JUN 27, duplication: hodge-podge

Readers willing to go down an internet rabbit-hole can easily get to a collection of more than a dozen other short verses SHORT VERSES  in which we have dealt with specific reduplications. 

If interested you could also discover three fairly lengthy PATTER-SONGS about this fascinating linguistic phenomenon. These songs form an important part of our cycle of 9 songs about "Word Pairs".

JUN 25, submitted palindromes: RANDOM PILES 18

 

You have reached the "Submitted Palindromes" thread on the blog "Daily Edifying Nonsense", a light literary entity that emanates through the blogosphere daily (almost), i.e. 30 times per month.

  On the 25th of each month you will find a slide-filling group of palindromic phrases submitted to the editors by a panel of 7 palindromists. These folks have all been working on this project since January 2020. The personal profiles for each of these contributors are displayed in panels published here at the start of things, and then, we have asked them to provide (palindromically, of course) their views on one of the iconic items in the classic literature, starting with "A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama", continuing with other well-known phrases, such as "Dennis sinned". Otherwise, their contribution will be grouped in monthly random piles (a phrase that you might recognize as an anagram of the word p-a-l-i-n-d-r-o-m-e-s).

You can access this delightful entertainment right here by entering submitted palindromes in one of the two search bars at the top of this post and scrolling downwards through the wordplay posts that you will discover.

Devotees of palindromic wordplay can further explore limericks and other short verses about the classic palindromes (and quite a few recent concoctions) that are randomly scattered on this blog after September 2000, or collected into grouped postings on our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense" -- start HERE.

JUN 24, lexicon of word pairs: reduplications M to N

For readers with a musical bent, we have a song-cycle of 9 songs displaying the spectrum of these binomial expressions. Theses posts have lyrics stuffed with word-pairs, arranged to familiar tunes. You can readily access this singable treasure trove of binomial expressions of various types by clicking on the link for the first song, "WORD PAIRS", HERE. 

You can proceed to the next blogpost in the lexicon series (reduplications O to Q) by clicking HERE.

JUN 23, national and multinational verse: Haiti

 

You can review our collection of verses about various individual nations, and about the groupings to which they belong, on our topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. 

JUN 22, lexicon of word-pairs: reduplications I to L

 

Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials (reduplications I to L)

Quite a few reduplications (words consisting of two near-duplicated elements) have been highlighted in  short verses by the authors:  

And, for those with a musical bent, we have a song-cycle of 9 songs displaying the spectrum of these binomial expressions. They have lyrics stuffed with word-pairs, arranged to familiar tunes. You can readily access this singable treasure trove of binomial expressions of various types by clicking on the link for the first song, "WORD PAIRS", HERE. 

You can proceed to the next blogpost in the lexicon series (reduplications M-N) by clicking HERE.

JUN 21, mythed opportunities: 'Infernal' (Dante's Divine Comedy)

You can take advantage of the whole spectrum of illustrated poems dealing with 'Mythed Opportunities' that we have collected on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

JUN 20, setting words to music (Inferno, Canto 2): "BEA WANTS TO KEEP HER EYE ON YOU" sung by Dusty Springfield

 PASTICHE WITH PARODY SONG-LYRICS.

JUN 19, poetic non-sequitur: ground down (in traffic)

 

JUN 18, lexicon of word-pairs: reduplications Ho- to Hu-

 

Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials (reduplications Ho- to Hu-)

Quite a few reduplications (words consisting of two near-duplicated elements) have been highlighted in  short verses on this blog:

These include "hoi-polloi", "holus-bolus", "hotspot" and "hubba-hubba".

You can proceed to the next blogpost in the lexicon series (reduplications I to L) by clicking HERE.

 

JUN 17, palinku (poetic novelty): meat-eating

  In this post, we continue with our novel form of poetic wordplay. Inspired by Japanese haiku poetry, the "palinku" is a terse verse with a total of 17 syllables displayed on three lines. Unlike its earlier English-language forerunners, 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  (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. Readers will note that we have been publishing verses of this type on the 17th of each month.

 You can view them all our verses of this type if you proceed with a single click to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. (Or if you prefer, you can stay on this particular blogsite and look for the offerings for the 17th day of each month -- there are now more than 60 of these.)

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

JUN 16, 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

ready to eat (a somewhat messy finger-food)

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

JUN 15, lexicon of word-pairs: reduplications H to Ho-

Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials (reduplications H to Ho-)

Quite a few reduplications (words consisting of two near-duplicated elements) have been highlighted in  short verses by the authors:  

Matching the selection, these include "hanky-panky",  "harum-scarum", "heeby-jeebies", "helter-skelter", "higgledy-piggeldy", "hillbilly", "hobo", and "hocus-pocus".  

And, for those with a musical bent, we have a song-cycle of 9 songs displaying the spectrum of these binomial expressions. They have lyrics stuffed with word-pairs, arranged to familiar tunes. You can readily access this singable treasure trove of binomial expressions of various types by clicking on the link for the first song, "WORD PAIRS", HERE. 

You can proceed to the next blogpost in the lexicon series (reduplications Ho- to Hu-) by clicking HERE.

JUN 14, domestic hazards: fatbergs

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

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

JUN 13, "pictures at a renovation": final posting

 PREVIOUS VIEWS:

You can journey back through the whole arduous undertaking by scrolling back through our earlier posts (you can also click these dates for direct transport back to see the previous views). The earliest posts show the demolition phase, and that may be of particular interest to many viewers.

Jun 7: reconstruction

May 31: reconstruction

May 25: reconstruction

May 7: reconstruction

May 3: reconstruction

April 26: reconstruction

April 18: reconstruction

April 16: demolition phase

April 10: demolition phase

April 6: demolition phase

April 4: demolition phase

March 31: demolition phase

And, check out the project-planning stage, elucidated in photos and verse, on March 19, and March 27.

Current status: Lots of progress! But, this will be the final photo-collage posted on this topic. If you would like to see the final result, give us a few more weeks, and then arrange to come by! 

vestibule, entrance to fronthall closet
 and 'new' office

office, view back to main hall

guest bathroom

studio, storing appliances

balcony, with some residual mouldings etc,
 needing some cleaning up

TO SEE MORE STUFF: To see older or newer material  (posted daily, or at least on most 'good' days), CLICK below the Comments Section, on 'Older Post' or 'Newer Post'.

JUN 12, folio-entry, couples: llamas

 

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

JUN 11, lexicon of word -pairs: reduplications F to G

 Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials (reduplications F-G)

Quite a few reduplications (words consisting of two near-duplicated elements) have been highlighted in  short verses by the authors: 

These include "fuddle-duddle" and "fuddy-duddy". 

And, for those with a musical bent, we have a song-cycle of 9 songs displaying the spectrum of these binomial expressions. They have lyrics stuffed with word-pairs, arranged to familiar tunes. You can readily access this singable treasure trove of binomial expressions of various types by clicking on the link for the first song, "WORD PAIRS", HERE. 

You can proceed to the next blogpost in the lexicon series (duplications H-Ho-) by clicking HERE.

JUN 10, a brief saga (wordplay): anagram swarms

 

Author's Note: 

GOP: initialism for the Grand Old Party, nickname for the Republican Party of the United States.

sens: informal abbreviation for US senators

Jamie Raskin: a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives, the chief impeachment manager of the team designated to present evidence during the second impeachment trial of presdent #45 in the US senate.

The poem's author has derived wordplay maps by reshuffling the letters of the word "IMPEACHMENT" that displays imaginary locales in sixteen states coast-to-coast, including California (CA), Hawaii (HI) and Maine (ME). 

Among the sixty designated locales where issues re the first impeachment are under intnse debate one finds Cement Map, HI; Hempmint, CA; Hen Impact, ME.

Concocted just in time for the second Senate trial , one finds apocryphal locales in 12 states (each designated by their two-capital-letter code), as sites for the debate on constitutional issues. These locales include Alto Tinnitus, CO (Colorado); Titanic Loons, UT (Utah); and Total Suction, IN (Indiana).

US Congressman Jamie Raskin

 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 are involved in a collaborative editing process that may take several weeks to over a year. 

 There are now over 40 of these lengthier bits of doggerel featured at OEDILF in Giorgio's "Author's Showcase". The OEDILF number for each accepted multiverse poem is shown here on the slide with its first verse. We have been blog-publishing these poetic adventures here monthly since January 2020. And the good news is that almost all limerick-derived verses can be set to music!

To access the next 'brief saga' on this blog (July 2023), proceed to 'France'. 

To access the most recent previous 'brief saga' ("May" 2023), back up to 'America' (national verse).

To access all of our 'brief sagas' by the year of their creation, click on your selection below.

2020
2021
2022
2023.

JUN 9, birdlore: American goldfinches

Authors' Note:  This common North American bird species, Spinus tristis, is often referred to as the "wild canary" owing to the male's bright yellow summer coat, set off by black wings with white ribbons and black forehead patch (the females' markings are less intense, particularly so re the forehead patch)). As their diet consists almost entirely of seeds, nesting does not begin until mid-or late summer when weed seeds become plentiful. Thistle heads are used not only to feed the young, but also to construct the nest! The relative dietary habits of finches around the globe (insects versus seeds) has been an area of intense biologic study (see the verse "Darwin's finches” at OEDILF.com). 

goldfinch, female 

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. 

JUN 8, lexicon of word-pairs: reduplications D to E

 Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials (reduplications D-E)

Quite a few reduplications (words consisting of two near-duplicated elements) have been highlighted in  short verses by the authors: Matching the selection on the first slide above, these include "dilly-dally".

And, for those with a musical bent, we have a song-cycle of 9 songs displaying the spectrum of these binomial expressions. They have lyrics stuffed with word-pairs, arranged to familiar tunes. You can readily access this singable treasure trove of binomial expressions of various types by clicking on the link for the first song, "WORD PAIRS", HERE. 

You can proceed to the next blogpost in the lexicon series (duplications F to G) by clicking HERE.