NOV 29, folio-entry, couples: bust of lovers

 

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NOV 25, submitted palindromes, RANDOM PILES 47

 

You have reached the "Submitted Palindromes" thread on the blog "Daily Edifying Nonsense", a light literary entity that emanated through the blogosphere daily (almost), i.e. 30 times per month. Unfortunately, due to advancing age and other limitations, the frequency of posting on this site has been reduced to 15x times per month as of 2025.

  On the 25th of each month you will still 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).

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NOV 23, defining opinion: diaphoretic

poetry lyrics:/ Sam, though drawn towards issues pedantic,/ Fiercely claims he is anti-semantic,/
"I find 'sweaty' pathetic,/ And get diaphoretic/ When I'm hyper-attentive (not frantic)." 

 

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NOV 21, poetic non-sequitur: adolescence

poetry lyrics:/ Quincy suffered with due acquiescence/ Random pangs of
 expressed adolescence,/ In which rampant pubescence/ Leads to frequent
 tumescence:/ "I'll survive this high-five; my excrescence/ Though buoyed up,
displays prompt defervescence."   

 Authors' Note:

excrescence: a growth or appendage

defervescence: deflation

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NOV 19, selected pics: strutting peacocks

NOV 17, veggies: vegan lunch

 

 

TODAY'S POEM (senryu *) 

 

great sandwich filling: 

mashed chickpeas, onion, lemon, oil -- 

tunas breathe easy.

 

Giorgio Coniglio

 

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NOV 15, at heart: atrial fibrillation

 

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Authors' Note: Atrial fib, also abbreviated to a-fib or AF, is medical jargon for atrial fibrillation. Causes for AF include various heart and lung conditions, particularly valvular heart disease, but half of cases occur spontaneously.

AF may be symptomatic or not, and may be intermittent rather than sustained, particularly in its earlier phase. In any case, it is associated with the formation of clots in the atria of the heart, leading to an increased risk of brain stroke, caused by emboli.

To reduce the risk of stroke, patients with AF may be asked to take blood thinners for life.    

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NOV 13, Canadiana: Alberta dinosaurs

poetry lyrics:/ Oilpatch dinosaur Tories may dump/ All good sense, they applaud

 Donald Trump./ In Alberta's Drumheller/ Poobahs worship that feller,/ (alpha-male

 of the species T. rump).

Authors' Note: The above poem was inspired by recent newspaper articles reporting that there are places in Canada where people approve of the comments and attitudes of the current US president, despite widespread national disapproval.

Drumheller, a town of some 8,000 inhabitants located 110 km northeast of Calgary, has a number of distinctive features. Once the largest coal-producing site in western Canada, it can boast, due to aggressive amalgamation with neighboring communities, its status as the largest "city" geographically in the oil-rich prairie province of Alberta. Located two hours drive from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Drumheller's Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology has the largest collection of fossils in Canada, and the town vaunts this tourist attraction with a fiberglass statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex measuring over 80 feet in height.

Binomial Linnaean names for extinct species can be a source of confusion, and that is certainly the case in this instance. But many experts apparently feel that the Tyrannosaurus rex is equivalent to the Tyrannosaurus rump (T. rump), and that the genus-name Trumposaurus may represent a preferable designation for the fearsome predator.  _______________________________________________________________________

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NOV 11, stand on guard (Canada): tariff terror

poetry lyrics:/ To avoid tariff terror (satirically)/ We will change further

 placenames empirically./ To appease the chief dork:/ Lyric "Lake of New York", /

 And nearby roars "Trump Falls" stratospherically.

TOO LATE !!!

NOV 9, selected pics: black-capped night heron in wind

NOV 8, selected pics: 1-hour breath-taking visit to Switzerland

 

These photo were obtained just after sunset, somewhere between Barcelona and Frankfurt.

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NOV 7, basic medical science: horseshoe kidney (congenital malformation)

poetry lyrics:/ On reviewing a patient named Elvis,/ With "no kidneys, but mass in

 his pelvis",/ The light dawned. Trainee Sidney/ Diagnosed horseshoe kidney:/ 

"Common variant -- senseless to delve, us!"

Authors' Note: Horseshoe kidney is a relatively common congenital malformation, occurring in 1/500 individuals. Also known as renal fusion, it results from the merging of two fetal kidneys in the pelvis during the stage of embryonic organ development and consequently failing to undertake their normal upward migration. Fortunately, health consequences are usually mild, if any; occasionally, one of the ureters becomes obstructed. The abnormal structure is often discovered incidentally during procedures, e.g. CT scanning or ultrasound, targeted at pelvic discomfort or unrelated symptoms (and of course, no normal kidneys are seen in their usual position).

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NOV 5, bar-fauna: lack of enlightenment

poetry lyrics:/ A comet, the Earth and the Moon/ Grab three barstools

 inside the saloon./ Never ordering, they shone;/ Hours passed, whereupon/ 

They get told, "Please don't come back too soon."

 

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NOV 3, bi-lyrical limerick: 'disparity' (daughter and son)

poetry lyrics:/ A daughter they had (and a son):/ She loved water, (but he sailed for fun)./
She would swim (while he'd boat),/ More than him (while he'd gloat),/
A shy otter (his exploits would stun)./ She's a potter (for office, he'll run)./
Is this 'nature', or 'nurture', or none?

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NOV 1, snowbird-nest (three more terse verses)

 

TODAY'S POEMS (17-syll. senryu *)

SNOWBIRD-NEST  #2

friends crave retirement;

price to install new shingles

risen through the roof.

Giorgio Coniglio

SNOWBIRD-NEST  #3

while we're far away,

agressive, unattended,

weeds take advantage.

Giorgio Coniglio

SNOWBIRD-NEST  #4

Formosan termites,

swarming reproductive forms

make our house their nest.

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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