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A blogsite offering entertaining oddities since January 2020 at the rate of 30x/month. There are now over sixteen hundred posts in these four years. Images -- poetic, photographic, and computer-simulated -- are drawn from daily life as well as from poems and wordplay grouped by topic on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense". The poetry displayed is all original (as are the song-lyrics), although portions evolved through rigorous editing on a collaborative website.
February 21, 2023
FEB 21, curtained verse: ho- (give it a go)
February 20, 2023
FEB 20, singable satire: The Red Army Chorus sings " DARK SCHEMES" (Russian Hacking)
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, January 2018, related to the 2016 winter Olympics .
February 19, 2023
FEB 19, waterfowl: feral ducks
You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.
February 18, 2023
FEB 18, Canadiana: Canadian moose
Authors' Note: This verse was inspired by a character in a verse by Chris J. Strolin who railed against the use of the incorrect term 'Canadian goose'.
In fact, when Bruce was insightfully contemplating the introduction of moose into suitable environment in Newfoundland (NEW-found-land), the island was a separate British colony. As railway building had recently opened the island's interior, it was hoped that hunters would be attracted in search of a species in decline in the US and parts of Canada.In 1904, four eastern moose from New Brunswick (that subspecies is known as Alces alces americana) had been set loose on the island. Ultimately Newfoundland, including its burgeoning population of moose, joined the Canadian confederation in 1949.
The rest is history, eh? Newfoundland now (2023) has the densest population of moose in North America, accounting for 150,000 of the continent's million remaining large ungulates.
You can review poems, pictures and diverse nonsense related to Canada on the post "Canadiana" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".
February 17, 2023
FEB 17, palinku (poetic novelty): drinks
February 16, 2023
FEB 16, mythed opportunities: Leda and the swan
Authors' Note: King T. refers to Sparta's King Tyndareus, husband of Leda. These characters in the story of "Leda and the Swan" were presumably mortal. However, relevant accounts, as depicted in literature and representative art, vary as to the mortal status of the couple's famous offspring (the twins Helen and Clytemnestra, and Castor and Pollux were hatched as human babies from the oversized eggs.)
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"Leda and the Swan" a subtle rendition with the swan at her feet; unspecified British sculptor, Allan Gardens Conservatory, Toronto. |
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"Leda and the Swan", bronze sculpture, Bruno Piccirilli, 1945, displayed at Brookgreen Gardens, SC |
February 15, 2023
FEB 15, signs of confusion: second collection
This post is the second in a series of 5. You can attempt to get all of this straight by reviewing the collection in the previous post of November 15, 2022 :
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toplessness? |
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as a child, I believed that 'Pickering' was an abbreviation for 'pickled herring'. I guess I was wrong |
This post is the second in a series of 5. You can push onwards and review the collections in these subsequent posts ...
February 14, 2023
FEB 14, poetic non-sequitur: decolletage (+ Val's Day)
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!
February 13, 2023
Feb 13, homophonous verse: identity rhymes
February 12, 2023
FEB 12, poets' corner: subtle bullying, editorial
February 11, 2023
FEB 11r, garden intruders: common moles
a) reprise from February, 2020
FEB 11, garden intruders: common (eastern) moles
Matching the selection on the above slide, these include "flora and fauna"
You can easily find all of these on our topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE, and following the links.
February 10, 2023
FEB 10, a brief saga (Canadiana): Newfoundland potato famine of 1846 - 8
Back in Ireland, landlords took advantage, and bought tickets to encourage resourceless tenants to emigrate; their arrival in Canada was anticipated charitably by the public and by local governments. In fact, many refugees were sick ("ship's fever" often equated to dysentery or typhus) on arrival or shortly afterward. In the summer of 1847, an estimated 20,000 died in typhus epidemics that ravaged Montreal, Quebec, and even Toronto.
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historic plaque, dedicated to a TOronto community leader who perished in the potato-famine related typhus epidemic |
Great Famine (Ireland) - Wikipedia
Newfoundland Potato Famine - Wikipedia
History of Irish immigration to Canada - Irish PostFebruary 9, 2023
FEB 9, culinary verse: caponata (Sicilian eggplant relish)
February 8, 2023
FEB 8, inspired by Ogden Nash: anapestic rehash of "the purist"
February 7, 2023
FEB 7, at heart: hypertension
February 6, 2023
FEB 6, objectionable adjectives: histonomical
The role of histonomy, if any, as well as that of its adjectival derivatives, is considerably less certain.
You can review our editorially selected doggerel (eight verses) relating to 'Objectionable Adjectives' by clicking HERE.
February 5, 2023
FEB 5, higher connections: wannabe autocrat
February 4, 2023
FEB 4, duplication: hubba-hubba
rubba: rubber (American slang for condom), with typical non-rhotic pronunciation
February 3, 2023
FEB 3, Carolina lowcountry: unusual wildlife
reprise from February (leap year) 2020: