March 10, 2020

MAR 10, a brief saga (Carolina lowcountry): Walrus and Carpenter (South Carolina version)

ORIGINAL POEM/STORY: "The Walrus and the Carpenter" is a poem recited by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice in chapter 4 of Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, published in 1871.

POETRY-LYRICS: The third verse of the satire was originally composed as a limerick based roughly on the Lewis Carroll poem and submitted to OEDILF, an online humour dictionary, by Giorgio Coniglio in 2018. Giorgio subsequently expanded the poem to the current 6 verses.

PARODY-SONGLINK: These verses were originally conceived as poetic lyrics. However, they can, like almost all limericks, be easily sung using  certain well-known tunes; in this case, Carole King's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" 
Click HERE to access ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany the song ("Walrus and Carpenter", lowcountry version) on your favorite instrument.

But, if you are interested only in the lyrics, continue with the presentation that follows ...  




























For the purpose of this blog, a 'brief saga' is defined as a poem, usually narrative, but occasionally expository, that tell its story in at least 15 lines. Most commonly, the format involves three or more stanzas in limerick form. Your blogging team has been presenting these concoctions at the rate of one per month, mixed in with shorter poems, wordplay and other general offerings.  
  
To access the next 'brief saga' on this blog (April 2020), proceed to 'Claire's Celerity' (miscellaneous wordplay).
To access the most recent previous 'brief saga' (February 2020), back up to 'Palmetto Trees'.  
 To access all of our 'brief sagas' by the year of their creation, click on your selection below.

March 9, 2020

MAR 9, trees: hearts-of-palm (peach palm)



Authors' Note: re HEARTS-OF-PALM

  The domesticated form of the peach palm or palmito, offers an ecologically attractive solution to the puzzle of how to harvest the delicacy, hearts of palm. The young trees of this agriculturally superior species (farmed in Costa Rica, Brazil and other tropical Latin American countries), unlike closely related species, grow thornless and produce many suckers which can be harvested without harm to the main tree. 

  In contrast, the chief native of the USA, sabal palmetto or cabbage-palm, undergoes a lethal injury with harvesting.


You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Uprooted Verse: 'Poems about Trees' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". 



March 7, 2020

MAR 7, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #2
















You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view:  ’A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams), and 
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams



March 6, 2020

MAR 6, American satire: political anagrams



Author's Note  Generally, anagrams give results which are bizarre, unexpected and somewhat random, like "fake news". At least to his current detractors, there may appear to be a compelling stories hidden in these anagrams (italicized) of the name of the 45th U.S. President, but in fact the possible links are coincidental. It should be remembered that composers of wordplay, such as anagrams and palindromes, do not 'invent' the material, but only report it.




We hope that you enjoyed these verses. You can find 30 more on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!  

March 5, 2020

MAR 5, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#9,#10)







wordplay; map;  palindromes; Americas; Giorgio Coniglio



You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE


March 4, 2020

MAR 4, magical palindromes: examples #11 to #15

TO ENLARGE any slide or stand-alone photo on this blog, just click on it. To reverse the process, and return to this standard view, find the little 'x' in the upper right corner of the black field and click there.





You can become an expert fan of our wordplay concoction 'magical palindromes' by reviewing the explanatory material found in ancient days on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense", HERE.
If you are still interested, you could check how we applied this technique to 'canal palindromes' by viewing this more recent post.

March 2, 2020

MAR 2, exotic destination: LaBelle, Florida (swamp-cabbage festival)





















photo courtesy of Uncommon Solutions
Florida; armadillos; travel destinations


















Other verses about 'Exotic Travel Destinations' can be found on our blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.                                               Click HERE.


March 1, 2020

MAR 1, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #1









You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view:  ’A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams), and 
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams







February 29, 2020

FEB 29b, pandemic verse: Kermit's prediction








"Some Pandemic Evening"
main commercial street of Mt Pleasant, SC;
8 pm; view towards Ravenel Bridge




FEB 29, Carolina lowcountry: unusual wildlife


a dock-coyote


ecology; plastic pollution; Mt Pleasant;South Carolina;  Giorgio Coniglio
Pete the Plastic Pelican
garden decor; plastic; kitsch; South Carolina
lawn unicorn, Mt. Pleasant, SC



a flock of flamingos







February 28, 2020

FEB 28, American satire: Disingenuous Don




Author's Note: Rex Tillerson, formerly a petroleum-industry executive, served for just over a year as Secretary of State under the contentious 45th president. Tillerson disagreed with his chief on a number of issues, the press reporting that Tillerson had referred to his boss as a "moron". Although this report was denied, Tillerson was publicly challenged by his leader to an IQ contest, and then was summarily fired in March 2018.


We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 30 more on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!  

February 27, 2020

FEB 27, wordplay maps: American Scramble-towns 1,2


Who would ever have guessed? It turns out that an unparalleled word in generating anagrams (letter scrambles) is P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S. We have taken advantage of that property to create this unique series of wordplay maps of imaginary American (and Canadian) locales, each one completed by its official two-letter state (or provincial) abbreviation. 









LINKS: 
Forward to U.S.A. map #3







February 26, 2020

FEB 26, the Charleston garden: garden-tour docent








You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Poetry Praising the Charleston Garden' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!



February 25, 2020

FEB 25, American satire: 'covfefe'







We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 30 more on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start! 

February 24, 2020

FEB 24, canal verses: the Paris canal - St-Martin




              

You can discover a bunch of silly illustrated poems about canals by checking out the collection on "Edifying Nonsense" entitled "Panama Palindrome Parodies".

February 23, 2020

FEB 23, insects: fire ants



Authors' Note: The authors note, with regret, and with continuing scratching of their inflamed ankles, the opening of the 'fire ant season'.      




Even in the winter, they can be activated.
Watch out!




You can review Giorgio's other verses about pesty and occasionally beneficial insects, as  collected in 'Buzzwords: Verses about Insects' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.







February 22, 2020

Feb 22, bottom line of medical humor: gastro-intestinal pact




Authors' Note: The concept of a formal truce was approached by both parties following the authors' misguided indulgence in the preparation for an endoscopic procedure. 

 You can view these informative verses in a wider context by proceeding to the collection 'The BOTTOM LINE of MEDICAL HUMOR' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!

February 21, 2020

FEB 21, American satire: revision of NAFTA




Author's Note: NAFTA is the acronym for the North American Free Trade Agreement, a pact formed by the U.S., Canada and Mexico in 1994. The trilateral pact has been the target of invective, and the subject of renegotiations by the Republican administration in 2017 to 2019.


We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 30 more on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!