MAR 24r, holidays and celebrations: Greek Evzones (Greek Independence Day)

a) reprise from March 2020:

MAR 25, holidays and celebrations: Greek Independence Day

 

Authors' Note:

evzone: (EHV-zohn, anglicized form), member of an elite unit drawn from the Hellenic Army Infantry Corps

Grand Change: a more elaborate version of the hourly changing of the guard that takes place on Sunday mornings at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens' Syntagma Square, providing a popular photo-op for locals and tourists

Kleft (KLEHFT): Greek fighter in the War of Independence

fustanella: kilt made from 30 meters of white cotton, supposedly with 400 pleats to represent each of the years of Ottoman occupation. 

Greek natives, members of the diaspora and general enthusiasts might also enjoy our collection of illustrated verses on the subject of "Hellenophilia".  

b) Olympic sport, 2024

track, relay

MAR 23, defining opinion: honorifics

Authors' Note:  As pointed out by our comic interpreter and apocryphal city politician Dr. Al, titles and honorifics are often used in comic routines, such as those of the "Three Stooges" and "Monty Python", and in performers' pseudonyms like Dr. Demento and Dr. John.

 Our blogpost "Defining Opinion" on the topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" shows a selection of similar verses submitted to OEDILF (the online Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form). You can see all of these on one visit by clicking HERE.

MAR 22, life in Palindrome Valley: politics

You can review other illustrated verses on this topic by proceeding to the collection 'Life in Palindrome Valley' on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.

MAR 21r, Carolina lowcountry: springtime excursion

 

a) reprise from March 2020:

MAR 17, Carolina lowcountry: springtime excursions

"Nice hot street pavement for sunning"
(Eastern painted turtle)

immature white ibis (less than two years)
Note the duller color of the bill and legs
and the brown-black body feathers
 versus its older companions

early azalea blooms

great egret in the reeds

evening view from Shem Creek Park

                                                                 

              

       

b) Olympic sport, 2024

    

   

tennis, singles 

 

                     

                                                        

MAR 20, singable satire: Elvis sings "RETURN TO 'SURRENDER' "

 PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "Torna a Surriento"; E. DeCurtis(music), G. DeCurtis(lyrics), 1902 

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, February, 2013. the thirteenth song posted on "Giorgio's Ukable Parodies", the original parody-blog.
PARODY-SONGLINK: To access ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "Return to 'Surrender' " on your favorite instrument, click HERE.


The wonderful original song, written in Neapolitan, has been recorded by Caruso, Lanza, Pavarotti, and Bocelli among others. Its famous English knock-off, "Surrender" written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman in 1961 was widely popularized by Elvis Presley.
For this parody, the difficult words in Neapolitan have been replaced by names of Presley songs and movies.
The few remaining words are similar to modern Italian and readily understood. 
e = and
guarda = see
io = I

ma = but
'o = the 
tu dice = you say

STUCK ON ELVIS

(to the tune of "Torna A Surriento" - Return to Sorrento)

Vide ‘o movie Blue Hawaii 

Moonlight Swim e Aloha ‘Oe….

One Night, e Hawaiian Wedding

Io Can’t Help Falling In Love.

Guarda, gua’ Viva Las Vegas:

Santa Lucia, Tutti Frutti,
Bello Yellow Rose of Texas,

I Need Somebody to Lean On.

E tu dice "Please Surrender"
Stuck on You e Love Me Tender,(ma)

Girls, Girls, Girls, It's Now or Never.

You Gotta Stop  Your Cheating Heart.

  

Ma Don’t Be Cruel;
All Shook Up,  Cryin’ in the Chapel !

Return To Se-e-ender……

Heartbreak Ho-tel !

MAR 19r, boating: kayaking at Shem Creek

a) reprise from April 2020:

APR  boating: kayaking at Shem Creek

Start of the 'maiden voyage', 2015
(archival photo per RCH)

SONG-LYRICS: You may not be surprised that we have a parody song entitled "My Blue Sit-On" that you can enjoy by proceeding HERE on this blog. 

b) Olympic sport, 2024

artistic swimming, duet

 

MAR 18, poets' corner: blogosphere

 

MAR 17, palinku (poetic novelty): denial #2

 

 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.)

MAR 16r, American satire: intelligence

 

a) reprise from February 2020

FEB 3, American satire: intelligence (Californians)

Authors' Note:  In the midst of the Trump-Russia investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in February 2018, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee issued the 'Nunes Memo', a four-page document that alleged that the FBI had conspired against President Donald Trump.

   Nunes has proceeded in the same vein in his later career, organizing the Republican Party’s role in the politically-charged 2019 House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearings, as the Ranking Minority Member. 

 We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 40 more on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start! 

b) Giorgio's lexicon of binomials (doublets)

Mar 15, Submitted Palindromes: RANDOM PILE #7

 

MAR 14r, classic palindrome: no 'X' in Nixon

a) reprise from March 2020

MAR 14, classic palindrome: 'no X in Nixon'

Authors' Note: 

mike: short form for microphone, used more commonly for 'announcing', but sometimes used for 'denouncing' (condemning or attacking openly).

   Somehow, the misleading statement ‘No X in Nixon’ achieved the status of a famous palindrome. The astute analyst might realize that palindromes are inherently poor tools for orthography.

   On the other hand, here are three 'magical palindromes’ that provide correct spelling information:

No K in Nixon; no X in Nikon.

No C in iron; no R in icon.

No S in union. “No!”, in unison. 

You can review a collection of illustrated verses on this topic in a wider context by proceeding to 'Reversing Verse: Limericks About Classic Palindromes' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. 

b) Giorgio's lexicon of binomials (doublets)

MAR 13r, pandemic poetry: March sadness

 

a) reprise from March 2020: 

MAR 13, pandemic poetry: March Sadness

Authors' Note: Little enthusiasm among college basketball fans was invoked by substituting 'Mulch Madness' for the customary 'March Madness' televised marathon.

b) Giorgio's lexicon of binomials (doublets)

MAR 12, wordplay map: renamed US state capitals (western)

We presume that there are others out there who have found that the names of the US state capital cities are a chore to remember. So, here's a practical application of wordplay with anagrams!

We might eventually do the eastern US states, so stay tuned (but be patient).

links for any date: scroll over to the calendar-based listings of 'Past Posts' in the righthand column on this page, choose your year then your month of interest, and then select (by clicking) the post of your choice.

MAR 11r, fabric art: the fabric artist

a) reprise from January 2020 

JAN 25, fabric art: the fabric artist

You can find other examples of awesome illustrative fabric art on this blog in posts for the  February 20, and March 19, 2020.

b) current birdie-pic
 

Eastern bluebird

MAR 10, Olympic sport -- bike sprint + steeplechase

Olympic sport

cycling: team sprint

track, 3000m steeplechase

MAR 9r, trees: hearts-of-palm

 

a) reprise from March 2020

MAR 9, trees: hearts of palm

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Uprooted Verse: 'Poems about Trees' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".

b) Giorgio's lexicon of binomials (doublets) 

MAR 8, photo-display: US Presidential, State of the Union 2024

 

MAR 7, pill-poppin' poems: antimalarial

 

You can view informative verses like this one in a wider context by proceeding to the collection "Pill-Popping Poems (selected pharmaceuticals)" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE! 

Also, please check out the Lancet's concurrent study on the acute use of antimalarial drugs as published online  at  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31180-6/fulltext
Or, check this link to the story in the Washington Post.

b) current birdie-pic

northern cardinal