A blogsite offering entertaining daily oddities since January 2020. There are now over fifteen hundred posts in these four years. Images -- photographic, computer-simulated and poetic -- 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.
May 30, 2023
MAY 30, exotic destination: Haifa, Israel (Holyland)
May 29, 2023
May 28, 2023
MAY 28, creative anachronism: heavenly host
Authors' Note: A number of religions tell of an epic battle staged in Heaven involving an army of angels that resulted in the casting out of Satan (or equivalent) and his followers. The governance, duties, activities and whereabouts of the Heavenly Host in the ensuing epoch is seldom mentioned.
The author apologizes for any apparent error in his account, but points out that he is a true disbeliever.
May 27, 2023
MAY 27, excursions: around Washington, DC
'Friendship Archway', Chinatown gate, world's largest paifang |
Union Station |
Columbus Circle |
typical DC row houses |
statue of Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War general. Stanton Park, Washington NE. |
"Knife Edge Mirror Two Piece" Henry Moore, National Gallery of Art |
on the steps of SCOTUS |
congressional selfie |
at the United States Botanic Garden (what a conservatory!) |
spokesperson for the Capitol Hill Squirrel Lobby |
May 26, 2023
MAY 26, Ontario nostalgia: Trent-Severn canal
a) reprise from 2020
MAY 26, Ontario nostalgia: Canada's Trent-Severn canal
Authors' Note:
May 25, 2023
MAY 25, "pictures at a renovation":sixth week
May 24, 2023
MAY 24, urban concerns: pre-stressed concrete
The author concedes a lack of professional knowledge concerning this problem. Please consult a structural engineer.
May 23, 2023
MAY 23, palinku (poetic novelty): three verses about 'denial'
(Ed. note:) Verses of this type have continued to proliferate. You can view them all at one swoop if you proceed with a single click to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.
May 22, 2023
MAY 22, wordplay maps: sister-cities anagrams 16-18
a) reprise from 2020
MAY 22, wordplay maps: sister-cities anagrams (16-18)
b) Giorgio's Lexicon of Binomials
May 21, 2023
MAY 21, excursions: views around Toronto, Victoria Day
takeoff from Billy Bishop Airport |
Lishman's sculptures at sunset (see also the post of March 21) |
May 20, 2023
MAY 20 (2023), singable satire: Steve Goodman sings "The Tourguide Known as VIRGIL" (Inferno, Canto 1b)
PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "The City of New Orleans" Steve Goodman, 1970, as performed by Arlo Guthrie (also covered by Woody Nelson, many others)
ORIGINAL POEM: "Inferno" by Dante AlighieriPARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, April 2015.PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "The Tour-guide Known As Virgil" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.
Virgil and Dante
"The Onlookers"
A-W Bouguereau
PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL POEM: "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri
Virgil and Dante "The Onlookers" A-W Bouguereau |
"The Thinker" from "The Gates of Hell" by Rodin may represent Dante |
Morning meet-up, tour to Paradiso
Guide is that poet, Limbo-dwelling Virge
Credit-card prepaid by Beatrice-oh!
Helluva trip from everything I’d heard.
Dante:
Poi che ho posato il corpo lasso
Ripresi via per la piaggia diserta,
Il piè fermo sempre era’l più basso
Ed ecco quasi al cominciar de l’erta.
Started to climb, with Monday-morning blahs.
Suddenly where the path grew steep and dreary -
Three apparitions that could really make you pause.
Mi porse tanto di gravezza, perdei speranza de l’altezza
Mi ripignei dove’l sol tace – la cagione?
Dinanzi al volto, impedivan mi’ cammino
Una lonza, una lupa, e un leone.
Lost hope of gaining the crest, each effort hiked my level of stress,
So I rolled back into the shadows, gave up tryin’
Cause right before my face, with no chance to leave that place,
Stood a leopard, a she-wolf and a hungry lion.
E’l sol montava ‘n su con queste stelle
Ch’eran con lui quando l’amor divino
Mosse di prima queste cose belle.
May 19, 2023
MAY 19, birdlore: bird droppings
You can view an encyclopedic collection of illustrated poems on this topic by proceeding to the post "Poems about BIRDLORE" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.