MAY 16, planet-saving verse: species loss

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Authors' Note: Scientists have determined that of all the species that have been present on our planet, more than 99% are now extinct. Many of the extant (current) species are under increasing pressure due to global warming, loss of habitat, and in some cases, exploitation and pollution.

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Incidental photo: 

a great egret in low flight over a saltwater creek

MAY 15, pathos and poetry (gun control verse): massacre at Mother Emanuel Church

 You can review our entire poetic outpouring on this important topic by proceeding to a post on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'; click HERE.

MAY 14, photo-collage (waterfowl): action-photos from Swan Lake / Iris Gardens

Continuing from the posts of two days towards the end of April, after our wonderful outing to Sumter, SC two weeks ago. 

mute swan, egg-laden, lumbering

whooper swan, in a flap

 

black swan, grabbing a snack

navigating the ponds

black swan, takeoff plan canceled

a posterior flap

a frontal flap

black swans in flight

swans, like this nesting mute couple,
 spend a lot of time preening themselves

You can review Giorgio's illustrated verses on this topic by proceeding to the post 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. 

MAY 13, funny bones: contortionists

swan contortionists
observed by a colleague

a double-headed circus swan:-)

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! 

MAY 12, folio-entry, couples: basset hounds

You can view all of our folio-photos from the collection of 'Couples' portraits in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

MAY 11, variant Nantucket limerick: the Canadian expat

 

You can review our whole collection of spoof verses based on the iconic Nantucket limericks on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense' by clicking HERE.

links for any date: scroll over to the calendar-based listings of 'Past Posts' in the righthand column on this page, choose your month of interest, and then select (by clicking) the post of your choice.

MAY 10, a brief saga (word-pairs): "ECHOIC BINOMIALS"

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.  For this effort, we have used as the base song Carole King's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow", and changed the title of our song to something more catchy.

  Click HERE to access ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany the song ("AGAIN AND AGAIN") on your favorite instrument.

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

 To review the poetic effusion that we have accumulated about binomial phrases, proceed to our blog "Edifying Nonsense", and enjoy the post  'Grandpa Greg's Grammar: Binomial Expressions'. Click HERE ! 

 There is also an entire collection of lyrics to patter songs, somewhat older material, dedicated to various kinds of binomials, that provides more didactic material and an extensive series of examples, and allows you to sing these expressions for your own enjoyment, or for that of others around you. Click HERE !

To access the next 'brief saga' (June 2022), proceed to 'Canada'. 

To access the most recent previous 'brief saga' (April 2022), back up to 'Anglo-Latin and -Greek'.

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2023.

MAY 9, numbers: nine (9) ninety-nine

 You can review our cumulated nonsense about numbers by clicking HERE. 

MAY 8, reprehensible modern history: submarine warfare #1

Charleston South Carolina played a major role in the development of submarine warfare. The Cold War Submarine Memorial is located at Patriot's Point in Mt. Pleasant SC, on the eastern side of Charleston harbor. 

At our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense', you can review our entire collection of panels about the history of submarine warfare, as well as the lyrics to the parody-song "Relic Submarines". Click HERE. 

View the entire collection of poetic assertions on this topic (currently small, but growing) at our more encyclopedic blog 'Edifying Nonsense', by clicking HERE.

MAY 7, diagnostic imaging: Fluorine-18 PET

 

You can review all our verses on this intriguing topic by proceeding to a post on 'Edifying Nonsense' entitled 'Selected Topics in Diagnostic Imaging'. Click HERE!