OCT 30, W-I-P

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

2020: singable satire, Latin Cat's Strut (parody lyrics)
2021: singable satire, Zombie Cockroach (parody lyrics) 
2022: singable satire, Under My Own Steam #1 (parody lyrics)
2023: singable satire (Inferno), Crayfish Etouffee (parody lyrics)

b) Today's Offering (Oct 30, 2024): 

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)

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: Toronto ravines, Todmorden Mills (photo-collage)
2022: inns and outs, INN-dwelling (poem)
2023: gruesome verse, hidey-hole (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 28, 2024):

OCT 27, photo-collage: egrets (mixed) vying at the spillway

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

2020: anagram swarm, US scramble-towns, 10 (wordplay map)

2021: domestic hazards, fatbergs (poem)
2022: anagram swarm, Canadian scramble-towns, 12 (wordplay map) 
2023: decorative touches, Night View -- Ravenel Bridge  (fabric art)

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-collage, Ontari-oases: fall colour tour, late October

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

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

2021: anagram swarm, sister-cities anagrams. 33 (wordplay map)
2022: limerick variations, C-rhyme extensions (poem) 
2023: decorative touches, Ravenel Bridge, Shem creek vista (fabric art)

fabric art, R.C.H.

b) Today's Offering (Oct 26, 2024):

OCT 25, submitted palindromes: RANDOM PILES 34

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 scholarly blog "Edifying Nonsense" -- start HERE.

OCT 24, bar-fauna: sober October

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)

fabric art, R.C.H.

b) Today's Offering (Oct 24, 2024): 

poetry lyrics: / A leprechaun, elf, and a fairy/ Sneak into a bar in Grande Prairie,/

 At the end of  October./ "Hey, you kids should stay sober,"/ Scolds the bartender, 

 adamant (very).

 If you liked this submission, you might want to refer to our entire collection of verses about human and animal denizens of bars, pubs and other watering-holes. 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)

b) Today's Offering (Oct 23, 2024):

poetry lyrics: / Hallowe'en, and our hideous host/ Boasts while serving horse eyeballs

 on toast/ "These hors d'oeuvres are horrible,/ Ghastly, deplorable;/ There's a prize

 for who eats up the most."/ Those who 'win' might well give up the ghost.

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)

b) Today's Offering (Oct 22, 2024):

poetry lyrics: / We're the glib kick-the-libs-in-the-asscracy./ We give dreamers

 and vaxxers no passcracy./ Fed on lies and hypocrisy/ Our MAGaristocracy/ Claims its

 unholy role as the crasscracy.

We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find dozens more on this topic in 9 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: Toronto ravines, Nordheimer, (photo-collage)  
2021: Toronto ravines, Moore Park (photo-collage)

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

 

fabric art, R.C.H.

Hint for readers: to enlarge any photo or slide in these presentations, click on it, then follow the thumbnails at the bottom of the post (for computer 'web-version', not for 'mobile version'). To exit this enlarged mode, don't panic, but CLICK on the small 'x' at the upper right of the black background field.

b) Today's Offering (Oct 21, 2024):

"me and my shadow"

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

OCT 20, W-I-P

 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)

b) Today's Offering (Oct 20, 2024): 

OCT 19, basic medical science: gamma rays

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

2020: Toronto ravines, Taylor Creek (photo-collage)  
2021: Carolina lowcountry, wildlife revisited 1 (photo-collage)

2022: Canadiana, seniors' hockey (poem) 
2023: decorative touches, abstract quilts (fabric art)

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b) Today's Offering (Oct 19, 2024):

poetry lyrics: / Here's my gamma-ray ode: Derivation -- / Born in nuclear

 shift-transformation./ At high fluxes, they suck;/ Use lead shielding, or duck;/

 Warning symbols, not just decoration.  

Authors' Note:   In measuring ionizing radiation such as gamma rays with an instrument such as a  dosimeter, terms such as exposure-rate, flux, and fluence relate to the strength of the source. With regard to possible harm to humans and other biologic creatures, the absorbed dose is more important. The many different units involved in scientific descriptions may, in fact, detract from comprehension by non-experts. A simple rule of thumb, adopted by most professional societies, is to keep exposure "as low as reasonably achievable", as summarized in the acronymic slogan ALARA.

Readers can enjoy our whole collection of verses on "basic medical science" by clicking HERE.

If interested, readers can 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".

OCT 18, gruesome verse: zombie uprising

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

2020: waterfowl, Caribbean brown pelicans (illustrated poem folio)
2021: oncology verse, benign tumors (poem)
2022: reprehensible history, submarine warfare #3 (didactic collage)
2023: Toronto oases, on a golden pond (photo-collage)

b) Today's Offering (Oct 18, 2024):

poetry lyrics:/ On All Saints' Day, a jest that's suggestive:/ Cemetarians' charges
 grow restive./ Can we face with aplomb/ A mass uprising zom/ -bie, infesting our
 trick-or-treat festive? 

Check out the whole collection of short poems that we have named "Gruesome Verse" on our blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE.

OCT 17, palinku (poetic novelty): 45th prez, 4/7

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

2020: palinku, fruits #1 (poetic novelty)  
2021: palinku, identity (poetic novelty) 
2022: palinku, restaurants  (poetic novelty)
2023: palinku, ethics (poetic novelty)

b) Today's Offering (Sep 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. 

OCT 16, photo-collage, Ontari-oases: fall colour tour, mid-October

 

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

2020: sister-cities anagrams, 16 (wordplay map) 
2021: Toronto ravines. Sherwood (photo-collage)
2022: Ontario nostalgia, bunkie (illustrated poem)
2023: terminal exclamation, YIKES! (limerick variation)

b) Today's Offering (Oct 16, 2024):

Proceed to the next, and final  stage in the colour tour (late October) by clicking HERE. 

OCT 15, news update

 a) Reprise of material posted on October 15 in previous years ...

2020: pandemic poetry, preventive cocktails (illustrated poem) 
2021: neologism, personal, POTUSA, abuelita latina (poem)

2022: Toronto ravines, mysterious  East Don valley (photo-collage)
2023: decorative touches, 2 Carolina lowcountry scenes (fabric art)

unfinished bridge

 b) Today's Offering (Oct 15, 2024): a new national unity