APR 30, reprehensible modern history: Crimean War

View the entire collection of poetic assertions on this topic ( at our more encyclopedic blog 'Edifying Nonsense', by clicking HERE.
 

APR 29, defining opinion: gluten sensitivity

Our blogpost "Defining Opinion" on the topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" shows a selection of similar verses submitted to OEDILF (the online Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form). You can see all of these on one visit by clicking HERE.

APR 28, French savoir-faire: pied-a-terre

   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. 

APR 27, planet-saving verse: clean coal

Authors' Note: In the polarized United States, the term denier, sometimes specified as science denier or climate-change denier, is taken to mean a person who denies either the existence or human causation of global warming.

Another discussion of clean coal can be found in an OEDILF verse by contributing editor Dr. Work:

We are led to believe that clean coal

Should be sought as a practical goal:

To store carbon dioxide

Deep under the dockside

Or pumped very deep down a hole.

You can help save the planet by viewing all our verses in this series at "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!

APR 26, waterfowl: more tranquil views from Swan Lake / Iris Gardens

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cypress 'knees' abound at the edge of the swamp

black swan, approaching feeder

turtles particularly enjoy the sunny day

"take my advice"

black swan couple, female nesting

whooper swan, outstretched wings

"Y'all come back tomorrow for some more."

And, stay tuned for more reflective pictures tomorrow!

Here is a great website for concise information for identifying waterfowl, (with a British bent), including an expansive photo-gallery: 

https://www.military-airshows.co.uk/wildfowl/identification/identswan.htm

APR 25, waterfowl: swans at Swan Lake, SC

 

waterfowl flotilla
Black (Australian) swans, Canada geese, et al. 

See the post of Feb 21, 2021 on this blog for an illustrated verse about the mute swan.

See this blogpost for Giorgio's recent poetic take on the trumpeter swan. 

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'. 

Editors' comment: Yes, we finally made it yesterday, to this South Carolina nature-lovers' destination! So, here are a few brief videos to highlight the visit: these feature black-necked swans (South American), a whooper swan (all white, except for yellow bill - Eurasian), and black swans (Australian) ...

More pictures from this iconic site will be available in the next few days! 

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You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to the post 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Or, if you prefer, you can find most of this stuff in photo-albums on Giorgio's Facebook profile.

APR 24, Carolina lowcountry: beach re-engineering

 

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pizza delivery boxes in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina,

touting service to 'the Lowcountry'

APR 23, binomial phrases: 'hem and haw'

Authors' Note:  The most striking binomial phrases are either alliterative (like  'hem and haw', 'kith and kin'), or rhyming (like 'hither and thither'). The astute reader might realize that 'whence, wherefore and whither' is a TRInomial phrase, a less common entity.  

 To review the poetic effusion that we have accumulated about binomial phrases, proceed to our blog "Edifying Nonsense", and check out 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 !

chocolate matzoh pieces (B's Pesach recipe)
See you next year!

incidental photographic portrayal:

'kith and kin'

APR 22, pill-poppin' poems: oral hypoglycemics (anti-diabetic pills)

You can view informative verses like this one in a wider context by proceeding to the collection "Pill-Popping Poems (selected pharmaceuticals)" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE! 

APR 21, palinku (poetic novelty): 45th prez, a trio of verses

   

  In this post, we continue with our 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). 

   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') which you can review by clicking HERE. 

(Ed. note) Verses of this type have continued to accumulate, and there are now a total of 48. You can view them all at one swoop (or in bunches -- they are in a linked series of posts with 10 poems each) if you proceed to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

Incidental Photo:

JJ. at his younger bro's bar mitzvah celebration

APR 20 (2022), singable satire: The Beatles sing "BRENNAN'S TWEET"

ORIGINAL SONG:  "Let It Be", The Beatles, 1970.

SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, March 2019.

PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "Brennan's Tweet" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

BACKGROUND INFO: At the height of the concern that President Trump might be tempted to stop the Russia-election-interference investigation by firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller, a tweet by John Brennan on Saturday, March 17, 2018, described in very definite terms the former CIA director's view of the 45th President.

BRENNAN'S TWEET

(to the tune of "Let It Be"; the Wikipedia article, as given above shows the details of the tweet. )

When we face a federal crisis 

Former CIA boss' words entreat:

Online words of wisdom, Brennan's tweet.

When FBI's scapegoated

And Executive stance won't retreat,

Posted words of wisdom, Brennan's tweet.

Chorus:

Brennan's tweet, Brennan's tweet,

Brennan's tweet, Brennan's tweet,

Broadcast Twitter wisdom, Brennan's tweet.

And "When we know the full extent

Of your corrupt venality",

That's the introduction: Brennan's tweet.

And with the light that probes

Invoke "disgrace" and "demagoguery".

That's the middle section - Brennan's tweet.

Repeat Chorus:

And he concludes Trump's "rightful place" is

"The dustbin of history"

(Soon we hope - tomorrow): Brennan's tweet.

To wake up from this nightmare,

Special Counsel's probe could set us free.

Echo words of wisdom: Brennan's tweet.

Brennan's tweet, Brennan's tweet,

Brennan's tweet, Brennan's tweet,
Pass torch to Robert Mueller: Brennan's tweet.

APR 19, American satire (prolongation): Deceit, social

We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 40 more on this topic in 6 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start! 

APR 18, excursions: further afield in South Carolina

 GREENVILLE

Greenville: Falls Park, and the Liberty Bridge over the Reedy

Belltower at Furman University, Paris Mountain in the background

 
 

CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK

forests of cypress knees

unusually large temperature discrepancy

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APR 17, culinary verse: boiled peanuts (goober peas)

Enjoy viewing Johnny Cash and Burl Ives singing 'Goober Peas' on YouTube by clicking HERE. 

on-line photo: a nearby establishment in the Carolina lowcountry

Find the collection of illustrated poems dealing with these issues on the post 'Culinary Verse' on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

APR 16, funny bones: pelvic fractures

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Best wishes to all, especially friends and relations, on the occasion of Passover and Easter. And in that regard you can review a poem about the pandemic Passover Seder dinner by clicking HERE.

Authors' Note: 

 post op: medical jargon for 'post-operative' or 'post-operatively’.

   Costs incurred by surgical care in the United States can be devastating. It is, however, unusual for bankers to be consulted directly re the affordability of urgent surgical procedures. 

  Multiple pelvic fractures involving the sacrum and/or pubic rami may accompany major trauma to the lower trunk. These can often be managed conservatively, but instability may mandate surgical fixation.    

You can view verses on this topic in a wider context by proceeding to the post 'Breaking News: FUNNY BONES' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE! 

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APR 15, Carolina lowcountry: pluff mud

scene next to Pitt St Bridge park,
 Mt. Pleasant SC, May 2020.

Readers might be interested in a post highlighting more illustrated nonsense about 'pluff mud' in the form of a brief poetic saga ('The Walrus and the Carpenter, lowcountry version'). Click HERE. 

pizza delivery boxes in Mt. Pleasant South Carolina,

touting service to 'the Lowcountry'

Best wishes to all, especially friends and relations, on the occasion of Passover and Easter. And in that regard you can review a poem about the pandemic Passover seder dinner by clicking HERE.