JUL 10, selected pics: crepe myrtles

TODAY'S POEM (senryu *) 

 

late June's sultry heat

convinces coy crepe myrtles

to show vivid blooms.

Giorgio Coniglio

* learn more HERE about senryu, a lesser-known Japanese short poem that shares the physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature. 

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JUL 7, Japan reminiscence: yukata (limerick)

 YUKATA

Wear the Japanese loungeware -- yukata

Paired with obi and geta, you oughtta.

Where? onsen or buffet, 

Family stroll, summer's day,

Suiting you, or your son and your daughter.

Giorgio Coniglio

Interested readers can find daily blogposts related to a recent month's tour of Japan starting with April 2, 2025 -- "arrival in Tokyo" 

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JUL 4, personal and family history: Father's Day reminiscence xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Nate)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY (belated) to all Dads and their families

See also 'a brief personal bio'.

 

his folks 50th anniversary,
Nate with Lil at far right 

JJ's Bar Mitzvah

And, here's a reminiscence with a different Dad-protagonist

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JUL 1, selected pics: green anoles

TODAY'S POEM (senryu *) 

 

wise lizards welcome

(unlike short-sighted leaders)

persons of colour.

Giorgio Coniglio

* learn more HERE about senryu, a lesser-known Japanese short poem that shares the physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature. 

You can find many more pictures of these cute little tree-lizards by clicking to links for blogged photo-collages HERE (suburban neighbours), HERE (pole-dancer), and HERE (coloration), among others.

There are also other illustrated poems --  HERE (dewlaps), HERE ("going green"), HERE ("skink-busting") and HERE ("patrolling").

Or, you could review photos and illustrated herpetologic verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Verses about Reptiles' (ophidiophobics, don't worry!  no snake-photos)' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.

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JUN 30, singable satire: politically-corrected lyrics "MY TENOR UKE"

 Today's Offering (Mar 20. 2025):  SINGABLE SATIRE

ORIGINAL PARODY-LYRICS 

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "My Tall Silk Hat", traditional camp-song, written about 1937, based on the popular Neapolitan song "Funiculi, Funicula", 1880.

The iconic song became the basis for many spoofs in English. Recently, we joined that group of parody songwriters with our effort, "UKULELÍ, UKULELÁ", that was eventually posted HERE in February 2021. 

 

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, September 2013, with prompt initial posting at the online parody website "AmIRight" as here, with a few subsequent re-writes. 

UKULELE and GUITAR-FRIENDLY LINK: Our whole series of songs can be found in a friendly format for ukulele (and guitar)-players on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE" with chord-charts for both the parody and original song, as well as helpful performing suggestions. 

 To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "MY TENOR UKE" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

In the traditional version of this schoolboy parody, based on the tune of ‘Funiculi, Funicula’, a “big a-fat-a lady” squashes a hat on a vehicle's seat. The current updated lyrics are, we hope, more politically correct and more appealing to adults. The final line, as in the posting of November "Ukuleli, Ukulela" is a proposed Neapolitan Ta-da!, meaning let's go up there. Pronounce the "j"s as "y" to sound like an Italian tenor. 

photos courtesy of Wikipedia and other web-sources

MY TENOR UKE

(to the tune of "Funiculi, Funicula")

Introduction:
Inspired by trendy p’litical correctness,

I changed a song, an old camp-song,

Reflecting pre-teen Piggy/Twiggy bias, ...

These lyrics have been moved, along with ukulele chord suggestions, to a posting on our song-blog "Silly Songs and Satire".

   

Pavarotti (left),  Bocelli (right)

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JUN 25, submitted palindromes: RANDOM PILES 54

 

 Today's Offering (Jun 25, 2025): 

 You have reached the "Submitted Palindromes" thread on the blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense", a light literary entity. Owing to advancing age and other considerations, the frequency of outpouring, 30 posts per month for the first 60 months, has been reduced stepwise after December 2024 and now numbers 10 per month. But each month you can still find a collection of palindromic phrases proferred by our seven palindromic assistant editors.

You can access this delightful entertainment right here by entering submitted palindromes in a search bar at the top of this post and scrolling downwards through the wordplay posts that you will discover.

Devotees of palindromic wordplay can further explore limericks and other short verses about the classic palindromes (and quite a few recent concoctions) that are randomly scattered on this blog after September 2000, or collected into grouped postings on our more scholarly blog "Edifying Nonsense" -- start HERE.  

You have reached the "Submitted Palindromes" thread on the blog "Daily Edifying Nonsense", a light literary entity that emanates through the blogosphere daily (almost), i.e. 30 times per month.

  On the 25th of each month you will find a slide-filling group of palindromic phrases submitted to the editors by a panel of 7 palindromists. These folks have all been working on this project since January 2020. The personal profiles for each of these contributors are displayed in panels published here at the start of things, and then, we have asked them to provide (palindromically, of course) their views on one of the iconic items in the classic literature, starting with "A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama", continuing with other well-known phrases, such as "Dennis sinned". Otherwise, their contribution will be grouped in monthly random piles (a phrase that you might recognize as an anagram of the word p-a-l-i-n-d-r-o-m-e-s).

You can access this delightful entertainment right here by entering submitted palindromes in one of the two search bars at the top of this post and scrolling downwards through the wordplay posts that you will discover, OR, just follow the links indicated above. 

Devotees of palindromic wordplay can further explore limericks and other short verses about the classic palindromes (and quite a few recent concoctions) that are randomly scattered on this blog after September 2000, or collected into grouped postings on our more scholarly blog "Edifying Nonsense" -- start HERE.  

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JUN 22, American satire: disregard

poetry lyrics:/ The Master of world global shipping/ Threw a rant, His
 composure ungripping./ What rankled? Iran -- / Disregard for His plan:/
"Their existence Our Force will be stripping."

Authors' Note: Going beyond its apparent implication, disregard may indicate dispute, opposition and rejection.

JUN 19, poetic non-sequitur: mallard ducks at the swimming pool

poetry lyrics:/ Skeptics doubt ( a propos), "Who would think?/ Ducks would fancy
 our pool for a drink?"/ Daisy preens, finds it clean/ Doesn't mind the chlorine:/ "Pond at home,
turning green, starts to stink." 

 

You can review our collections of illustrated poems on the topic of "waterfowl" as presented on our encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense"; click HERE. 

JUN 16, funny bones: Enid's osteopenia

 

poetry lyrics:/ "My X-rays show osteopen/-ia; What, Enid asked, does that mean?"/
 "A bone density scan/ Then a good treatment plan/ Will reduce fracture risk.
Aren't you keen?"

Authors' Note: 

Osteopenia (ost-ee-oh-PEE-nee-yah), or reduced bone mass as suggested on regular x-ray studies, is a 'washed out' appearance raising the question of whether the patient has osteoporosis, a significant loss of bone mineral resulting in increased fracture risk. The word break in osteopenia (osteo, Latin root for ‘bone’) at the end of the first line is a reminder of its association with fracture. The DEXA test evaluates the mass of bone reproducibly, and, in the context of age and gender, helps decide on the necessity of drug treatment to prevent 'fragility fractures'. 

You can read more about the DEXA test for bone mineral density (BMD) HERE.

You can view verses on this topic in a wider context by proceeding to the post 'Breaking News: FUNNY BONES' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!

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JUN 13, great egrets and their fishing-gear

 

poetry lyrics:/ Shallow marsh, silent focus for fishing/  Long-legged egret,
 through pluff mud, he's squishing/ By days' end, what he did --/
 Stalked, unswerved, a whole grid/ Where small creatures his downfall were wishing.