JAN 30, photo-collage: talking heads, mammalian

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

2020: classic palindromes, critique of palin(illustrated poem)
2021: culinary verse, Cretan  (poem) 
2022: waterfowl, juvenile nighherons (illustrated poem)
2023: word-pairs, alliteratibinomials E/G (wordplay lexicon)

2024: Toronto oases, ToroZoo (photo-collage)

  

This tongue-in-cheek collection is a followup to an earlier blog-post "Talking Heads, avian". All the photos (except for  a few noted exceptions) were taken by G.C.

CURRENT PARTICIPANTS: armadillo, basset hound, bison, chipmunk, cow, rhinoceros, olive baboon, cottontail rabbit, horse, naturalist, raccoon, ibex, llama, goat, coyote, capuchin monkey, grizzly bear, squirrel, sheep, hippopotamus, pig, moose, Pan, mule, orangutan, petstore bunny, giraffe, Welsh corgi, zombie, Japanese red deer. (30)

armadillo

basset hound

bison

chipmunk

cow

rhinoceros

olive baboon

cottontail bunny

horse

naturalist (Audubon)

raccoon

tur (ibex)

llama

goat

coyote (park placard)

white-faced capuchin monkey

grizzly bear
(photo contributed by W.Wingfield)

grey squirrel (black variant)

sheep

hippopotamus

pig

  

moose (metallic)

Greek god Pan
(Lady Lever Museum, UK)

mule

 

 Sumatran orangutan, catching a nap

petstore bunny

giraffe

Welsh corgi

   

zombie

red deer (Japan)

Talking Heads are a media resource:

Seasoned viewers at breaking news' source,

As in sports, storms, disasters.

But they're sometimes just 'masters'

Who the show-host's weird views reinforce.

Giorgio Coniglio

JAN 29, summary: W-I-P

JAN 28, summary: W-I-P

 

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)

2024: curtained verse, complimentarily (poem)

JAN 27, summary: W-I-P

 

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2020: insects, bumblebees (illustrated poem)
2021: anagram swarm, ELECTION-FRAUD contest, state entries (wordplay) 
2022: reprehensible history, clannishness negated (illustrated poem)
2023: national verse, Iceland (illustrated poem)

2024: waterfowl, Ibis Hotel (photo-collage)

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bee working purple asters

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JAN 26, summary: W-I-P

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

2020: waterfowl, great blue herons (illustrated poem)
2021: anagram swarms, US scramble-towns, 13 (wordplay maps) 
2022: reptiles, amphisbaenians (illustrated poem)
2023: parasites, the parasitologist (host) (poem)

2024: limerick extension, Giorgio's 7-liners (poem collection)

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JAN 25, summary: W-I-P

 

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

2020: fabric art, the fabric artist (illustrated poem)
2021: birdlore, American robins (illustrated poem) 
2022: funny bones, hook of the hamate (poem)
2023: submitted palindromes, presenter - Don's Ho (wordplay)

2024: submitted palindromes, random piles #2 (wordplay)

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JAN 24, summary: W-I-P

 

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

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

2024: defining opinion, homogenized milk (poem)

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JAN 23, summary: W-I-P

 

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

2020: anagrams, sister-cities 4 (wordplay maps)
2021: minerals and vitamins, zinc (illustrated poem) 
2022: anagrams, US postal service (wordplay maps)
2023: basic medical science, homonymous hemianopsia (poem)

2024: death and the afterlife, decease in the crease (illustrated poem)

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JAN 22, summary: W-I-P

  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)

2024: unusual wildlife, Toronto (photo-collage)

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JAN 21, summary: W-I-P

 

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

2020: American satire, First Term on the Range (wordplay/parody lyrics)

2021: classic palindromes, Drawn onward. (illustrated poem)
2022: limerick variations, singable limericks (illustrated poem) 
2023: creative anachronism, Qqdawning of history (illustrated poem)

2024: terminal exclamation, "I'm sold!" (poem)

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JAN 20, summary: W-I-P

 

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

2020: singable satire, Avitaminoses (parody lyrics)
2021: singable patter-satire, Reduplications L to Z (parody lyrics) 
2022: singable satire, Jailhouse, Now (parody lyrics)
2023: singable satire, Thunder Bay, Ontario (parody lyrics)

2024: singable satire, Robbie Burns Day  (parody lyrics)

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JAN 19, summary: W-I-P

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 (illustrated poem)
2023: defining opinion, hose (poem)

2024: lowcountry wildlife, sequel to "crepuscular rendez-vous" (photo-collage)

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JAN 18, summary: W-I-P

  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)

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JAN 17, summary: W-I-P

 

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)

2024: palinku, restaurants #2 (poetic novelty)

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JAN 16, summary: W-I-P

 

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

2020: classic palindromes, crit of palindromes (illustrated poem)
2021: culinary verse, Cr salad (poem) 
2022: waterfowl, juve night herons (illustrated poem)
2023: word-pairs, allitera binomials E/G (wordplay lexicon)

2024: Toronto oases, Tor Zoo (photo-collage)

JAN 15, binomial phrases: "poop and scoop"

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

2020: classic palindromes, critique of palindromes (illustrated poem)
2021: culinary verse, Cretan salad (poem) 
2022: waterfowl, juvenile night herons (illustrated poem)
2023: word-pairs, alliterative binomials E/G (wordplay lexicon)

2024: Toronto oases, Toronto Zoo (photo-collage)

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Authors' Note:  The rhyming binomial phrase, poop and scoop, sometimes quoted as stoop and scoop, describes a group activity by pet-owners.
See also the author's poem "dog park".  

     

To review our poetic effusion about binomial phrases proceed to our blog 'Edifying Nonsense', click HERE ! 

There is also an entire collection of lyrics to patter songs, somewhat older material, dedicated to various kinds of binomials, that provides more didactic material and an extensive series of examples, and allows you to sing these expressions for your own enjoyment, or for that of others around you. Click HERE !

JAN 14, summary: W-I-P

 

a) Reprise of material posted on January 14 in previous years ...

2020: American satire, grating (revised nursery rhyme)
2021: doctors and practices, endocrinologist (poem) 
2022: toxic vignette, lethal drugs of abuse (poem)
2023: curtained verse, octogenarian sex (poem)

2024: anagram swarm, C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-A-L (wordplay)

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JAN 13, summary: W-I-P

 

 a) Reprise of material posted on January 13 in previous years ...

2020: Carolina lowcountry, oyster clusters (illustrated poem)
2021: Greek prefixes, ecto- (poem) 
2022: limericks for classics lovers, yukky Roman foods (poem)
2023: Carolina lowcountry, Cooper River Bridge (photo study)

2024: poetic non-sequitur, bush plane (poem)

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JAN 12, summary: W-I-P

 

  a) Reprise of material posted on January 12 in previous years ...

2020: Carolina lowcountry, Cooper River vistas (photo-collage)
2021: portraits of couples, introduction, domestic turkeys (photo folio)
2022: portraits of couples, pigeons (photo folio)
2023: portraits of couples, horses (photo folio)

2024: portraits of couples, wild turkeys (photo folio)

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JAN 11, summary: W-I-P

 

 a) Reprise of material posted on January 11 in previous years ...

2020: American satire, impulse control ( poem)
2021: mammalian wildlife, elephant seals (photo-collage) 

2022: poets' corner, the Cans and the Can'ts (poem) 

2023: bar-fauna, monster-bar (poem)

2024: palinku, spelling, misleading verses (poetic novelty)

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JAN 10, summary: W-I-P

  a) Reprise of material posted on January 10 in previous years ...

2020: exotic destinations, Chemainus, BC (poem - 'brief saga')
2021: Italian loanwords, Italian treats (poem - 'brief saga') 
2022: pill-poppin' poems, drug development (poem - 'brief saga')
2023: pandemic poetry, squid in the time of COVID  (poem - 'brief saga')

2024: singable satire, Toronto's "suburbs guy'´" (parody-lyrics)

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