A blogsite offering entertaining daily oddities since January 2020. There are now over thirteen hundred unique posts in these four years. Images, both photographic and poetic, are drawn from daily life, as well as from verses, photos and computer-graphics on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense".
February 29, 2020
FEB 29, Carolina lowcountry: unusual wildlife
February 28, 2020
FEB 28, American satire(2): Disingenuous Don
February 27, 2020
FEB 27, trees: sabal palmetto A,B
February 26, 2020
FEB 26, the Charleston garden: garden-tour docent
February 25, 2020
FEB 25, American satire(2): 'covfefe'
February 24, 2020
FEB 24, canal verses: the Paris canal - St-Martin
February 23, 2020
FEB 23, insects: fire ants
Even in the winter, they can be activated. Watch out! |
February 22, 2020
Feb 22, bottom line of medical humor: gastro-intestinal pact
February 21, 2020
FEB 21, American satire(2): revision of NAFTA
February 20, 2020
FEB 20, fabric art: abstract
You can also review these illustrated verses in "In Stitches: The Fabric Artist", as posted on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.
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February 19, 2020
FEB 19, waterfowl: Canada geese
February 18, 2020
FEB 18, pathos and poetry (gun control verse): Second Amendment rights
February 17, 2020
FEB 17, palinku (poetic novelty): prez #45
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.)
February 16, 2020
FEB 16, non-sequitur: epistaxis
Here's a verse that exemplifies use of the prefix EPI- ...
February 15, 2020
FEB 15, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#7,#8)
February 14, 2020
FEB 14, holidays and celebrations: Valentine's Day
February 13, 2020
FEB 13, classic palindrome: 'never odd or even'
February 12, 2020
FEB 12, magical palindromes: examples #6 to #10
February 11, 2020
FEB 11, garden intruders: common (eastern) moles
February 10, 2020
FEB 10, poets' corner: the depressed poet
February 9, 2020
FEB 9, anagram swarm: tribute to a Senator
Picking up on last week's news, here is our tribute to an individual, Senator Mitt Romney, who decided to voice his opinion, even if that would result in invective and scorn being heaped on him by those who hoped to pressure him to toe the 'party-line'.
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February 8, 2020
FEB 8, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#5,#6)
February 7, 2020
FEB 7, a brief saga: Chemainus, British Columbia part #2
For the purpose of this blog, a 'brief saga' is defined as a poem, usually narrative, but occasionally expository, that tell its story in at least 15 lines. Most commonly, the format involves three stanzas in limerick form. Your blogging team has been presenting these concoctions at the rate of one per month, mixed in with the shorter poems, wordplay and other and other general offerings.