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.
December 12, 2023
DEC 12, braincheck: homunculi
December 11, 2023
DEC 11r-, American satire: government shutdown
a) reprise from December 2020
DEC 11, American satire(3): government shutdown
December 10, 2023
DEC 10, singable satire : Rick Steves sings "POSTCARD TO CHUBBY CHECKER" (travel to Limbo)
The name "Limbo" conjures up an intriguing mixture of Caribbean dancing and Dante's Inferno. In another posting here, part of the Inferno sequence, Dante provides us with on-site reporting which seems to eliminate it from serious consideration as a longterm retirement home. Perhaps it is more realistic to consider it an untapped tourist destination.
PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "POSTCARD to CHUBBY CHECKER" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.
December 9, 2023
DEC 9, toxic vignette: chelation
Review all our poems of toxicologic interest by clicking HERE.
December 8, 2023
DEC 8, at heart: Holter monitor
December 7, 2023
DEC 7r, photo-collage: unusual sightings, Ontario wildlife
a) reprise from December 2020
December 6, 2023
DEC 6, pinkos (forward thinkers): the gamophobic socialist
Authors' Note: Gamophobia is an irrational fear of getting married, or of interpersonal commitment. Gamophobic individuals, or gamophobes, whatever their political views, are people who harbour such neurotic anxieties.
The slogan "better red than dead" was mentioned in a book that British philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote in 1961, in the face of a potential East-West nuclear confrontation; it was subsequently adopted by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, an organization that Russell helped found. The slogan has been used in both directions, with hardline rightwingers sometimes proclaiming "Better dead then red".
Also, a related disorder, gynophobia, is discussed in another of our intriguing and informative verses.
You can review all the poems in our collection "Pinkos: forward thinkers" by clicking HERE.
December 5, 2023
DEC 5, Submitted Palindromes: I, targeted at "EMBARGOS SO GRAB ME"
December 4, 2023
DEC 4, terminal (poetic) exclamation: DON'T TOUCH!
You can review our collection of poems on the topic of "Terminal Exclamation (Limerick Variations)" as it evolves on our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense"; click HERE.
December 3, 2023
December 2, 2023
DEC 2, defining opinion: hole #1
December 1, 2023
DEC 1r, sleek Greek prefixes: DYS-
a) reprise from December 2020
November 30, 2023
NOV 30, singable satire: Muddy Waters Sings "CRAYFISH ETOUFFEE (Inferno, Canto 6)
PASTICHE WITH PARODY SONG-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "Baby, Please Don't Go", Big Joe Williams 1935, popularized by Muddy Waters, used here primarily for music and meter.
PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "Crayfish Étouffée" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.
In the Third Circle, Dante sees the fate of gluttons like his friend from Florence named ‘Ciacco’ (the equivalent of ‘Piggy’). No fire used for torture here; the climate sounds like Toronto in March. The poor souls confined here in the freezing mud are tormented by a demonic three-headed dog, Cerberus. I took some liberties with Ciacco’s tale; in the original, he discusses the complex politics of 14th century Florence. The details I provided re Ciacco's gluttonous exploits are imagined. Eschatology is the part of theology concerned with final judgment and the destiny of the soul. Étouffée is a delicious Louisiana dish of seafood, usually crayfish, in a Cajun roux sauce.
"Cerberus", W. Blake |
New Orleans style crayfish etouffée |
(to the tune of "Baby Please Don't Go")
Sono al cerchio terzo,
Stayed all day and ate food from New Orleans
Dante go and see
November 29, 2023
NOV 29: mammalian wildlife: horsing around
You can review the whole collection of illustrated verses about mammals (both domestic and exotic) by checking out the more extensive post on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !
November 28, 2023
NOV 28r, savoir-faire: franglais
a) reprise from November 2020
NOV 28, savoir-faire: franglais
November 27, 2023
NOV 27, poets' corner: brief sagas (doggerel)
November 26, 2023
NOV 26r-, portraits of couples: turkeys
November 25, 2023
NOV 25, Submitted Palindromes: H, targeted at "LISA BONET ATE NO BASIL."
November 24, 2023
NOV 24r, waterfowl: great egrets
a) reprise from November 2020
NOV 24, waterfowl: great egrets
great egret, stalking slowly |
great egret, striking |
takeoff from railing, Shem Creek Park, Mt Pleasant SC |
November 23, 2023
NOV 23, Canadiana: crept and leaped