A blogsite offering entertaining daily oddities since January 2020. There are now over a thousand unique posts in these three years. Images, both visual and poetic, are drawn from daily life, as well as from verses, photos and computer-graphics on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense".
May 31, 2021
MAY 31, a brief saga: methylated spirits (wood alcohol, methanol)
May 30, 2021
MAY 30, reptiles: five-lined skinks
May 29, 2021
MAY 29, oncologic verses: cancerophobia
May 28, 2021
MAY 28, funny bones: AVN (avascular necrosis) of the hip
May 27, 2021
MAY 27, amphibians: Dominican 'crapaud'
Be sure to check out the whole collection of 'Amphibians' by proceeding to "Edifying Nonsense." CLICK HERE !
May 26, 2021
MAY 26, exotic destination: Chania, Crete
May 25, 2021
MAY 25, insects: ladybug dining
May 24, 2021
MAY 24, humorists' scurrilous talk: 'the titty'
May 23, 2021
MAY 23, palinku (poetic novelty): hats
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.
And, just in case you have forgotten what palindromes are about, your blogsite hosts have arranged a serial set of brief lessons on the topic ('Political Palindromes'); click HERE to start.
(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.)
May 22, 2021
MAY 22, curtained verse: sago palm's strobilus
Here in the South Carolina lowcountry, a 'severe' cold blast four winters ago damaged many sago palms, which are frequently used as a shrub or tree-shrub in local gardens, but last spring they seem to have bounced back with a show of male resilience.
You can review other mildly scurrilous illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Curtained verse: Faintly Obscene (Selected) Limericks' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.
May 21, 2021
MAY 21, wordplay maps: new world palindromes(#45,#46)
May 20, 2021
MAY 20, reptiles: anoles going green
May 19, 2021
MAY 19, wordplay maps: American Scramble-towns 17,18
May 18, 2021
MAY 18, chemical states (and provinces): U.S., western
May 17, 2021
MAY 17, to clot, or not: coagulation cascade (hemophilia)
May 16, 2021
MAY 16, dental feelings (sentimental verse): root canals
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'.
May 15, 2021
MAY 15, reptiles: painted turtles
a Canadian colleague (midland painted turtle) |
May 14, 2021
MAY 14, poetic Panama palindrome parody: 'a cat, a hat''
May 13, 2021
MAY 13, doctors and their practices: the decaying nuclear physician
May 12, 2021
MAY 12, Canadiana: spelling
May 11, 2021
MAY 11, English literature survey course: "Hamlet"
May 10, 2021
MAY 10, birdlore: eaglets
May 9, 2021
MAY 9, pandemic poetry: Mother's Day
May 8, 2021
MAY 8, old world palindromes #21 and #22
You can view the entire collection of 'Old World Palindromes' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense"; start by clicking here.
May 7, 2021
MAY 7, wordplay map: r-i-c anagrams #17+#18
May 6, 2021
MAY 6, diagnostic imaging: AC for SPECT ('conventional nuclear imaging')
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!