SEP 28, pandemic poetry: D.Y.O.D.

Authors' Verse: 

BYOB: bring your own booze

DYOD: do your own dishes, an analogous motto proposed for software-enhanced 'remote get-togethers' via internet

Zoom: software for interactive on-line meetings

Other verses by the author relating to the viral pneumonia pandemic of 2020 (COVID-19) include attribute, calamari, cetacean, confinement, and dine in.

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

SEP 27, wordplay map: American Scramble-towns, 9

(Same old introductory message ...)

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 to other nonsense in this series: 

Forward to the first Canadian map.

Forward to the next American map (10).

Back up to the first American map.

SEP 26, photo-collage, Toront-oases: Humber Bay

You can review the entire series of illustrated poems about  the good old days in Ontario by checking the post 'Ontario Nostalgia' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. 

Line-dance classes are now proceeding at this venue.

You might also like to view a related poem in the collection "Toront-oases: verse". 

SEP 25, submitting palindromist: ED, the DERAILED LIAR

 

SEP 24, trees: sago palms

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". 

SEP 23, poets' corner: limerick addiction

Authors' Note: The mental disorder in which sufferers (including the author) feel endlessly compelled to write limericks might be dubbed limerrhea, hyperlimerosis, or more simply, limerick addiction. 

    Volunteer writers and editors toil away for OEDILF, the online humour dictionary, but the project is not likely to be finished until 2070. 

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

 

SEP 22, photo-collages, Toront-oases: Riverdale Farm, 1 and 2

Readers may be interested to proceed to view the live-action series, "Riverdale Farms #3: Goats at Play".

 If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines and other sites, click HERE.

SEP 21, Toront-oases: Riverdale Farm (poem)

If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.

 

SEP 19, wordplay maps: r-i-c anagrams #7-#9

 

You can view the entire collection of 18 wordplay maps of 'R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N-S in Canada' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE.

SEP 18, savoir-faire: corniches (Nice)

  You can review verses on this topic in a wider context on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Check the post 'Vers Francais: Savoir-Faire' by clicking HERE. 

SEP 17, palinku (poetic novelty): baked goods

 

   In this post, we 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. 

 You can view all our "palinku" verses if you proceed with a single click to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. (Or if you prefer, you can stay on this particular blogsite and look for the offerings for the 17th day of each month -- there are now more than 60 of these.)

SEP 16, waterfowl: gallinules

 You can review over 30 of our illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. 

SEP 15, reptiles: crocodilian

Authors' Note: Crocodilian refers to the group of water-dwelling predatory reptiles that include the alligator, crocodile, caiman and gavial.

  You can review photos and illustrated herpetologic verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Verses about Reptiles' (don't worry! no snakes)' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.

cellphone photo by G.C. at CawCaw SC:
that's about as close as he wanted to get

SEP 14, photo-collages, Toront-oases: Brickworks, #1-#3

a midland painted turtle

The photographic display continues HERE.

SEP 13, wordplay map: new world palindromes (#32)

 

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

SEP 12, political palindromes, NNN (glitch)

Glitch Notice: The first palindrome should read: Biden One dib. 

From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.

For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on October 6.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on August 5.

OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic. 

SEP 11, Toronto ravines: Rosedale Valley

 

If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.

SEP 10, a brief saga (Italian loanwords): Gino's food intolerance

You can review our entire poetic outpouring about Italian loanwords by proceeding to a post on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'; click HERE.

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 stuff that we offer. 

   

To access the next 'brief saga' on this blog (October 2020), proceed to 'Cyclades'.

To access the most recent previous 'brief saga' (August 2020), back up to 'the Aegean cat'.  

 To access all of our 'brief sagas' by the year of their creation, click on your selection below.

2020
2021
2022
2023.

SEP 9, sleek Greek prefixes: AUTO-

Authors' Note:

auto is a prefix derived from Greek and Latin meaning 'self' or 'same'.

A motto frequently represents a high standard of achievement claimed or aspired to by the person or institution.

We have a verse about 'Autophagia' that you might find intriguing (Click HERE.)

And, HERE's another that you'll probably find less intriguing, even gruesome.

Clicking HERE will introduce you to our entire collection of verses about the Greek prefixes!

SEP 8, classic palindrome: 'able ere Elba'

You might also enjoy another verse on this topic, in the collection "Reprehensible Modern History". Click HERE.

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'. 

SEP 7, photo-collages, Toront-oases: Scarborough bluffs, 1 and 2

 

SEP 6, wordplay map: new world palindromes (#31)

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

 

SEP 5, Toronto ravines: Lawrence park

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If you are interested in wending your way through an encyclopedic collection of four blogposts stuffed with photo-collages on Toronto ravines, click HERE.
 

SEP 4, classic palindromes: 'Zeus sees Suez', plus various canal-pals

 

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'. Or, should you be interested primarily in the palindromes themselves, and less concerned about their poetical ramifications, you might want to check our series of reader-submitted palindromes, starting HERE. 

SEP 3, wordplay map: sister-cities anagrams (14) MareCot/Paul'sCrib