles: autotomy
November 6, 2021
NOV 6, exotic destination: Congolese hippodromes
Other verses about 'Exotic Travel Destinations' can be found on our blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE.
November 5, 2021
November 4, 2021
NOV 4, excursions: portraits at Riverdale Farm
You might also like to check a couple of other posts that portray the inhabitants of this Toronto attraction.
Click HERE for 'GOATS AT PLAY (videos)', HERE for 'Toronto Ravines -- Riverdale Farm' (poem)', and HERE for 'Riverdale Farm -- photocollages'.