JAN 30: W-I-P

 a) Reprise of material posted on January 30 in previous years ...

2020: literature survey, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" (illustrated poem)
2021: singable satire, "Babel-Talky", multilingual 'Jaberwocky' (parody lyrics) 
2022: singable satire, "Fickle Twist of Verse", #3 (parody lyrics)
2023: singable satire, "Nessun Dorma" (parody lyrics)

JAN 29, birdlore: in-flight videos

a) Reprise of material posted on January 29 in previous years ...

2020: magical palindromes, introduction (poem and wordplay)

2021: old world palindromes, 9, 10 (wordplay maps) 
2022: hellenophilia, Santorini wines (illustrated poem)
2023: poetic non-sequitur, professor and madman (poem)

 b) Today's Offering (Jan 29,2024): 

snowy egret

black-crowned night heron

JAN 28, mythed opportunities: shooting dice with Satan (hosta)

a) Reprise of material posted on January 28 in previous years ...

2020: Canadiana, western funky towns (wordplay maps)
2021: etymology, horse (illustrated poem) 
2022: gun control verse, anger and guns (illustrated poem)
2023: word-pairs, alliterative binomials H-K (wordplay lexicon)

poetry lyrics:/ Scene: A crapshoot with Satan, high-cost./ Stakes:
A hosta, resistant to frost. In a trice, florist Milt/ Rolled the dice, but hopes wilt./
/ Bad result -- Milton's Paradise Lost./ And our hopes for March foliage get tossed.

Author's Note: Many floriculturists would sell their souls to find a cultivar of the lush perennial hosta, Hosta spp., whose foliage would persist through the winter. Although the plant routinely dies back during icy months, it usually returns in the following spring.

John Milton's epic work Paradise Lost, and the crapshoot are described in other verses.

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!

JAN 27, selected pics: (waterfowl): Ibis Hotel

 a) Reprise of material posted on January 27 in previous years ...

2020: anagram swarm, US scramble-towns, 1 (wordplay maps)

2021: anagram swarm, US scramble-towns, 13 (wordplay maps)

2022: anagram swarm, Canadian scramble-towns, 3 (wordplay map)
2023: anagram swarm, Canadian scramble-towns, 15 (wordplay map) 

To access the details of any item in slide format, type its title, as displayed above in red font (e.g. ... horse), into one of the two search bars at the the top of your blog-page. Underneath the slides for each entertaining delight that you discover, you will find a clickable link that lets you easily explore a more widespread collection of wonderments (verse, photos, wordplay, song-lyrics etc.) on the topic of your choice. 

bee working purple asters

 current birdie-pics: at the authors' favorite pond for viewing birdlife

     
             

b) Today's Offering (Jan 27, 2024):     

guests at poolside, Ibis Hotel

       

a flap at the Ibis Hotel

          

             

JAN 26, limerick extension: Collection of Internal "LIMERRHOIDS"

  

a) Reprise of material posted on January 26 in previous years ...

2020: waterfowl, great blue herons (illustrated poem)

2021: anagram swarm, ELECTION-FRAUD contest, state entries (wordplay)  

2022: reptiles, amphisbaenians (illustrated poem)
2023: parasites, the parasitologist (host) (poem)

b) Today's Offering (Jan 26, 2024):

 Re PAGES: 

You, members of the audience of Daily Illustrated Nonsense, (D.I.N.), often have questions about the authors of this blog, and the purpose, history and organization of our online e-manations. To help answer these puzzlements, we have scrawled some material on the undated PAGES section of this blog. Please review these 'documents', although some remain under development. Although expansion of these explanations is contemplated, we admit to taking our time to write down what seems natural to us, but more outreach with this type of communication is planned.

So far, you can take a look at these important documents :

1) Our Blog (D.I.N.): Authors and Purpose (under construction)

2) Content of the blog, and its Historical Development

3) Distribution of Thematic Material

4) How Can I Contribute? (under construction)

Learn more about these limerick variations as described by their "inventors" and perpetrators HERE !

Readers can find a collection of even more of these variant verses by clicking HERE !

 

JAN 25, submitted palindromes: RANDOM PILES 25

 

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.

JAN 24, defining opinion: homogenized milk

  

a) Reprise of material posted on January 24 in previous years ...

2020: new world palindromes, #3,#4 (wordplay maps)
2021: American satire, freedom-from-Trump Day (illustrated poem) 
2022: dental felings, implants (illustrated poem)
2023: bi-lyrical limerick, aphonic (poetic novelty)

b) Today's Offering (Jan 24, 2024):

poetry lyrics:/ What's the deal with homogenized milk?/ Pressure pumping,

 techniques of that ilk/ Break up globules of fat./ Miles asks, "Outcome of that?"/

 "It feels creamier, textured like silk."

 

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.

JAN 23, death and the afterlife: decease in the crease

  

a) Reprise of material posted on January 23 in previous years ...

2020: sister-cities anagrams, 5,6 (wordplay maps)

2021: minerals and vitamins, zinc (illustrated poem) 
2022: anagrams, US postal service (wordplay maps)
2023: basic medical science, homonymous hemianopsia (poem)

b) Today's Offering (Jan 23, 2024):

poetry lyrics:/  Though assisted (in vain) by police,/ Sudden death came to
 goalie Denise/  Dropped her mask, stopped the puck -- / In her throat it got stuck./
 What unfolded? Decease in the crease. 

Authors' Note: In hockey, an assist is recognition awarded to a player who passes the puck to the goal-scorer at a key point in play. A sudden death system for resolving the winner in games tied at the end of regulation play has generally been used in organized hockey since its inception. The (goal) crease is an area demarcated by colored ice directly in front of the goal line where the goalie (goalkeeper) is not to be interfered with by attackers.

Although professional hockey has been the undisputed domain of males, more and more women are participating in Canada's national sport as amateurs and international competitors.

 You can review more poems about 'Death and the Afterlife' in context ('death and the afterlife') on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

 

JAN 22, photo-collage, Toront-oases: unusual sightings, Toronto wildlife

   a) Reprise of material posted on January 22 in previous years ...

2020: American satire, laying blame (poem)

2021: anagram swarm, ELECTION-FRAUD contest, other national entries (wordplay maps) 
2022: neologism, classic, snafus (illustrated poem)
2023: poets' corner, noun-verb contractions (poem)

To access the details of any item in slide format, type its title, as displayed above in red font (e.g. ... snafus) into one of the two search bars at the the top of your blog-page. Underneath the slides for each entertaining delight that you discover, you will find a clickable link that lets you easily explore a more widespread collection of wonderments (verse, photos, wordplay, song-lyrics etc.) on the topic of your choice. 

b) Today's Offering (Jan 22, 2024): 

common Toronto wildlife

JAN 21, terminal (poetic) exclamation: cold? I'M SOLD!

a) Reprise of material posted on January 21 in previous years ...

2020: 

2021: 
2022: 

2023:

Readers might want to hold off reading this submission until they have have familiarized themselves with concepts exemplified in the posts on  "Limerick Variations", and "Terminal Exclamations" on the blog "Edifying Nonsense".

poetry lyrics:/ Frigid weather is soon to unfold: / i'm, too old now to tolerate
 cold./ Degrees C? I'm no hero/ When outdoors, it's sub-zero./
 (Numbers Fahrenheit? Higher, we're told)./ Buy a Florida condo? "I'M SOLD!"

                                                                  

Authors' Note: Our protagonist, presumably a Canadian snowbird, can take little comfort in the higher values of Fahrenheit than Celsius temperatures in the reasonably livable range. The temperature is what it is; only the describing numbers differ, although they are precisely related as defined in PGS's conversion. And below -40 degrees, Celsius is higher (but not warmer) than Fahrenheit.

The above verse was written on a brisk January morning when the temperature in degrees was -12C (10F) in Toronto, -10C (14F) in Atlanta, and 11C (52F) in Miami.

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.  

Birds along the south Atlantic coast of the US, like this bright fellow, don't seem to mind. Perhaps they know that it's going to warm up shortly! (At 10:30, it's already up to 31F!)

Incidental additional poetry:

JAN 20, W-I-P

 a) Reprise of material posted on January 20 in previous years ...

2020: singable satire, "First Term on the Range" (parody lyrics)
2021: singable satire, "Reduplications L to Z" (parody lyrics) 
2022: singable satire, "Jailhouse Now" (parody lyrics)
2023: singable satire, "Thunder Bay (Ontario) (parody lyrics)

 

JAN 19, photo-collage: sequel to "crepuscular rendez-vous"

a) Reprise of material posted on January 19 in previous years ...

2020: personal and family history, relations (illustrated poem)
2021: commercial products, web-purchased firearms (illustrated poem) 
2022: Panama palindrome parody, Amen .. Ipanema (poem)
2023: defining opinion, hose (poem)

   

To start, check out the post "crepuscular rendez-vous". The next day, we took our foray a bit earlier in the afternoon. The weather was clearer and considerably colder, but the late afternoon light had a golden hue....  

a pair of bottlenose dolphins hunts in synchrony

a lone cormorant flies low above the creek's surface

\

a more formal pose

at the ibis hotel

 

JAN 18, photo-collage: crepuscular rendez-vous

a) Reprise of material posted on January 18 in previous years ...

2020: trees, Norway maples (illustrated poem)
2021: anagrams, ELECTION-FRAUD contest, honorable mention (wordplay maps)

2022: mammalian wildlife, kri-kri, Cretan goat (illustrated poem) 
2023: reptiles, anoles going green (photo analysis)

2024: waterfowl, crepuscular rendez-vous (photocollage)

 "Crepuscular" is defined in our poem HERE.

black-crowned night heron

snowy egret

 white ibises in pondside shrubbery

white ibises finding a resting perch in the trees

further dimming of the light

ominous appearing cormorants

Is this a good place to spend the night?

wings of man

Be sure to check out the sequel to this foray, to be published tomorrow. 

JAN 17, palinku (poetic novelty): restaurants #2

  a) Reprise of material posted on January 17 in previous years ...

2020: nuclear cardiology haiku, Seventeen Haiku Verses (traditional haiku' poems)

2021: palinku, partying 3 (poetic novelty) 

2022: palinku, puzzling and magic palindromes (poetic novelty)
2023: palinku, family life (poetic novelty)

b) Today's Offering (Jan 17, 2024): 

  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 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.)

Also, if you enjoy the concept of political palindromes, you can review how they are constructed, and see a slew of examples, by undertaking an adventure-journey of bidirectional blogposts entitled 'Political Palindromes'. Click HERE to start. 

JAN 16, photo-collage: visit to Washington's National Gallery of Art

a) Reprise of material posted on January 16 in previous years ...

2020: American satire, borscht (poem)
2021: anagram swarm, ELECTION-FRAUD contest, runners-up (wordplay maps) 
2022: death and afterlife, giving up the ghost (poem)
2023: classic palindromes, No left felon. (poem)

To access the details of any item in slide format, type its title, as displayed above in red font (e.g. ... No left felon.), into one of the two search bars at the the top of your blog-page. Underneath the slides for each entertaining delight that you discover, you will find a clickable link that lets you easily explore a more widespread collection of wonderments (verse, photos, wordplay

 song-lyrics etc.) on the topic of your choice. 

b) Today's Offering (Jan 16, 2024): 

John Ward, "The Northern Whale Fishery", 1840 

Edouard Manet, "The Old Musician", 1862 

 

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, "Pont-neuf, Paris", 1872

Alfred Sisley, "The Meadow", 1875 

Gustave Caillebotte, "Skiffs", 1877

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, "Oarsmen at Chatou", 1879

Mary Cassatt, "The Loge", 1879

Georges Seurat, "The Lighthouse at Honfleur", 1886

Mary Cassatt, "The Boating Party", 1893

Camille Pissarro,
"The Louvre - afternoon, rainy weather", 1902 

Mary Cassatt, "Woman with a Sunflower", 1905

snowy Washington street
on the morning of departure

high tea at a DC hotel
 prior to the Gallery visit

 Editors' Note: You can view illustrated verses about some of the artists by clicking HERE.