March 18, 2024

MAR 18, selected OEDILFian verse: "identity verse" (G.Coniglio editor)




 fFor a different take, you could check out Giorgio's collection of  "homophonous" (identity) rhymes by clickinh HERE.

March 17, 2024

MAR 17, Carolina lowcountry: springtime excursions

 

a) reprise from March 2020:

MAR 17, Carolina lowcountry: springtime excursions





reptile; painted turtle (Eastern); E. picta; Mt. Pleasant; South Carolina; Giorgio Coniglio

"Nice hot street pavement for sunning"
(Eastern painted turtle)










immature white ibis; Mt. Pleasant; South Carolina; Giorgio Coniglio

immature white ibis (less than two years)
Note the duller color of the bill and legs
and the brown-black body feathers
 versus its older companions

azalea; azalea indica; Mt. Pleasant; South Carolina; Giorgio Coniglio

early azalea blooms























Mt. Pleasant; South Carolina

great egret in the reeds

photo; Mt. Pleasant; South Carolina; Giorgio Coniglio

evening view from Shem Creek Park




b) 

March 16, 2024

MAR 16, American satire: intelligence

 

a) reprise from February 2020


FEB 3, American satire: intelligence (Californians)







Authors' Note:  In the midst of the Trump-Russia investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in February 2018, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee issued the 'Nunes Memo', a four-page document that alleged that the FBI had conspired against President Donald Trump.
   Nunes has proceeded in the same vein in his later career, organizing the Republican Party’s role in the politically-charged 2019 House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearings, as the Ranking Minority Member. 

 We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 40 more on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start! 







c) current birdie-pic

red-bellied woodpecker






March 15, 2024

MAR 15, waterfowl: roseate spoonbills





Readers who are not familiar with the term 'pluff mud' should check out another of our illustrated verses HERE.


You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to the collection of topic-based blogposts 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. 



March 14, 2024

MAR 14, classic palindrome: no 'X' in Nixon


a) reprise from March 2020


MAR 14, classic palindrome: 'no X in Nixon'




Authors' Note: 

mike: short form for microphone, used more commonly for 'announcing', but sometimes used for 'denouncing' (condemning or attacking openly).

   Somehow, the misleading statement ‘No X in Nixon’ achieved the status of a famous palindrome. The astute analyst might realize that palindromes are inherently poor tools for orthography.

   On the other hand, here are three 'magical palindromes’ that provide correct spelling information:
No K in Nixon; no X in Nikon.
No C in iron; no R in icon.
No S in union. “No!”, in unison. 


You can review a collection of illustrated verses on this topic in a wider context by proceeding to 'Reversing Verse: Limericks About Classic Palindromes' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. 

 b) 


March 13, 2024

MAR 13, pandemic poetry: March sadness

 

a) reprise from March 2020: 

MAR 13, pandemic poetry: March Sadness








Authors' Note: Little enthusiasm among college basketball fans was invoked by substituting 'Mulch Madness' for the customary 'March Madness' televised marathon.


b) 



March 12, 2024

MAR 12, wordplay map: renamed US state capitals (western)

We presume that there are others out there who have found that the names of the US state capital cities are a chore to remember. So, here's a practical application of wordplay with anagrams!









We might eventually do the eastern US states, so stay tuned (but be patient).


links for any date: scroll over to the calendar-based listings of 'Past Posts' in the righthand column on this page, choose your year then your month of interest, and then select (by clicking) the post of your choice.


March 11, 2024

MAR 11, defining opinion: hop




 Our blogpost "Defining Opinion" on the topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" shows a selection of similar verses submitted to OEDILF (the online Omnificent English Dictionary iLimerick Form). You can see all of these on one visit by clicking HERE.

March 10, 2024

MAR 10 (2024), singable satire: Decaffeinated version sung by The Ink Spots -- "REFLUX ROMP"

 PARODY-LYRICS


ORIGINAL SONG: "Java Jive", The Ink Spots, 1940. 
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, January 2014, originally blog-posted January 10, 2014. Thanks to Steve McNie of Corktown Ukulele Jam / Toronto Ukes for providing chord charts and other help!

PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany this song on your favorite instrument, click HERE.


REFLUX ROMP

(to the tune of "Java Jive")

Cope with Sanka, it's decaf
It cuts the acid burn down by half.
If you can't purge that Java-jive urge
Reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux.

Craving chilies cheery hot ?
Doc's got them jotted in the "ought not" slot!
Lesson you'll note in the back of your throat
Reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux.

I love wine while dining fine
Wait! a late dinner-date at eight or nine!
When I recline and that wine is supine
Reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux.

So hoist up the head of the stead of that bed
We'll slide out she said, bet we'll sled 'til we're dead.
A dose of Zantac whacks the acid.   Flaccid!
Function, function, G-E junction.

Cope with Sanka, it's decaf
It cuts regurgitation down by half
If you can't purge that Java-jive urge
Reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux.

Coffee urn!   Gas burn!
Acid burn!  Can't learn.
You know I've no control, sell my soul
To spurn prohibitions to caffeine. 

Your tongue may be furred from refractory GERD
Your breath, in a word can deter a whole herd.
Confer with surgeon - a well-trained one, famed one!
Sphincter sloppy, lap'roscopy!

Cope with Sanka, it's decaf
It cuts the acid burn down by half.
If you can't purge that Java-jive urge
Reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux !














March 9, 2024

MAR 9, trees: hearts-of-palm

 

a) reprise from March 2020

MAR 9, trees: hearts of palm






You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Uprooted Verse: 'Poems about Trees' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". 

b) 

March 8, 2024

MAR 8, patients and their maladies: hemiplegia





Authors' Note: In medical jargon, a stroke (cerebro-vascular accident) that leaves the victim with complete loss of function in the affected area is said to be dense. Patients like old friend Dave, who have had a dense stroke with severe one-sided weakness (hemiplegia) in mid-life, may survive with appropriate early treatment of atherosclerotic lesions in the opposing carotid artery and other major arteries, to prevent further loss of function. With appropriate physiotherapy, targeted at flexibility in the affected area and strength on the unaffected side, such patients can get through several decades, walking hesitatingly, with the use of canes and other assistive devices. As these courageous persons age, mobility issues become even more problematic than for the rest of us.

You can view collections of verses on this topic by proceeding to "Nurse-Verse: PATIENTS and their MALADIES" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!

March 7, 2024

MAR 7, anagram swarm: a-very-stable-genius #1

 


a) reprise from March 2020

MAR 7, anagram swarm: a-very-stable-genius, #1








You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view:  ’A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams), and 
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams







b) 





March 6, 2024

MAR 6, geysers: Geysir, Iceland

 

a) reprise from March 2020

MAR 11, geysers: Geysir, Iceland








b) 




March 5, 2024

MAR 5, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#9,10)

 

a) reprise from February 2020

MAR 5, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#9,#10)






wordplay; map;  palindromes; Americas; Giorgio Coniglio


You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE




b)




March 4, 2024

MAR 4, magic palindromes, examples #11-15


a) reprise from March 2020 

MAR 4, magical palindromes: examples #11 to #15






You can become an expert fan of our wordplay concoction 'magical palindromes' by reviewing the explanatory material found in ancient days on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense", HERE.
If you are still interested, you could check how we applied this technique to 'canal palindromes' by viewing this more recent post.

b)


 

March 3, 2024

MAR 3, Carolina lowcountry: sunset excursion

 

a) reprise from March 2020:


MAR 3, Carolina lowcountry: sunset excursion



photo; bridges; sunset; Mt. Pleasant; South Carolina; Giorgio ConiglioAmerican white ibis; sunset; Mt. Pleasant; South Carolina; Giorgio Coniglio






sunset; fishing trawlers; kayaks; Mt. Pleasant; South Carolina; Giorgio Coniglio

















sunset; bridge; Mt. Pleasant; South Carolina; Giorgio Coniglio


b)  

March 2, 2024

MAR 2, exotic destination -- Labelle, Florida, US

 


a) reprise from March, 2020


MAR 2, exotic destination: LaBelle, Florida (swamp-cabbage festival)













photo courtesy of Uncommon Solutions
Florida; armadillos; travel destinations
















Other verses about 'Exotic Travel Destinations' can be found on our blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.                                               Click HERE.



b)