JUN 29, indigenous sport

 

TODAY'S POEM (senryu *) 

 

aboriginals

inspired the game of  lacrosse, 

not base- or foot- ball.

 

Giorgio Coniglio

* learn more HERE about senryu, a lesser-known Japanese short poem that shares the physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature. 

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JUN 26, crepe myrtles

TODAY'S POEM (senryu *) 

 

late June's sultry heat

convinces coy crepe myrtles

to show vivid blooms.

Giorgio Coniglio

* learn more HERE about senryu, a lesser-known Japanese short poem that shares the physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature. 

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JUN 25, submitted palindromes: RANDOM PILES 42

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.  

JUN 24, US universities (three terse verses)

 

TODAY'S POEMS (senryu *) 

 #1

universities,

centers that pursue knowledge,

should resist bullies. 

 

 #2

Harvard, Hopkins, Yale, 

Pennsylvania and Stanford -- 

smarter than a Prez.

 #3

 American teens

prefer to attend "college",

not factory jobs. 

Giorgio Coniglio

* learn more HERE about senryu, a term that designates a lesser-known Japanese short poem that shares the physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature. 

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JUN 22, photo-collage: talking heads ('lower' creatures), A to F

 This tongue-in-cheek collection is a followup to earlier blog-posts "Talking Heads, avian", and "Talking Heads, mammalian". All the photos were taken by G.C., using his i-phone camera. Most of the sites were in "the wild"; a minority of the photos were taken at zoos and aquariums. None of the subjects were reimbursed for participation. The present group of participants includes well-known personalities from the communities of reptiles, amphibians and fish.

Click HERE if you want to return to the beginning of the whole series.

CURRENT PARTICIPANTS: alligator (juvenile), American toad, bearded dragon, broad-headed skink, burrfish, Carolina green anole, copperhead snake, five-lined skink, French angelfish.

alligator (juvenile)

American toad

bearded dragon (lizard)

broad-headed skink

burrfish

Carolina (green) anole

copperhead snake-- watch out !

five-lined (bluetailed) skink

French angelfish

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TODAY'S POEM  (senryu  *) 

optimistically

the octogenarian

cycles down the trail.

Giorgio Coniglio

 * learn more HERE about senryu, a term that designates a lesser-known Japanese short poem that shares the physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature. 

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JUN 21, ten year anniversary: Mother Emanuel Church massacre

 

Mother Emmanuel AME Church,
Charleston, South Carolina,
constructed 1817.

Reprise of a verse posted in 2022:

poetry lyrics:/ Heed the creed of that breed (NRA),/ Who claim, " Guns keep the bad guys away"?/
Who'd think, "People kill people,"/ In our church, 'neath our steeple?/
Let's get freed from that screed. Start today.

Authors' Note:

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JUN 20, singable satire: "SKITTISH DOLL"

 

ORIGINAL PARODY-LYRICS

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS:  "Satin Doll"  is a jazz ballad with music written in 1953 by Billy Strayhorn, lyrics composed years later by Johnny Mercer, recorded subsequently by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., etc. The second verse of the original lyrics contain the words ... "Speaks Latin, my Satin Doll."

So, could it hurt if she spoke Yiddish?  

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, July, 2017. The song was revised and performed recently (2025) a the Ukes of York ukulele-jam. 

PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele chord-charts to help you accompany "SKITTISH DOLL" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

Couple dancing, 1958,
at their son's Bar Mitzvah party.

SKITTISH DOLL      

(to the tune of "Satin Doll") 

Chicken soup served with gold ladles,
Live band, ice sculpture, sweet tables;
Speaks Yiddish, my skittish doll.

These lyrics have been moved, along with ukulele chord suggestions, to a posting on our personal song-blog "Silly Songs and Satire".

 

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JUN 18, personal and family history: Father's Day reminiscence xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Nate)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to all Dads and their families

See also 'a brief personal bio'.

 

his folks 50th anniversary,
Nate with Lil at far right 

JJ's Bar Mitzvah

And, here's a reminiscence with a different Dad-protagonist

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JUN 15, photo-collage: mammalian talking heads, P to Z

 This tongue-in-cheek collection is a followup to earlier blog-posts "Talking Heads, avian", and "Talking Heads, mammalian". 

Photos were obtained at various locations by Giorgio Coniglio, using his i-phone camera.

prior mammalian participants

(March 19 -- click HERE): armadillo, basset hound, bison, capuchin monkey, chipmunk, cottontail rabbit, cow, giraffe, goat, gray squirrel, grizzly bear. 

(May 29 -- click HERE): hippopotamus, horse, ibex, llama, moose, mule, naturalist, olive baboon, orangutan.

CURRENT PARTICIPANTS: Pan, pet-store bunny, pig, raccoon, red deer, rhinoceros, sheep, squirrel, whale, Welsh corgi, zombie. 

Greek god Pan
(Lady Lever Museum, UK)

pet-store bunny

pig

raccoon

red deer (Japan)

rhinoceros

sheep

squirrel (black variant)

Welsh corgi

 

whale (skeleton)

zombie

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

trumpeter swan, stretching 

If you enjoyed this foolish collection, you might want to go back and review all three posts featuring mammalian talking heads, or even further to our earlier collection of 6 posts dealing with avian talking heads. 

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