JAN 28, domestic hazards: security system

Authors' Note: A back patio reconstruction project was delayed, and could not be completed prior to our leaving town on a vacation trip. Our property was left without a back gate for security. We called the Alarm Service to inform them that the back side of the house required surveillance while we were away. Lines 4 and 5 of the poem describe the agent's response. 

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JAN 26, at heart: heart block

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JAN 25, submitted palindromes, RANDOM PILES 49

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.  

JAN 22, homophonous verse: bypassed glitches

Authors' Note: Of course, the concept that bribes would be of benefit to authors submitting to OEDILF is patently nonsensical. There are a certain number of identity rhymes that appear in the database of edited verses there. The prosaic explanation, however, is that these bypassed initial glitches, being rather subtle in comparison with other flaws, are often under-observed and overlooked.

You can view our whole collection on this topic -- verses intentionally crafted with contentious repetition of the rhyming syllables --  in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Check the post "Homophonous Verse" by clicking HERE. 

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JAN 14, 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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JAN 12, folio-entry, couples: flamingos

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JAN 10, waterfowl: Egyptian geese

 

Today's Offering (Jan 10, 2025): 

poetry lyrics:/ Prof Gordon just had a conniption/ When apprised of goose-manners Egyptian:/
"To their bird-peers abrasive?/ In our marshes pervasive?/ Target them for a total proscription./ 
Send them off to some third jurisdiction."  

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JAN 7, poetic non-sequitur: "The Secret Life of Plants"

Today's Offering (Jan 9, 2025)

poetry lyrics:/ The pop artist instructed, It's baddish/ To attack by instructing a radish./
 Research is revealing/ That plants do have feeling./ 
Their 'Secret Life' isn't just faddish.  

Authors' Note: "The Secret Life of Plants", 1973, was a controversial piece of 'non-fiction' that recounted controversial experiments that pointed to plant sentience and emotion. The book became the basis for a documentary film, and even inspired a music album by a well-known popular singer/musician in 1979. Considerable criticism arose from its then-trendy pseudoscientific claims based on non-replicable reports. Subsequently, aspects of how plants, including vegetable species, sense and react to environmental changes, have undergone more intense and sober investigation by academic botanists.

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JAN 4, Stand on guard (Canada): inadmissible

poetry lyrics:/ Your new prez visit Canada? Nope./ 'Inadmissible felon" -- no hope!/ 
(Don's a target for busting/ Justin prays, and we're trusting)./ 
Schengen-countries, like Italy/ Might, as well, ban him pitifully -- / 
Can't drop in, and cleanse sin with the Pope.

Authors' Note:  In Canada, a longstanding rule decrees a candidate for entry (visitor or immigrant) "inadmissible" if they have a criminal record elsewhere.  Over 30 other countries have such rules, although generally less harsh and better specified, dependent on length of incarceration, etc. The European Union ('Schengen-countries') will activate new regulations in mid-2025, likely more severe than previous versions. The government of Italy undertakes policing functions for the small, enclosed, but otherwise independent Vatican City.

Incidentally,  the current US President, Joe Biden, had been scheduled to visit Pope Francis in Rome on January 11th to present him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The visit was postponed due to the California wildfires. 

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JAN 1, postal places, USA: Fargo, ND

poetry lyrics:/ Carl discharged some emotional cargo/ 'Bout his time teaching
music in Fargo,/
ND: "Tempo frozen --/ Not the score that I'd chosen."/
Now he's left, life's a langorous largo. 

Authors' Note: ND is the official abbreviation for the American state of North Dakota, whose largest city is Fargo with a population of 126,000. Located on the floodplain of the Red River, the city was named after William Fargo, director of the Northern Pacific Railway and honcho of Wells Fargo Express.

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