December 3, 2023

* DEC 3, holiday verse -- Advent #3


reprise from December, 2020

DEC 3, holiday verse: Advent #3





December 2, 2023

DEC 2, defining opinion: hole #1




 
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 iLimerick Form). You can see all of these on one visit by clicking HERE.

December 1, 2023

* DEC 1, sleek Greek prefixes: DYS-


 reprise from December 2020

DEC 1, sleek Greek prefixes: DYS-




Authors' Note: Another example of use of this prefix is the medical term dyspareuniaClick HERE to review a verse on this intriguing topic.

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

November 30, 2023

* NOV 30, holidays and celebrations -- Advent #1

 

reprise from November 2020

NOV 30, holiday verse: Advent #1




November 29, 2023

NOV 29, postal places, Canada: Whistler, BC


Authors' Note: BC is the official abbreviation for the Canadian province of British Columbia in which the resort-municipality of Whistler, permanent population 14,000, is located. Two million tourists visit Whistler annually for winter alpine sports, and for the summer pastimes of hiking and mountain biking.

Prior to European settlement, the site was the shared territory of the Squamish and Lil'wat First Nations. Trappers and prospectors were gradually attracted, but completion of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway in 1914 provided easy access from Vancouver, and brought logging and escalating tourism. The resort-city is named for the call of the hoary marmot, a ground squirrel dwelling at high elevations. The Whistler-Blackcomb area served as a major venue for "Vancouver 2010", the twenty-first Olympic Winter Games.

 


You can read more about the hoary marmot in another of our verses HERE.



At one swell foop, you can review all our postal poems about intriguing places in the USA and Canada, by proceeding to the encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !
 

November 28, 2023

* NOV 28, savoir-faire -- franglais

 

reprise from November 2020


NOV 28, savoir-faire: franglais



Authors' Note:

en visite (ahn vee-ZEET): ‘while visiting'

les touristes (lay too-REEST):  'the tourists’

non-français (non frahn-SEH): ‘not French (speaking)’

ils causaient (eel koh-ZEH): 'they chatted‘

Québécois (kay-bay-KWAH): ‘resident of Quebec (province)’

franglais (frahn-GLEH): ‘Franglais, a mixed lingo’





 

 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

November 27, 2023

NOV 27, defining opinions: Haversian canals




 

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 iLimerick Form). You can see all of these on one visit by clicking HERE.

November 26, 2023

* NOV 26, portraits of couples -- turkeys

 


reprise from November 2020

NOV 26, portraits of couples: turkeys, domestic and wild



HAPPY AMERICAN THANKSGIVING TO ALL !!!




Enjoy an illustrated poem about domestic turkeys by clicking HERE.







 You can view these samples from our portfolio of 'Couples' portraits in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

November 25, 2023

NOV 25, pinkos (forward thinkers): the Communist Church



                                                                            
Authors' Note: Liberal thinking seized Europe towards the middle of the nineteenth century. Emboldened by the partial successes of the politically-targeted Chartists, intellectuals were drawn to idealistic social movements such as communitarianism. According to Wikipedia, John Goodwyn Barmby (1820 – 1881), one of its principals, introduced the term 'communist', based on the French le communisme and founded a revue called The Communist Chronicle. Seeking a spiritual path, he later founded the Communist Church, a sect that had congregations numbering in the teens at its peak. When the church folded in 1849, Barmby became active as a Unitarian minister.
You can review all the poems in our collection "Pinkos: forward thinkers" by clicking HERE.

November 24, 2023

* NOV 24, invertebrates -- chelipods

 

 reprise from November 2020


NOV 24, spineless verse (invertebrates): chelipods

 









READING MORE WIDELY:

You can find all our illustrated verses about various 'INVERTEBRATES' , as compiled on our full-service blog "Edifying NonsenseHEREBut, in fact, we had hived off verses about INSECTS, and they are gathered in separate blogposts, that you can get into HERESo, follow these links, and enjoy.  

November 23, 2023

NOV 23, palinku: global warming

 

 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 ilk have continued to accumulate. You can view them all at one swoop if you  proceed to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.






November 22, 2023

* NOV 22, birdlore -- desnooded

 

reprise from November 2020


NOV 21, birdlore: turkeys, desnooded (pre-holiday fling)









 You can view an encyclopedic collection of illustrated poems on this topic by proceeding to the post 'Poems about BIRDLORE' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE

November 20, 2023

* NOV 20, a-very-stable-genius --- 'Never Concede'

 

reprise from November 2020


NOV 20, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS -- 'Never Concede!'






You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view: 
 
'A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams),   and 
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams.

November 19, 2023

NOV 19, synonymous verse: house





To review our whole collection of "synonymous verses", click HERE



 

November 18, 2023

* NOV 18, portraits of couples -- broad-headed skinks, llamas


reprise from November 2020


NOV 18, portraits of couples: broad-headed skinks, llamas




 

Enjoy an illustrated poem about the broad-headed skink, Plestiodon laticeps by clicking HERE.




You can view these samples from our portfolio of 'Couples' portraits in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

November 17, 2023

* NOV 17, Canadiana - urban portaging

 


reprise from November 17, 2020


NOV 17, Canadiana: urban portaging

 

From the Archives: An Illustrated E-Mail about Urban Portaging, 2017

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AttachmentsNov 13, 2016, 7:50 PM
to MikeJoshPaulDrAlecArtMarnaEric

I encountered this on my late afternoon cycle-ride through trendy Rosedale on a rainy autumn afternoon. In its second year, 

this festival, I found out, brings together people portaging canoes across a 17 km ancient aboriginal trail between the

Humber and Don watersheds. At this point, the portagers had just crossed the Mt Pleasant Expressway.


November 16, 2023

* NOV 16, sleek Greek prefixes -- DIA- or DI-

 

reprise from November 2020


NOV 16, sleek Greek prefixes: DIA- (and DI-)





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

November 15, 2023

NOV 15, wordplay map: renamed US state capitals (western)

We presume that there are others out there who have found that the names of the US state capital cities are a chore to remember. So, here's a practical application of wordplay with anagrams!









We might eventually do the eastern US states, so stay tuned (but be patient).


links for any date: scroll over to the calendar-based listings of 'Past Posts' in the righthand column on this page, choose your year then your month of interest, and then select (by clicking) the post of your choice.


November 14, 2023

* NOV 14, pandemic poetry -- social distancing


reprise from November 2020


NOV 14, pandemic poetry: social distancing






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



November 13, 2023

NOV 13, defining opinion: honk

 


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 iLimerick Form). You can see all of these on one visit by clicking HERE.

November 12, 2023

* NOV 12, Toronto ravines-- art installations #1`


reprise from November 2020

NOV 12, Toronto ravines: art installations #1




 

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

November 11, 2023

NOV 11, waterfowl: feral ducks










 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'. 


November 10, 2023

* NOV 10, bi-lyrical verse -- 'a poet and his bros'


reprise from November 2020


NOV 10, bi-lyrical limerick: 'a poet and his bros'



 Authors' note: We (i.e. Dr. G.H. and his registered pseudonym Giorgio) have two brothers who have each written a textbook in his chosen field of endeavour. Our personal choice, however, is to indulge in the delights of poetry, using rhyme rather than free verse as our preferred modality.  


Be sure to check out the whole collection of 'bi-lyrical limericks' by proceeding to "Edifying Nonsense." CLICK HERE ! 
reminiscence of South Carolina


November 8, 2023

* NOV 8, Ontario nostalgia -- fallen leaves


reprise from November 2020


NOV 8, Ontario nostalgia: fallen leaves




 

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 
Toronto's Rosedale Valley, from the Sherbourne Street bridge


November 7, 2023

NOV 7, defining opinion: hover






 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 iLimerick Form). You can see all of these on one visit by clicking HERE.

November 6, 2023

* NOV 6, r-i-c- anagrams: wordplay maps #7 and #8


reprise from November 2020


NOV 6, wordplay map: r-i-c anagrams #7+#8




 


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.