OCT 29, 2026, gruesome verse: scary upshot

Hallowe'en is approaching! 

Check out the whole collection called "Gruesome Verse" on our blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE.

 

OCT 27, 2026, photo-collage, Ontari-oases: fall colour-tour, late September

Today's Offering (October 27, 2026)

Proceed to the next stage in the colour tour (early October) by clicking HERE. 

OCT 25, 2026: submitted palindromes -- RANDOM PILES 58

 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.  

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OCT 23, 2026, two gruesome verses for Halloween

Authors' Note: Each year at Hallowe'en, all (living) persons, in addition to honoring tradition, must decide if they are ready to combat the zombie revolution.

 

Check out the whole collection of short poems, called "Gruesome Verse" on our blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE.

OCT 21, 2026, OEDILFIAN limericks: "democracy"

Today's Offering (OCT 1, 2026): 

OCT 21, 2026, gruesome verse: hidey-hole

 Check out the whole collection called "Gruesome Verse" on our blog "Edifying Nonsense"  by clicking HERE.

OCT 19, 2026, appended adventures of Leslie Moore (suffixes): helpFULLY

Today's offering (October 19, 2026):  

poetry lyrics:/ Leslie's beau, a phycologist, helpfully,/ Studies extracts
 of algal-forms kelpfully, / Leading Leslie to earfully/ Lecture and cheerfully/
 Laud his accomplishments yelpfully.

Authors' Note: For more than a decade, the author of this verse has routinely taken a bedtime dose of alginate, a seaweed-derived product useful as an adjunct in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux.

Readers might enjoy reviewing our complete collection of poems about the adventures of linguist Leslie Moore in the land of suffixes. Click HERE! (or if you prefer prefixes, click HERE).

OCT 17, 2026, appended adventures of Leslie Moore (suffixes): loneLINESS

 Today's Offering (October 17, 2026): 

poetry lyrics:/ Cell-phones crushed bring deep feelings of loneliness,/ With no calls,
 texts or bleeps, you mourn phoneliness./  One dilemma that's worse/ (Leslie Moore
 penned this verse)/ -- Jailed drug dealer -- bid farewell to stoneliness.

Readers might enjoy reviewing our complete collection of poems about the adventures of linguist Leslie Moore in the land of suffixes. Click HERE! (or if you prefer prefixes, click HERE).

   

OCT 15, 2026, poets' corner: subtle bullying, editorial

 Today's Offering (October 15, 2026): 

poetry lyrics:/ You wrote poetry. Glad that folks read it?/ This co-operative site
 earns due credit./ But Contributing-Eds/ (Some) concoct in their heads/ Subtle
 bullying done with an edit. 

Authors' Note: Used here in a loose sense, with no implications for ownership, cooperative refers to a group effort by like-minded individuals. Collaborative writing sites, such as the on-line dictionary OEDILF (nursery for many of Giorgio's concoctions), have the potential advantage to contributors of learning from peers, and ultimately higher rates of publication. Contributing editors ('eds'), however, may entertain estimations of their personal relevance and productivity that influence their editorial comments on others' work. Rarely, such notions are translated into malevolent actions by these poet-leaders.

Other problems with cooperative groups are discussed HERE.

You can find lots of other verses on this blog under the listing "Poets' Corner".  Click HERE.

OCT 13, 2026, American satire: distortion

Today's Offering (Ocober 13, 2026): 

poetry lyrics:/ Over gulible eyes, leaders pull/ A web of deceit made of wool -- /
  Frank lies or distortion/ 'Bout borders, abortion,/ And whether
 our cup is half-full./ They've got bucketfuls stuffed with such bull!

We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find dozens more on this topic in 9 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!