JUN 29, 2026, domestic hazards: kettles

 

 You can view an extensive collection of illustrated poems on this topic by proceeding to the post 'DOMESTIC HAZARDS' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

 

JUN 27, 2026, basic medical science: homunculi

Authors' Note:  The homunculi (Latin, for little persons) referred to here are the representations of the human body, well-known to anatomy students, that are mapped out on the "motor strip", symmetric areas of cortex on both sides of the brain that control voluntary movement on the contralateral side of the body. The motor homunculus on each side maps the primary motor cortex, located in the precentral gyrus (fold) of the frontal lobe; analogously, there is a similarly arranged sensory homunculus located nearby in the postcentral gyrus.

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JUN 25, 2026, submitted palindromes: RANDOM PILES 54

 

 Today's Offering (Jun 25, 2025): 

 You have reached the "Submitted Palindromes" thread on the blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense", a light literary entity. Owing to advancing age and other considerations, the frequency of outpouring, 30 posts per month for the first 60 months, has been reduced stepwise after December 2024 and now numbers 10 per month. But each month you can still find a collection of palindromic phrases proferred by our seven palindromic assistant editors.

You can access this delightful entertainment right here by entering submitted palindromes in a search bar at the top of this post and scrolling downwards through the wordplay posts that you will discover.

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.  

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.  

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JUN 23, 2026, magical palindromes: more from Paris

 

You can become an expert fan of our wordplay concoction 'magical palindromes' by reviewing the explanatory material found  on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE.

JUN 21, 2026, American satire: disregard

poetry lyrics:/ The Master of world global shipping/ Threw a rant, His
 composure ungripping./ What rankled? Iran -- / Disregard for His plan:/
"Their existence Our Force will be stripping."

Authors' Note: Going beyond its apparent implication, disregard may indicate dispute, opposition and rejection.

JUN 19, 2026, poetic non-sequitur: mallard ducks at the swimming pool

poetry lyrics:/ Skeptics doubt (a propos), "Who would think?/ Ducks would fancy
 our pool for a drink?"/ Daisy preens, finds it clean/ Doesn't mind the chlorine:/
 "Pond at home, turning green, starts to stink."

You can review our collections of illustrated poems on the topic of "waterfowl" as presented on our encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense"; click HERE. 

JUN 17, 2026, painterly poetry: van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise

You can view some of van Gogh's earlier works by accompanying us to the Courtauld Gallery, London, UK, by clicking HERE.

OR, check out our entire collection of illustrated verse on 'painterly poetry' by clicking HERE. 

JUN 17, 2027, sleek Greek prefixes: APO-

Authors' Note:  Apollo in Greek mythology is the exquisitely handsome god of poetry, music, medicine and prophecy. 

Clicking HERE will introduce you to our entire collection of verses about the Greek prefixes!

JUN 15, 2026, funny bones: Enid's osteopenia

 

poetry lyrics:/ "My X-rays show osteopen/-ia; What, Enid asked, does that mean?"/
 "A bone density scan/ Then a good treatment plan/ Will reduce fracture risk.
Aren't you keen?"

Authors' Note: 

Osteopenia (ost-ee-oh-PEE-nee-yah), or reduced bone mass as suggested on regular x-ray studies, is a 'washed out' appearance raising the question of whether the patient has osteoporosis, a significant loss of bone mineral resulting in increased fracture risk. The word break in osteopenia (osteo, Latin root for ‘bone’) at the end of the first line is a reminder of its association with fracture. The DEXA test evaluates the mass of bone reproducibly, and, in the context of age and gender, helps decide on the necessity of drug treatment to prevent 'fragility fractures'. 

You can read more about the DEXA test for bone mineral density (BMD) HERE.

You can view verses on this topic in a wider context by proceeding to the post 'Breaking News: FUNNY BONES' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!

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JUN 13, 2026, waterfowl: great egrets and their fishing-gear

 

poetry lyrics:/ Shallow marsh, silent focus for fishing/  Long-legged egret,
 through pluff mud, he's squishing/ By days' end, what he did --/
 Stalked, unswerved, a whole grid/ Where small creatures his downfall were wishing.   

JUN 11, 2026, creative anachronism: heavenly host

Along the same lines, readers are invited to review our collection of "creative anachronisms" on our blog "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE.

JUN 9, 2026, mythed opportunities: shooting dice with Satan (hosta)

poetry lyrics:/ Scene: A crapshoot with Satan, high-cost./ Stakes:
A hosta, resistant to frost. In a trice, florist Milt/ Rolled the dice, but hopes wilt./
/ Bad result -- Milton's Paradise Lost./ And our hopes for March foliage get tossed.

Author's Note: Many floriculturists would sell their souls to find a cultivar of the lush perennial hosta, Hosta spp., whose foliage would persist through the winter. Although the plant routinely dies back during icy months, it usually returns in the following spring.

John Milton's epic work Paradise Lost, and the crapshoot are described in other verses.

You can take advantage of the whole spectrum of illustrated poems dealing with 'Mythed Opportunities' that we have collected on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

JUN 7, 2026, selected pics: goslings, a few weeks older now

for comparison, see the photos taken May 19

 

JUN 5, 2026, terminal (poetic) exclamation: EGAD!

poetry lyrics:/ Dominatrices, hurting so bad/ Cried out, "Egad! No bondage! (So sad!)"/
Vengeful masochists quipped,/ After flipping the script/
(Their appointments they skip/ Once they've swiped the dommes' whip)/
Mocking, "Egad a sad age!" "EGAD!"   

 Authors' Note: The author apologizes that the above verse conjures a nightmare of sado-masochistic behavior. It must be admitted, however, that the sensitive dominatrix and the vengeful masochist do not fit the stereotypes.

Egad, no bondage! and Egad, a bad age! are found in lists of classic palindromic phrases.

"The Whip", bronze sculpture,
George Holschuh,
Brookgreen Gardens, SC. 

You can review our collection of poems on the topic of "Terminal Exclamation (Limerick Variations)" as presented on our encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense"; click HERE.  

You can also review several linked collection of verses dealing with classic palindromes by proceeding to 'Reversing Verse: Limericks About Classic Palindromes'. 

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JUN 3, 2026, momentous day

TODAY'S POEM (senryu  *)

 military might displayed,

peaceful protesters --

conflicting visions.  

 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 1, 2026, selected pics: early morning beach chorus (green tree frogs)

Photos taken on an early excursion to the beach at Sullivan's Island; in the  marshy area just inland from the beach, the frogs were having a vociferous field day!

 And there's an older post with an illustrated poem that deals with this cute little amphibian. The green tree frog is often seen individually in your garden, as well as in swarms in marshy areas. Click HERE.

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