APR 19, postal places, USA: Hoboken, NJ

a) Reprise of material posted on April 19 in previous years ...

2020: curtained verse, business agenda (poem)
2021: etymology, dog (illustrated poem) 
2022: American satire, Deceit, social (poem)
2023: American satire, obstruction of justice (poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 19, 2024): 

 

Authors' Note:  NJ is the official abbreviation for the American state of New Jersey, in which Hoboken, a town with population of about 60,000, is situated, commuting distance from New York City.

THe town was first settled by Europeans in the 17th century as part of the New Netherland colony. Following the Dutch era, it became known as the site of the first recorded game of baseball, and as the birthplace (1915) and hometown of Frank Sinatra. 

At one fell swoop, you can review all our postal poems about intriguing places in the USA and Canada, by proceeding to the encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !

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

 

APR 14, ambulatory verse: lurk (ambulation lacking)

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

APR 13r, geysers: second-hand geyser

a) reprise from 2020

APR 13, geysers: second-hand geyser

Authors' Note: Björg(f.) and Björn(m.) are typical Icelandic names.  In Britain, the term geyser, has come to mean a secondary water heater at the point-of-use, e.g. near a bathtub. In Iceland, hot water is distributed to all homes as a part of geothermal energy systems; devices such as 'geysers' are not needed, and probably not available.

In North America, such auxiliary plumbing devices are known as ‘tankless water heaters’. Björn originally conceived of his gift idea based on occasional offerings of spent hydrogeologic geysers in Icelandic second-hand stores, e.g. the original reliable vent at Geysir which thrilled Victorian tourists has died back, 'replaced' nearby by other vents. The reader is left to judge whether such second-hand devices represent a figment of the author’s imagination or contrived nonsense. 

 

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Poetry that Spurts: Verses about Geysers' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".

b) Olympic sport, 2024

skateboarding

APR 12r, patients and their maladies: the common cold

 

a) reprise from April 2024:

APR 12, patients and maladies: the common cold

 

Be sure to check out the whole collection of verses on 'Patients and their Maladies" by proceeding to our full-service blog ,"Edifying Nonsense." CLICK HERE !

b) Olympic sport, 2024

  

APR 11r, waterfowl: snowy egrets

 

a) reprise from 2020

APR 11, waterfowl: snowy egrets

b) related recent birdie-pic

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 9r, Charleston garden: gazebos

a) reprise from March 2020:

MAR 27, the Charleston garden: gazebos

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Poetry Praising the Charleston Garden' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.

b) Olympic sport, 2024

track, hurdles (400 m)

APR 8r, poets' corner: gender-neutral language

a) reprise from 2020 

APR 7, gender neutral language

Authors' Note:    Avoidance of discriminatory gender-bias in language is an unassailable aim. 

   In the medical field, there are many terms which are problematic due to syllables that in written or spoken form make them seem suspect for such bias. Usually, however, this 'problem' is happenstance based on the incorporation of Greek root-words. Sometimes the level of comedy is reached, as in the near-homonym for the male possessive form in the term HYSterectomy' (surgical removal of the uterus). Other medical and non-medical terms with hidden gender-related messages as in the above verses are indicated by font colour.  

You can find lots of other verses on this blog under the listing "Poets' Corner".  Click HERE.

b) Olympic sport, 2024

  

volleyball

     

APR 7r, limerick variations: lengthy limericks (the 6th line)

a) reprise from 2020

APR 8, limerick variations: lengthy limericks - the 6th line

Authors' Note:  Although a limerick is traditionally conceived as a 5-line concoction, once a sixth line ('L6') is developed, it may become an inherent part of the poem. The rule of the majority being what it is, on the OEDILF site for creating well-honed limericks, the L6 is often demeaned as being only an addendum. The reader may detect that the editors of this blog (Dr. G. H. and his registered pseudonym G. C.) are supporters of efforts to avoid the crashing boredom of a universe of traditional 5-liners.

  

On this daily blog, 6-line verses, otherwise adhering to limerick form, can be found on about 150 blogposts for the interval January 2020 to March 2024; generally these involve a single final "extra" line following the A-rhyme pattern used in lines 1,2, and 5. On occasion, in another 2-3 dozen poems, second or third appended lines have also been added; we have named these verses of 7 or more lines "run-on limericks". They are discussed in more detail in a post ("Limerick Variations") on our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". 

A comment on the multi-verse limerick (a multitude of 5 line-stanzas) can be found HERE.

You can review our entire collection of poems on the topic of "Limerick Variations" as compiled on our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense", by clicking HERE.  

b) Olympic sport, 2024

track and field, long jump

  

APR 6r, etymology: lagoon

 

a) reprise from April 2020

APR 6, etymology: 'lagoon'

b) Olympic sport, 2024

kayaking, singles

 

APR 5, Submitted Palindromes: RANDOM PILE #9

 You can access more of this delightful entertainment by entering submitted palindromes in one of the two search bars at the top of this post and scrolling downwards through the wordplay posts that you will discover. 

APR 4r, pandemic poetry: stay-at-home orders

 

a) reprise from April, 2020

APR 4, pandemic poetry: 'stay-at-home'

Thank goodness this is over. You can review these illustrated verses,  and this unpleasant era in a wider context by proceeding to 'Pandemic Poetry' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".

 Canadian commuter-train take on this issue

 

b) Olympic sport, 2024

sport climing

APR 3, homophonous verse: self-indulgence

You can view our whole collection on this topic -- verses intentionally crafted with contentious repetition of the rhyming syllables --  in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Check the post "Homophonous Verse" by clicking HERE. 

APR 2r, magical palindromes: examples #16 - #20

 

a) reprise from April, 2020

APR 2, magical palindromes: examples #16 to #20

 

You can become an expert fan of our wordplay concoction 'magical palindromes' by reviewing the explanatory material found in ancient days on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE; then, you could check how we applied this technique to 'canal palindromes' by viewing this more recent post.

b) Olympic sport, 2024 

weightlifting