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".
September 30, 2021
SEP 30, life in Palindrome Valley: dalliance
September 29, 2021
SEP 29, domestic hazards: kettles
September 28, 2021
SEP 28, 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.)
September 27, 2021
SEP 27, birdlore: American goldfinches
September 26, 2021
SEP 26, humorists' scurrilous talk: 'the C-word'
September 25, 2021
SEP 25, diagnostic imaging: dipyridamole for stress myocardial perfusion imaging
September 24, 2021
SEP 24, trees: sago palm
September 23, 2021
SEP 23, binomial phrases: 'sin and redemption'
To review the poetic effusion that we have accumulated about binomial phrases, proceed to our blog "Edifying Nonsense", and enjoy the post 'Grandpa Greg's Grammar: Binomial Expressions'. Click HERE ! (Or, if you prefer, you could look over this stuff on Giorgio's Facebook photo-albums.)
There is also an entire collection of lyrics to patter songs, somewhat older material, dedicated to various kinds of binomials, that provides more didactic material and an extensive series of examples, and allows you to sing these expressions for your own enjoyment, or for that of others around you. Click HERE !
September 22, 2021
SEP 22, scopes of medicine: ERCP
September 21, 2021
SEP 21, dental feelings (sentimental verse): deep dental cleaning
September 20, 2021
SEP 20, poetic Panama palindrome parody: 'one man ... a panameno'
September 19, 2021
SEP 19, American satire(4): fraudulent
September 18, 2021
SEP 18, wordplay maps: Scramble-towns of eastern Canada, #5 and #6
LINKS to other nonsense in this series:
September 17, 2021
SEP 17, patients and maladies: diabetes insipidus
September 16, 2021
SEP 16, culinary verse: gefilte fish
Find the collection of illustrated poems dealing with these issues on the post 'Culinary Verse' on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!
September 15, 2021
SEP 15, curtained verse: horny rhino
September 14, 2021
SEP 14, variant Nantucket limerick: 'the Bay-Stater'
September 13, 2021
SEP 13, reptiles: leaping lizards -- origin of flight
Authors' Note: 'Leapin' Lizards' was a classic idiom used to express surprise, long before it was suspected that birds had evolved from reptiles!
September 12, 2021
SEP 12, STD-poetry: latent lues
September 11, 2021
SEP 11, garden intruders: leaf-blowers
September 10, 2021
SEP 10, mammalian wildlife: skunks (evolution)
September 9, 2021
SEP 9, palinku (poetic novelty): Kansas (KS)
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.
September 8, 2021
SEP 8, waterfowl: ruddy turnstones
ruddy turnstone, a high Arctic-breeding shorebird, scurries across a beach strewn with oyster shells, Patriots Point SC, May 2022 |