OCT 30, singable satire: Simon and Garfunkel sing "PALINDROMES of EVIL"

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

2020: gruesome verse, autophagia, by halves (poem)
2021: singable satire, Zombie Cockroach (parody lyrics) 
2022: singable satire, Under My Own Steam (parody lyrics)
2023: singable satire, Polyvinyl for Millenia (parody lyrics)

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 30, 2024): 

PARODY LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "The Sounds of Silence" 1964, Simon and Garfunkel. 

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, April 2016.

 

PALINDROMES OF EVIL      

(to the tune of "The Sounds of Silence")

Palindromes are a dark friend.
Strange insights read from either end
They sometimes seem devoid of meaning.
Yet their impact comes careening
"In word-salad, alas drown I" - poor brain's lobes; 
Nasty strobes - 
The Palindromes of Evil.

So, "Evil axis - six alive"
Sends "Delivery reviled"
Message said, "Hades unused, ah!" 
I learned, "Ah, Satan sees Natasha"
Advice received, "Bats enliven evil nest, Ab"
"Bats, odd, do stab" - 
The Palindromes of Evil.

It "Wets dab noses on bad stew"
"Stack cats"; "We panic in a pew"
People writing, "Nightlife - filth, gin"
"Dennis, Nell, Edna and Ellen sinned"
"Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas"; "Gnu dung"
But, no one sung,
"Satan, I prefer piñatas".

"Borrow or rob"; "Di, as I said", 
"Hell, eh?";  "Denial slain, Ed"
They hear "No word, no bond; row on" 
Please "No lava, not on Avalon"
"Golf-flog"; "Lisa Bonet ate no basil"
"Evil Olive"
"Slap pals"; "Lived on, no devil"

"Stole lots"; "Rotator"; folks were stunned;
"No dare - radon"  (that was punned)
"Murder for a jar of red rum"
Forming "Model truth: turtledom"
And the sign flashed out "Egad! No bondage" 
"Yaw bus. Civic subway" - rails,
And "Liar trail"s
"Re-paper"- Palindromes of Evil...

OCT 29, around and about: seasonal Hallowe'en scenes from South Carolina

a) Review of material posted on October 29 in previous years ...                                                      

2020: gruesome verse, scary upshot (illustrated poem)
2021: gruesome verse, 3 verses for Hallowe'en (illustrated poems)
2022: dental feelings: sugary treats, Hallowe'en (illustrated poem)
2023: gruesome verse, ghostbusting equipment (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 29, 2024): 

Halloween approaches

"Gal and Gator"
Photo modified from painting
by David Boatwright, 2024.

south of Broad Street, Hallowe'en

"George Washington",
John Trumbull's second portrait, 1792,
Displayed in the City Council chambers,
Charleston, SC,
(photo by G.C., October, 2024)

master of ceremonies,
at a Mt Pleasant residential show

OCT 28, OEDILFian limericks: "Hallowe'en"

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

2020: Toronto ravines, Seton Park (photo-collage)
2021: Carolina lowcountry, wildlife revisited 2 (photo-collage) 
2022: Toronto ravines, floating islands at Brickworks (illustrated poem)
2023: gruesome verse, hidey-hole (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 28, 2024):

 

OCT 27, waterfowl: egrets at the spillway

a) Review of material posted on October 27 in previous years ...

2020: diagnostic imaging, technetium generators (illustrated poem)
2021: domestic hazards, fatbergs (poem)
2022: classic palindrome, Mix a maxim. (poem)
2023: decorative touches, Night View -- Ravenel Bridge  (fabric art)

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fabric art, R.C.H.

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 27, 2024):

snowy egret:
black bill, yellow feet;
smaller, more shy

great egret:
yellow-orange bill, black feet;
longer neck, more aggressive

 

disputation at the spillway;
the more aggressive great egret (above)
chases off the snowy egret

snowy egret in flight; great egret inattentive

OCT 26, photo-study #2: Cooper River (Ravenel) Bridge

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

2020: Toronto ravines, Wilket Creek (photo-collage)

2021: anagram swarms, Canadian scramble-towns 11 (wordplay maps)
2022: limerick variations, C-rhyme extensions (poem) 
2023: decorative touches, Ravenel Bridge, Shem creek vista (fabric art)

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fabric art, R.C.H.

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 26, 2024):

Be sure to start off by reviewing our earlier posts on this topic HERE and HERE.

view from the golfcourse, Patriots Point
(photo thanks to E.H.)

in the foreground:
USS Yorktown, centerpiece of the 
Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum

OCT 25, Submitted Palindromes: RANDOM PILE #29

a) Reprise of material posted on October 25 in previous years ...

2020: Toronto ravines, Nordheimer (photo-collage)
2021: Toronto ravines, Todmorden Mills (photo-collage)
2022: mythed opportunities, Galatea and Pygmalion (illustrated poem)
2023: submitted palindromes, targeted, No 'X' in Nixon. (wordplay)

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puzzling palindrome,
 used in Weird Al Yankovic's song "Bob"

b) Today's Offering (Oct 25, 2024): 

  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. Their profiles are indicated 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", and continuing with other well-known phrases, such as "Dennis sinned". Otherwise, their contribution will be grouped in 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).

OCT 24, pill-poppin' poem: simethicone for abdominal bloating

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

2020: Toronto ravines, Mimico Creek (photo-collage)

2021: binomial phrases, hug and kiss (poem)

2022: patients and maladies, post-traumatic symptoms (poem)

2023: decorative touches, Cypress Swamp 2 (fabric art)

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fabric art, R.C.H.

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 24, 2024):

Authors' Note: Simethicone (simeticone), a silicon-based product, is the active ingredient in most current over-the-counter remedies to relieve abdominal distension and gaseous bloating. With coalescence of the offending small bubbles, the gas is dispersed by flatulence and belching.

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Pharmaceutical (pill-poppin') Poems' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

 

OCT 23, defining opinion: hors d'oeuvres

 a) Review of material posted on October 23 in previous years ...

2020: gruesome verse, untimely demise (illustrated poem)  
2021: gruesome verse, two horrific quandaries (illustrated poems)

2022: Toronto oases, Rouge National Park (photo-collage) 
2023: doctors and practices, neighborhood analyst (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 23, 2024):

Our series of blogposts, "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.

OCT 22, American satire: the 'crasscracy'

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

2020: old world palindromes, #1 (wordplay maps)  
2021: Toronto oases, city halls (photo-collage)

2022: saving the planet, phosphate detergents (illustrated poem) 
2023: postal places, Deseronto, ON (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 22, 2024):

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

OCT 21, philosophical ponderings: "me and my shadow"

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

2020: insects, beer bugs (illustrated poem)  
2021: Toronto ravines, Moore Park (photo-collage)

2022: hellenophilia, Cretan gorges (illustrated poem) 
2023: decorative touches, Reweavings (fabric art)

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fabric art, R.C.H.

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 21, 2024):

"me and my shadow"

a second view,
lower angle of sun at day's end

OCT 20, singable satire: "CARNIVAL OF CHARLESTON"

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

2020: singable satire, Rhyming Binomials M to Z (parody lyrics)
2021: singable satire, Star-Nosed Mole (parody lyrics) 
2022: singable satire, Ballad of Giuliani 2 (parody lyrics)
2023: singable satire (Inferno), The Pain of Lust (parody lyrics)

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 20, 2024): 

PARODY LYRICS 

ORIGINAL SONG: "Carnival of Venice", traditional song

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, January 2014.
PHOTOS of the concert "Carnival of Venice", Charleston SC, by Uncommon Solutions

Coverage of the inciting event by the Charleston "Post and Courier" can be found online.

THE CARNIVAL OF CHARLESTON

 (to the tune of "the Carnival of Venice")


Your rickshaw ride in Charleston
Can't explore that magic town;
The driver's only licensed
A: pick-up;  B: set you down.

Official guides in Charleston
Have to pass exams and train; 
Rapt carriage-tour riders and foot-group
Can't block ante-bellum lanes.

Charleston's famous "Rainbow Row"

A pedicab lurks at your lodgings,
Marks you for a heinous crime;

A sleazy eager historian
Who is keen to sell his time. 

To stamp out these nasty infractions,
Wired police devised a sting
Attired for entrapment as tourists
Massive fines recordings bring.

a rickshaw driver cruises for customers

Few hours in scenic Charleston ?
Cruise-lined there by Carnival,
Snubbed by snobby South-of-Broad big-shots?
Don't treat 'Rick Shaw' as a pal.

If cruising past Fort Sumter
And re-boarding is a must,
Steer clear of Rick's tempting discussions - 
It might be a tourist bust.

a colleague of Rick Shaw, at work

Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor,
as proposed in an early painting

Concert of Venetian music; 
a Charleston visitor admires the sets