OCT 25, submitted palindromes: RANDOM PILES 22

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, OR, just follow the links indicated above. 

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.

OCT 24, decorative touches: "Cypress Swamp 2" (fabric art)

 

"Cypress Swamp 2"

 fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

OCT 23, decorative touches: "Quilt, untitled" (fabric art)

 

 Decorative Touches: "Untitled Quilt"

                                                              fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

OCT 22, gruesome verse: by halves (autophagia)

Happy Hallowe'en!

Authors' Note: The term autophagia or autophagy  may refer to a rare psychiatric disorder, but is more commonly used to describe an intracellular process in the realm of cell biology, as described by the author HERE.

Check out the whole collection called "Gruesome Verse" on our blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE.

OCT 21, decorative touches: "Reweavings" (fabric art)

 

a) Decorative Touches: "Reweavings 1" 

 fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

b) Decorative Touches: "Reweavings 2"

fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

c) Decorative Touches: "Reweavings 3" 

fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

                                                                          fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

OCT 19, decorative touches: abstract quilts (fabric art)

 a) Decorative Touch: "Stairway Quilt"

 fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

b) Decorative Touches: "Remnants of Gaudi" 

 fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

OCT 18, photo-collage, Toront-oases: on a golden pond (High Park)

Capturing views from a gorgeous day at summer's end:

this great egret is the star of the show

a mute swan 

ducks on duckweed

You can find a poetic tribute to duckweed on this blogsite by clicking HERE.

wood ducks, female

free-range ducks tour the pond
(male mallard above, male wood duck below)

OCT 17, palinku (poetic novelty): ethics

  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 readily view all our "palinku" verses  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.)

OCT 16, terminal (poetic) exclamation: YIKES!

Authors' Note: Yikes and its variant yoicks, are interjections expressing shock or alarm.

You can review our collection of poems on the topic of "Terminal Exclamation (Limerick Variations)" as it evolves on our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense"; click HERE. 

OCT 15, decorative touches, two Carolina lowcountry scenes (fabric art)

Decorative Touches:  

fabric art contributed by R.C.H., with thanks from the blog-editors

OCT 14: Toronto ravines: Humber river valley, photocollage #3

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

                                                                         

OCT 13, decorative touches: Ontario lakeland scene (fabric art)

Decorative Touches: "Do Not Disturb"  

     Continuation from "Pictures at a Renovation -- finishing touches" (fabric artwork), September 22, 2023. 

                           fabric art, contributed by R.C.H., with thanks.

                                                          

OCT 12, folio-entry, couples: mute swans

To learn more about these birds, you might want to review our posts "illustrated verse: mute swans",  and "photo-collage: mute swans". 

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

OCT 11, Ontario nostalgia: stormy Ashbridge's Bay

 

 

OCT 10, 2023, a brief saga (Leslie Moore's suffixes): linguISTICALLY

 There are now over 40 of these lengthier bits of doggerel featured at OEDILF in Giorgio's "Author's Showcase".  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 (November 2023), proceed to 'Creep / crept variants'.

To access the most recent previous 'brief saga' (September 2023), back up to 'Clinical Trial'.

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

2020
2021
2022
2023.

OCT 9, birdlore: pigeon-porn (billing and cooing)

DITORS' WARNING: You must be at least 12 years of age to view this post!

Authors' Note: The author recently obtained a photo-exposé of the activity as performed on a nearby sidewalk. He finds it appropriate to describe pigeon-mating in writing with the aid of binomial expressions (italicized in the above verse). You can find out a lot more (several collections of illustrated verse) about these grammatical gems by clicking HERE.

And HERE's a fine British you-tube video showing a much more protracted version, including extensive foreplay, i.e. 'billing and cooing'. It lasts about a minute. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Moiesnn7bI

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

OCT 8, decorative touches: "Kitchen Kimono" (fabric art)

Decorative Touches: "Kitchen Kimono"  

 Continuation from "Pictures at a Renovation -- finishing touches", (fabric artwork), September 12, 2023. 

                                                                              fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks

OCT 7, photo-collages, Toront-oases: Leslie Street Spit, 3 and 4

a) Continuing from a previous blogpost ...

 

OCT 6, binomial phrases: extended format -- "healthy, wealthy and wise"

 

OCT 5, bi-lyrical limerick: 'E.M.S.'

The original classic limerick:

Be sure to check out the whole collection of 'bi-lyrical limericks' by proceeding to "Edifying Nonsense." CLICK HERE ! (Or, if you prefer, you could look over this stuff on Giorgio's Facebook photo-albums.) 

OCT 4, signs of confusion: fifth collection

This post is the fifth in a series. You can attempt to get all of this straight by reviewing the collections in the previous posts ...

signs of confusion #4
signs of confusion #3
signs of confusion #2
signs of confusion #1

Buddhist monks in South America?

 Siiigns of confusiion?

 

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Significantly, fans of unusual signage could proceed to view "Signs of Britain".