JAN 17, palinku (poetic novelty): restaurants #2

  a) Reprise of material posted on January 17 in previous years ...

2020: nuclear cardiology haiku, Seventeen Haiku Verses (traditional haiku' poems)

2021: palinku, partying 3 (poetic novelty) 

2022: palinku, puzzling and magic palindromes (poetic novelty)
2023: palinku, family life (poetic novelty)

b) Today's Offering (Jan 17, 2024): 

  In this post, we continue with our novel form of poetic wordplay. Inspired by Japanese haiku poetry, the "palinku" is  a terse verse with a total of 17 syllables displayed on three lines. Unlike its earlier English-language forerunners, this concoction does not mandate the precise distribution of the syllables among the three lines, but does stipulate that each word in the poem be included in a palindromic phrase or sentence  (i.e. one that can be read either forwards or backwards). 

  To help the reader discern the origin of the lyrics, each palindrome, generally occupying one of the three lines of the poem, has been color-coded. Readers will note that we have been publishing verses of this type on the 17th of each month.

 You can readily view all our verses of this type if you proceed with a single click to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. (Or if you prefer, you can stay on this particular blogsite and look for the offerings for the 17th day of each month -- there are now more than 60 of these.)

Also, if you enjoy the concept of political palindromes, you can review how they are constructed, and see a slew of examples, by undertaking an adventure-journey of bidirectional blogposts entitled 'Political Palindromes'. Click HERE to start. 

JAN 16, photo-collage: visit to Washington's National Gallery of Art

a) Reprise of material posted on January 16 in previous years ...

2020: American satire, borscht (poem)
2021: anagram swarm, ELECTION-FRAUD contest, runners-up (wordplay maps) 
2022: death and afterlife, giving up the ghost (poem)
2023: classic palindromes, No left felon. (poem)

To access the details of any item in slide format, type its title, as displayed above in red font (e.g. ... No left felon.), into one of the two search bars at the the top of your blog-page. Underneath the slides for each entertaining delight that you discover, you will find a clickable link that lets you easily explore a more widespread collection of wonderments (verse, photos, wordplay

 song-lyrics etc.) on the topic of your choice. 

b) Today's Offering (Jan 16, 2024): 

John Ward, "The Northern Whale Fishery", 1840 

Edouard Manet, "The Old Musician", 1862 

 

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, "Pont-neuf, Paris", 1872

Alfred Sisley, "The Meadow", 1875 

Gustave Caillebotte, "Skiffs", 1877

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, "Oarsmen at Chatou", 1879

Mary Cassatt, "The Loge", 1879

Georges Seurat, "The Lighthouse at Honfleur", 1886

Mary Cassatt, "The Boating Party", 1893

Camille Pissarro,
"The Louvre - afternoon, rainy weather", 1902 

Mary Cassatt, "Woman with a Sunflower", 1905

snowy Washington street
on the morning of departure

high tea at a DC hotel
 prior to the Gallery visit

 Editors' Note: You can view illustrated verses about some of the artists by clicking HERE.  

                                                           

JAN 15, photo-collage, Toront-oases: TORONTO ZOO, #1

 a) Reprise of material posted on January 15 in previous years ...

2020: classic palindromes, critique of palindromes (illustrated poem)
2021: culinary verse, Cretan salad (poem) 
2022: waterfowl, juvenile night herons (illustrated poem)
2023: word-pairs, alliterative binomials E-G (wordplay lexicon)

garden displaying silver cock's comb

whale skeleton

Sumatran orangutan, catching a nap

Western lowland gorilla

Victoria crowned pigeon

western Caucasian tur (ibex)

bearded dragon

giraffe

Matschie's tree-kangaroo

peacock (free-range)

The avid reader can view the continuation of this photo-collage, i.e. part #2, by clicking HERE. 

JAN 14, anagram swarm: C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-A-L, a reprise

a) Reprise of material posted on January 14 in previous years ...

2020: American satire, grating (revised nursery rhyme)

2021: doctors and practices, endocrinologist (poem) 
2022: toxic vignette, lethal drugs of abuse (poem)

2023: birdlore, turkey on the roof (photo-collage)   

NEWS UPDATE !!!:  In the Senate trials of impeached American President Donald Trump, constitutional issues have taken precedence. Senators from many locales across the United States bring their specific viewpoints on the interpretation of this document to the debate. Some of these locales are shown on the map below.

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!

b) recent birdie-pic

bluebird

JAN 13, poetic non-sequitur: bush plane

 a) Reprise of material posted on January 13 in previous years ...

2020: Carolina lowcountry, oyster clusters (illustrated poem)

2021: Greek prefixes, ecto- (poem) 
2022: classics lovers' verses, yukky Roman foods (poem)
2023: Carolina lowcountry, Cooper River Bridge (photo study)

poetry lyrics:/ The Earth's remote regions are vast;/ What's essential for transit
 is "fast"./ Mules and dog-sleds: not needed./ Donkeys too have receded/
 As "conveyance of choice" to the past,/ By bush planes, like Beavers, outclassed. 

Our collection of "Non-Sequiturs" on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense", contains an admittedly bizarre assortment of nonsensical odds-and-ends, that don't quite fit into other topic-based offerings. But should you want to review the entire collection, click HERE.

JAN 12, folio-entry, couples: wild turkeys

   a) Reprise of material posted on January 12 in previous years ...

2020: Carolina lowcountry, Cooper River vistas (photo-collage)
2021: portraits of couples, European herring gulls (photo folio)
2022: portraits of couples, pigeons (photo folio)
2023: portraits of couples, horses (photo folio)

 You can view these samples from our portfolio of 'Couples' portraits in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

(Enjoy an illustrated poem about domestic turkeys by clicking HERE.)

JAN 11, creative anachronism: the Hippocratic oath

 a) Reprise of material posted on January 11 in previous years ...

2020: American satire, impulse control ( poem)
2021: mammalian wildlife, elephant seals (photo-collage) 

2022: savoir-faire, Gallicisms (poem) 

2023: bar-fauna, monster-bar (poem)

poetry lyrics:/ Old Hippocrates swore at his clerk (In her headphones, she smiled,
 but mouthed '"Jerk!")/ "All my hyper-s and hypo-s/ Have been garbled in typos -- /
 More or less, your transcriptions don't work." 

Authors' Note: The origins of the Hippocratic Oath, as discussed in the above verse, join several others by the authors under the rubric "creative anachronism". Although little is known of classic Greek office routines, there is, in fact, no confirmation that clerks transcribed dictated medical reports during that epoch. One has to wait to the modern era for the invention of the typo.

Hippocrates of Kos was putatively the author of many texts (the Hippocratic Corpus) deriving from the school of medicine on his native island, one of two that thrived in Greece during its classical period. Surviving writings describe early concepts of diseases, symptoms and treatments. Among these were comments on the humanistic basis of medical practice that were formalized centuries later into the assertion of medical ethics and professionalism that we know today.   

   

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

JAN 10, ambulatory verse: amble

 a) Reprise of material posted on January 10 in previous years ...

2020: exotic destinations, Chemainus, BC (poem - 'brief saga')
2021: Italian loanwords, Italian treats (poem - 'brief saga') 
2022: pill-poppin' poems, drug development (poem - 'brief saga')
2023: pandemic poetry, squid in the time of COVID (poem - 'brief saga')

b) Today's Offering (Jan 10, 2024): 

poetry lyrics:/  When folks amble, their effort is placed/ At revoking
 disruption and haste./ So meander or saunter/ As a casual jaunter./
 "Not to trot" is the mantra embraced,/ As you stroll at a lesiurely pace.  

Authors' Note:  Hot to trot is an intriguing established idiom, as reflected by its many tribute-verses, such as this one. Not to trot, a variant employed in the above verse's final line, has received considerably less attention.

You can review all our verses on this topic, ambulatory verse, accumulated for you on our companion blog "Edifying Nonsense", by clicking HERE.

JAN 9, birdfeeder action-photos: tufted titmouse

 

a) Reprise of material posted on January 9 in previous years ...

2020: Charleston garden, Loutrel Briggs, designer (illustrated poem)
2021: anagram swarm, ELECTION-FRAUD contest, national winner (wordplay) 
2022: poetry of healthcare, Valgus and Carbuncle (print-published poem)
2023: mythed opportunities, Cronus (illustrated poem)

b) Today's offering: (Jan 9, 2024)

tufted titmouse

JAN 8, Canadiana: overwintering waterfowl

a) Reprise of material posted on January 8 in previous years ...

2020: Carolina lowcountry, mid-winter walk (illustrated poem)
2021: old world palindromes, #7,#8 (wordplay maps)

2022: doctors and their practices, waiting-room journals  (illustrated poem) 
2023: mammalian wildlife, hoary marmots (illustated poem)

b) Today's Offering (Jan 8, 2024):

poetry lyrics:/ "Staying winter-warm?" ponders friend Ron,/ Torontonian
 trumpeter swan, "Tho' I do wonder whether/ It's design of a feather -- /  I just keep
 my dense downy coat on."

Authors' Note: Ron, the anthropomorphic trumpeter swan, first appeared on this site in the verse 'trumpeter swan' in a blogpost dealing with waterfowl.

You can review poems, pictures and diverse nonsense related to Canada on the post "Canadiana" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".