FEB 28, classic palindrome: 'gnu dung'

You can check out another illustrated verse about the gnu or wildebeest by clicking 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". 

FEB 27, diagnostic imaging: ejection fraction (LVEF)

Authors' Note:  In disease states, including those producing congestive heart failure, the ejection fraction of the left ventricle, a measure indicating the strength of contraction, provides important information concerning prognosis (potential outcome) and the need for treatment. 

   The ejection fraction can be measured by echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, or several different nuclear (radio-isotope) techniques. These techniques measure the volume of the ventricle at the end of diastolic (relaxation) and systolic (contraction) phases of the cardiac cycle. Despite the name, the change during systole is generally given in medical jargon as the percent relative change, rather than as a true fraction; e.g. 60% is good, 30% is bad.

 

You can review all our verses on this intriguing topic by proceeding to a post on 'Edifying Nonsense' entitled 'Selected Topics in Diagnostic Imaging'. Click HERE!

FEB 26, anagram swarm: 'EX-PRESIDENTIAL'

 

    As often happens in trying to portray a swarm of anagrams, I have left out a few relevant places; in this case, it was simply because I ran out of room on the map (which was progressively updated to a total of 65 entries). Apologies to the villages of Alien Preside, Pilsener Idea and Needier Pails TX in Texas, Exited Spiral NE in Nebraska, Delete Praxis IN in Indiana, and Axis Repented and Ex-Sardine-Pet IL in Illinois!

  If you have enjoyed this post, you can find a series of other 'American anagram swarms' gathered in three posts on our 'parent' blog Edifying Nonsense.  To get started, click here.  

 

FEB 25, dental feelings (sentimental verse): fillings in Billings

 

 You can review the collection of illustrated verses on this topic by proceeding to the post 'Dental Feelings' on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.

FEB 24, classic palindromes: 'Ida's denial'

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'.

FEB 23, English literature survey course: pass/fail

Authors' Note:  During the author's stint as a university science major, a modicum of knowledge of the liberal arts was putatively assured by subjecting students to pass/fail survey courses. "Getting by", as in the above described English class, seemed to be the modus operandi of students, and occasionally of teaching staff.

You can review the entire curriculum for our 'English Classics Survey Course' at "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE.

FEB 22, amphibians: American green tree frog

 

Be sure to check out the whole collection of 'Amphibians' by proceeding to "Edifying Nonsense." CLICK HERE ! 

FEB 21, waterfowl: mute swans

Authors' Note: lim: abbreviation for 'limerick', used by poetry-nerds.

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'.

FEB 20, sleek Greek prefixes: ENDO-

Authors' Note: To view what's inside you, you might want to look through a collection of verses about endoscopy entitled "Inner Enlightenment: The Scopes of Modern Medicine". Click HERE!

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

FEB 19, etymology: 'mentor'

For fans of etymology, we have three blogposts with collections of verses about word-origins such as the one above on our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". You can start to review some of this intriguing material by clicking HERE, and then following the links!

FEB 18, neologism (personal): electile dysfunction

Author's Note: Rudy Giuliani, former federal prosecutor and mayor of New York City, served as a legal advisor to the forty-fifth US leader, coordinating court challenges designed to help overturn the results of the American presidential election of 2020.     Dysfunction as a general medical or social state is discussed by SheilaB, a prolific contributor to OEDILF. Among many verses on the topical specific entity, Giorgio’s take on erectile dysfunction can also be reviewed at that website.  

 Electile dysfunction has not been as popular a topic.

(Ed. Note:) To make this effort easier, we have now collected these neologistic verses in a collection on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense";  click HERE.

 

(If, for some reason, you would like to obtain confidential information about 'eRectile dysfunction', click HERE.)  

FEB 17, classic palindrome: 'O Stone, be not so'

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".

FEB 16, bi-lyrical limerick: 'aphonic'

 

Be sure to check out the whole collection of 'bi-lyrical limericks' by proceeding to "Edifying Nonsense." CLICK HERE ! (Or, if you prefer, you could look over this stuff on Giorgio's Facebook photo-albums.) 

FEB 15, anagram swarm: 'Incited A Riot'

Sens: slang for American senators.

Representative Jamie Raskin was the chief House Manager (prosecuting the charge of impeachment) during the recent trial of ex-president D.J. Trump in the U.S. Senate.  

Editors' follow-up note: We mistakenly left out a few locales in Iowa (IA), including 'Contrite I.D.', 'Erotic Dint', 'Tired Tonic', and 'Rote Indict'; also 'Tide Action RI' in Rhode Island. Sorry, Impeachment Team! Sadly, there are still not quite enough anagrams for the needed  majority in the U.S. Senate!

If you have enjoyed this post, you can find a series of other 'American anagram swarms' gathered in two posts on our 'parent' blog Edifying Nonsense.  To get started, click HERE.  

FEB 14, holidays and celebrations: Valentine's Day

TO ENLARGE any slide or stand-alone photo on this blog, just click on it. To reverse the process, and return to this standard view, find the little 'x' in the upper right corner of the black field and click there.

"The Kiss" by Auguste Rodin, marble, 1882
(photo by G.C. at Rodin Museum, Paris, 2019)

FEB 13, old world palindromes #15 and #16

Quote of the day from 'Buzzfeed':

“Fellow Americans beat and bloodied our fellow police. They stormed the Senate floor. They tried to hunt down the Speaker of the House. They built a gallows and chanted about murdering the vice president. They did this because they’d been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth because he was angry he’d lost an election,” said (American Senate leader Mitch) McConnell.

 You can view the entire collection of 'Old World Palindromes' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense";  start by clicking here. 

FEB 12, classic palindrome: 'Dennis sinned' ... PLUS, A PALINDROMIC DAY CELEBRATION, 12/02/2021

CELEBRATING A PALINDROMIC DATE -- 12/02/2021

Here's a reprise honoring last year's palindromic day...

IN CELEBRATION OF A PALINDROMIC DAY -- 02/02/2020

(With many thanks to my good friend, Eric K., for his reminder about this important occasion.)

This brief poetic musing was originally published here on February 2, 2020.

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'. 

FEB 11, waterfowl: American white ibises

a late afternoon flap

Immature form (under two years)
showing chocolate brown body color

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'. 

FEB 10, old world palindromes #13 and #14

 You can view the entire collection of 'Old World Palindromes' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense";  start by clicking HERE. 

FEB 9, a brief saga: the gastro-esophageal junction

Authors' Note: The role of the esophagus under normal conditions is the one-way transit of food from mouth to stomach, keeping tissue-irritating acid in the stomach; the gastroesophageal junction plays the key role in this function. Most of the medical and dietary treatments for GERD (gastro-esophageal reflux disease) only block some symptoms due to acidity of the regurgitated gastric contents. Surgery is generally reserved for severe, chronic and recalcitrant cases.

 

   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, constituting a single submission to the online humor site 'Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form'. On the OEDILF site, rigorous standards for content and format proceed in a collaborative editing process that may take several weeks to over a year. 

  Generally, OEDILF has not been enormously welcoming of multi-verse submissions, but Giorgio Coniglio has persisted, and the OEDILF number for each accepted multi-verse poem is shown here on the slide with its first verse. 

To access the next 'brief saga' on this blog, proceed to 'workplace pollution (compensable)'.

To access the most recent previous 'brief saga', back up to 'Italian treats'. 

Re Medical-Related Verse: Altogether, over one hundred intriguing verses on medical/dental topics can now be found on various posts in collections, including:

Patients and their Maladies (parts #1, #2 and #3)

The Bottom Line of Medical Humour

Funny Bones (parts #1 and #2),
Doctors and their Practices (part #1 and #2)

To Clot or Not to Clot

The Scopes of Modern Medicine

Handbook of Medical Testing Statistics

Pandemic Verses

Poetry of Healthcare

STD Poetry

Diagnostic Imaging (selected topics)

Toxic Vignettes

Sleek Greek Prefixes

Dental Feelings

and in 'brief sagas' including:

Drug Development

Radiation Exposure

Methylated Spirits

The Gastro-Esophageal Junction

Workplace Pollution

Food Intolerance

Fluoridation

FEB 8, American satire(4): New year's greeting to Sen. Hawley

Authors' Note: U.S. Senator J. Hawley of Missouri played a major role in the constitutional events at the Washington Capitol on January 6, 2021, the day of the insurrection directed at the accession of joe Biden to the presidency. 

Read more here:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/great-damage-republicans-recoil-from-missouri-sen-hawley-1.5258425

We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 30 more on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!  

FEB 7, patients and maladies: heart block

Be sure to check out the whole collection of verses on 'Patients and their Maladies" by proceeding to our full-service blog ,"Edifying Nonsense." CLICK HERE !

FEB 6, old world palindromes #11 and #12

 You can view the entire collection of 'Old World Palindromes' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense";  start by clicking HERE. 

FEB 5, death and the afterlife: last breath

 

You can view these informative verses in a wider context by proceeding to the collection 'The BOTTOM LINE of MEDICAL HUMOR' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!

You can review more poems about 'Death and the Afterlife' in context on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!