MAR 31, pandemic verse: Kermit's prediction

"Some Pandemic Evening"
main commercial street of Mt Pleasant, SC;
8 pm; view towards Ravenel Bridge

MAR 30, pandemic poetry: the infirm

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Pandemic Poetry' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".

MAR 29, mammalian wildlife: Geebo's angwantibo

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

You can review the whole collection of illustrated verses about mammals (both domestic and exotic) by checking out the more extensive post on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !

MAR 28, personal and family history: anniversary saga

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

MAR 27, the Charleston garden: gazebos

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Poetry Praising the Charleston Garden' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.

MAR 26, trees: Norway maple

 

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". 

MAR 25, holidays and celebrations: Greek Independence Day

 Today is GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY !

MAR 24, the Charleston garden: creeping fig

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

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You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Poetry Praising the Charleston Garden' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

MAR 23, waterfowl: little blue herons

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

characteristic deliberate movements

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

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

MAR 22, wordplay maps: new world palindromes(#11,#12)

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

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

MAR 21, the Charleston garden: tractor-seat plant (Farfugium)

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Poetry Praising the Charleston Garden' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

MAR 20, wordplay maps: American Scramble-towns 3,4

Who would ever have guessed? It turns out that an unparalleled word in generating anagrams (letter scrambles) is P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S. We have taken advantage of that property to create this unique series of wordplay maps of imaginary American (and Canadian) locales, each one completed by its official two-letter state (or provincial) abbreviation.

 

LINKS:

Forward to U.S.A. map#5

Back to U.S.A. map #2

Let's skip all this stuff and get on to the Canadian version, eh? (stay tuned!)

MAR 19, the Charleston garden: indica azaleas

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Poetry Praising the Charleston Garden' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

MAR 18, waterfowl: pescatarian choice

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

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

MAR 17, Carolina lowcountry: springtime excursions

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

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

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
-compare Jan 30 and 31  

early azalea blooms

great egret in the reeds

evening view from Shem Creek Park

MAR 16, birdlore: Eastern towhees

 You can view an encyclopedic collection of illustrated poems on this topic by proceeding to the post 'Poems about BIRDLIFE' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. 

MAR 15, classic palindrome: 'Emil's lime'

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, wear a mask in public, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

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

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

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'. 

MAR 13, pandemic poetry: March Sadness

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

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Pandemic Poetry' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".

MAR 12, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #2/#3

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

MAR 11, geysers: Geysir, Iceland

Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Poetry that Spurts: Verses about Geysers' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".