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.
March 19, 2023
MAR 19, reconstructive attitudes: planned demolition
March 18, 2023
MAR 18, waterfowl: pescatarian choice
March 17, 2023
MAR 17, palinku (poetic novelty): pets
In this post, we continue with a novel form of poetic wordplay. Inspired by Japanese haiku poetry, this new form is used for a terse verse with a total of 17 syllables displayed on three lines. Unlike its earlier analogues, 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 in English (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.
And, just in case you have forgotten what palindromes are about, your blogsite hosts have arranged a serial set of brief lessons on the topic ('Political Palindromes') which you can review by clicking HERE.
March 16, 2023
MAR 16, handyman's lesson: restoring your old greenhouse, followup
Following up on lesson #1
work continues under wraps March 21 |
wet snow, late in season |
update: spring has sprung, April 16 |
A NOTE FOR (potentially) DISAPPOINTED READERS !!!
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March 15, 2023
MAR 15, special events: percussion quartet
March 14, 2023
MAR 14, homophonous verse: a toast to French homophones
You can review verses on this topic in a wider context on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Check the posts 'Savoir-Faire' by clicking HERE, and 'Homophonous Verse' by clicking HERE.
March 13, 2023
MAR 13, at heart: torsade de pointes
Authors' Note:
Flying straight is a casual metaphor associated with performing expected or routine function.
You can view more poems on this topic by proceeding to "Cardiologic Tracings: AT HEART" (parts #1 and #2) on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!
March 12, 2023
MAR 12, medical testing: introduction to the handbook
You can review a collection of related poems about clinical trials and clinical statistics by advancing to the blog "Edifying Nonsense" where you can find "A Limerick-Based Handbook on Medical Testing". Click HERE.
March 11, 2023
MAR 11, curtained verse: robin red-breast
March 10, 2023
MAR 10, a brief saga (exemplification): possessive adjectives and pronouns
March 9, 2023
MAR 9, pinkos (forward thinkers): vegetarianism
March 8, 2023
MAR 8, patients and their maladies: gynophobia and gamophobia
March 7, 2023
MAR 7, urban concerns: in the distance
view on a foggy day |
Authors' Note:
Frequently, to increase the musical quality of the modifier, distant and distantly are rendered in song-lyrics and poetry as in the distance, or at a distance.
Another rather weird view of the city setting, highlighted in a short poem can be found HERE.
Our collection of illustrated poems about "Urban Concerns" on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense", contains a number of intriguing verses that you can access by clicking HERE.
March 6, 2023
March 5, 2023
MAR 5, Canadiana: prairie home
Authors' Note: In its evolution from poem to unofficial anthem, the iconic American song "Home on the Range" was known, for a time, as "Western Home". The lyrics evoke the wilderness surrounding settlements on the "High Plains" in the old west, but do not mention the construction techniques for homebuilding. With little timber available to build cabins in some areas, thick prairie grass could be used as a covering for dwellings, even allowing the cutting of standard door and window openings.
In Canada, the geographically similar area bordering the American plains has been known almost exclusively as the Prairies. The author imagines that living in a sod hut ('soddy') on either side of the border would be a more inviting prospect for settlers once the herds of buffalo had been thinned out by overhunting (an environmental desecration that occurred in the latter part of the nineteenth century).
For further reading;
1)https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sod-houses
2)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_on_the_Range
3)readers interested in understanding the human-buffalo interaction in modern times might also enjoy our further posts "Mammalian Wildlife: Buffalo", and "Selfie with Bison".
Alberta, 1908 web-photo, Glenbow Archives |
If you have an undeniable urge to sing these lyrics, we have the tools to help. Grab your guitar or ukulele, remember the tune used for the verse of "Home on the Range"as sung by Gene Autry on YouTube HERE, and then follow the bouncing ball!
Only [D]building tools: [E9]shovels I [A7]bought.
With tech[D]nique skilled or [D7]shoddy,
The [G]hut called a [Gm]soddy
Has got [D]used on the [A9]Prairies a [D]lot.
Walked ten [E9]miles for the groceries I [A7]bought.
Where [D]seldom is [D7]heard
A dis[G]couraging [Gm]word --
Sit a[D]round nights, swat [A7]bugs and smoke [D]pot.
March 4, 2023
MAR 4, magical canal palindromes -- Pisa
March 3, 2023
MAR 3, signs of confusion: fourth collection
This post is the fourth in a series of 5. You can attempt to get all of this straight by reviewing the collections in the previous posts ...
signs of confusion #3signs of confusion #2
signs of confusion #1
This post has been the fourth in a series of 5. If you have been having fun, you could soldier on and get all of this straight ...
March 2, 2023
MAR 2, duplication: holus-bolus
March 1, 2023
MAR 1, Ontario nostalgia: across the Great Lakes
February 28, 2023
FEB 28b, American satire (prolongation): grift
"Pardon me. When is the next available tee-off time? And by the way, would you like to purchase online a mugshot enhanced souvenir?"
Astute readers will have noticed that this extended verse, with seven lines, fulfils the criteria for being an "external limerrhoid". Click HERE to enjoy a post that explains and exemplifies this intriguing poetic variant.
We hope that you enjoyed this blogpost. You can find 40 more on this topic in 6 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!
FEB 28, urban concerns: elevator reluctance
Authors' Note:
lift: Canadians, like their American neighbours, usually term this device an 'elevator'; to fit the tight space here, we borrowed the British synonym; however, it is noted that we retained our customary spelling of story (rather than the British storey)
helluva: common undefined slang that has been used in 40 verses on OEDILF to date (2023); presumably a distortion of hell of a ...
Another true personal story, apart from taking liberties with the floor numbers. The author currently inhabits a rental unit across the building from the suite being gloriously renovated/demolished by 'Carl the contractor'. This situation accords with advice by a relative to 'try out the lifestyle change' to ease the transition from house to 'bungalow in the sky'.