APR 18, photo-collage: this week's Carolina lowcountry wildlife

a) Reprise of material posted on April 18 in previous years ...

2020: scopes of medicine, endoscopic spectrum (poem)
2021: anagrams, US scramble-towns (wordplay maps) 
2022: toxic vignette, antifreeze poisoning (poem)
2023: magic canal palindrome, A man, a plan .. Paris (wordplay)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 18, 2024): 

green anole, on backyard fence

Henrietta, the sociable great egret,
at Shem Creek boardwalk

"Blue-tailed skink",
 the origin of that common name is obvious here;
(juvenile five-lined skinks and broad-headed skinks
 have a similar appearance)

jellyfish, recently washed ashore,
Sullivan's Island, SC

a weight-lifting skink

foraging nocturnal opossum
 captured in our porch light 

Henrietta watching kayakers

"Hop to it" (on one leg),
peculiar habit of many shorebirds

African iris
(floral break from all the fauna)

pelican flight

Editor's Note: More photos on this topic can be found on a later posting HERE.

APR 17, palinku (poetic novety): diapers

a) Reprise of material posted on April 17 in previous years ...

2020: haiku,continued, nuclear cardiology (poems)
2021: palinku, canals (poetic novelty) 
2022: palinku, Paris, France and Ontario (poetic novelty)
2023: palinku, London, UK and Ontario (poetic novelty)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 17, 2024): 

 

APR 16, Greek philosophers: Plato

a) Reprise of material posted on April 16 in previous years ...

2020: classic palindrome, Do geese see God? (poem)
2021: portrait of couples, gembok, highly giroomed dogs (photo-shoots) 
2022: funny bones, pelvic fractures (illustrated poem)
2023: condo reno, winding down (photo-collage)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 16, 2024): 

 further edification 

web-photo
Plato (portrait bust)
sculptor: Silanion 370 B.C.E.

APR 15, Submitted Palindromes: RANDOM PILE #10

a) Reprise of material posted on April 15 in previous years ...

2020: Charleston garden, Japanese yew (illustrated poem)
2021: classic palindrome, no lemon, no melon (wordplay maps) 
2022: Carolina lowcountry, pluff mud (illustrated poem)
2023: lexicon of word-pairs, alliterative binomials U (wordplay)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 15, 2024): 

 r 

APR 14, ambulatory verse: lurk (ambulation lacking)

a) Reprise of material posted on April 14 in previous years ...

2020: anagram swarm, very stable genius, #5 (wordplay)
2021: Panama palindrome spoof, A man, a potato ...  (wordplay) 
2022: mythed opportunities, prophet Elijah (poem)
2023: Toronto ravines, Brickworks spring awakening (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 14, 2024): 

  You can review all our verses on this topic, accumulated for you on our companion blog "Edifying Nonsense", by clicking HERE.

APR 13, Olympic sports -- skateboarding

a) Reprise of material posted on April 13 in previous years ...

2020: geysers, second-hand geyser (poem)
2021: anagrams, US scramble-towns (wordplay maps) 
2022: braincheck, bitemporal hemianopsia (poem)
2023: patients and maladies, aldosterone excess (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 13, 2024): 

Olympic sport

skateboarding

APR 12, Olympic sport -- unspecified

 a) Reprise of material posted on April 12 in previous years ...

2020: patients and maladies, the common cold (poem)
2021: funny bones, fractured wrist (illustrated poem)
2022: mammalian wildlife, resurgent sea otters (photo-collage)
2023: signs of confusion, fifth collection (photo-collage)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 12, 2024): 

Olympic sport

  

APR 11, waterfowl, more snowy egrets

a) Reprise of material posted on April 11 in previous years ...

2020: waterfowl, snowy egrets (illustrated poem)
2021: Palindrome Valley, duplicitous signpost (illustrated poem) 
2022: exotic destination, Fort Ord Nat'l Monument (illustrated poem)
2023: condo reno, pictures day #6 (photo-collage)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 11, 2024): 

 recent birdie-pics

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'

APR 10 (2024), reprise + W-I-P

a) Reprise of material posted on April 10 in previous years ...

2020: wordplay, Claire's celerity (illustrated poem  - 'brief saga'))
2021: gun control, bipolar illness (illustrated poem - 'brief saga') 
2022: classic languages, Anglo-Latin and -Greek (poem - 'brief saga')
2023: hellenophilia, Dodecanese Islands, (illustrated poem - 'brief saga')

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 10, 2024): 

APR 9, Olympic sport -- hurdles, track and field

a) Reprise of material posted on April 9 in previous years ...

2020: new world palindromes, #13 (wordplay)
2021: defining opinion, housewife (poem)
2022: excursions, windy SF peninsula (photo-collage)
2023: special event, Easter parade (photo-collage)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 9, 2024): 

Olympic sport

track, hurdles (400 m)

APR 8, Olympic sport -- volleyball

a) Reprise of material posted on April 8 in previous years ...

2020: limerick variations, the sixth line (poem)
2021: American satire, tweetstorm (poem) 
2022: numbers and counting, octane (poem)
2023: poets' corner, rhotic-poet school (poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 8, 2024): 

Olympic sport

  

volleyball

     

APR 7, Olympic sport-- long jump

a) Reprise of material posted on April 7 in previous years ...

2020: poets' corner, gender-neutral language (poem)
2021: classic palindrome, lonely Tylenol (illustrated poem) 
2022: California excursion, Point Lobos (photo-collage)
2023: binomial phrases, here and there (poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 7, 2024): 

Olympic sport

track and field, long jump

  

APR 6, Olympic sport --- kayak racing

a) Reprise of material posted on April 6 in previous years ...

2020: etymology, lagoon (illustrated poem)
2021: amphibians, Giorgio's froglegs (illustrated poem) 
2022: waterfowl, more from Swan Lake (photo-collage)
2023: condo reno, demolition day #5 (photo-collage)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 6, 2024): 

Olympic sport

kayaking, singles

 

APR 5, Submitted Palindromes: RANDOM PILE #9

a) Reprise of material posted on April 5 in previous years ...

2020: non-sequitur, close quarters (poem) 

2021: trees, Leif, the Norway maple (illustrated bilingual poem) 
2022: excursion Ca, Pinnacles National Park (photo-collage)
2023: condo reno, pictures demolition, day #4 (photo-collage)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 5, 2024): 

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APR 4, Olympic sport -- sport climbing

 a) Reprise of material posted on April 4 in previous years ...

2020: pandemic poetry, stay-at-home orders (illustrated poem)
2021: old world palindromes, #19 (wordplay) 
2022: California excursions, Monterey and Carmel (photo-collage)
2023: condo reno, pictures day #3 (photo-collage)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 4, 2024): 

 

 Olympic sport

sport climbing

APR 3, homophonous verse: self-indulgence

 a) Reprise of material posted on April 3 in previous years ...

2020: sister-cities anagrams, 10-12 (wordplay)
2021: waterfowl, wood ducks (illustrated poem) 
2022: birdlore (Berkeley), turkey on the roof (photo-collage)
2023: ambulatory verse, strut (poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 3, 2024): 

 

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APR 2, Olympic sport -- weightlifting

  a) Reprise of material posted on April 2 in previous years ...

2020: magic palindromes, examples #16 - 20 (wordplay)
2021: Canadiana, Sorry! (apologetic poem) 
2022: California excursions, SF Bay wildlife (photo-collage)
2023: condo reno, pictures day #1 (photo-collage)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 2, 2024): 

 

 Olympic sport

weightlifting

APR 1, defining opinion: hole #2

 a) Reprise of material posted on April 1 in previous years ...

2020: bottom line of medical humor, diarrhea (poem)
2021: reptiles, reptile fantasy (illustrated poem) 
2022: organic brain poetry, cerebral metastases (poem)
2023: lexicon of word-pairs, alliterative binomials, R (wordplay)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 1, 2024): 

 

 

Our blogposts "Defining Opinion" on the topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" show collections 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, and then following the links.