JUL 9, floral delights: orchids

a) Reprise from material posted on July 9 in previous years ...

2020: political palindromes, III (wordplay)
2021: new world palindromes, #49 (wordplay maps) 
2022: doctors and practices, lithotripsist (poem)
2023: saving the planet, coy koi (illustrated poem)

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JUL 8, OEDILFian limericks: W-I-P

a) Reprise from material posted on July 8 in previous years ...

2020: bi-lyrical limerick, dual-rhyme schemes (poem)
2021: clot or not, pulmonary embolism (poem) 
2022: poets' corner, HELD (poem)
2023: waterfowl, roseate spoonbills (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Jul 8, 2024): pending

  

JUL 7, palinku (poetic novelty): restaurants #2

 a) Reprise from material posted on July 7 in previous years ...

2020: political palindromes, HHH (wordplay)
2021: invertebrates, gastropods (illustrated poem) 
2022: trees, crepe myrtle (illustrated poem)
2023: waterfowl, mute swans pose (photo-op)

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JUL 6, postal places, USA: Champaign, IL

a) Reprise from material posted on July 6 in previous years ...

2020: new world palindromes, #27,28 (wordplay)
2021: domestic hazards, dangerous utensils (poem) 
2022: binomial phrases, down and out (poem)
2023: ambulatory verse, climb (poem)

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Authors' Note: 

Chicagoan: resident of Chicago, IL

urbane: sophisticated, elegant, worldly

No banana!: slang for 'not prize-winning'

No pain, no gain: slang phrase indicating hard work as a requirement for advancement.

IL is the official abbreviation for the American state of Illinois, in which two neighboring towns, Champaign, population 88,000 and Urbana, population 38,000, make up the metropolitan area of Champaign-Urbana, located 135 miles (215 km) south of the megalopolis of Chicago. The names of both towns, dating from the nineteenth century, relate to earlier settlements in the nearby state of Ohio. Ultimately, the name, derived from archaic French, relates to a place 'in the countryside'.

Champaign-Urbana, IL is home to the flagship campus of the University of Illinois, and offers an appropriate spectrum of cultural opportunities. Surrounded by an extensive, flat, mid-west farming district, it is on occasion, as here, disparaged by residents of Chicago for its lack of "urbanity".

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JUL 5, Submitted Palindromes: RANDOM PILE #18

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

2020: sister-city anagrams 25-27 (wordplay)
2021: garden intruders, squirrels (illustrated poem) 
2022: insects, cryoprotection (poem)
2023: medical testing, false-positives (poem)

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) Today's Offering (Jul 5, 2024):

  On the 25th of each month (recently buoyed up by additional postings on the 5th and 15th) you will find a slide-filling group of palindromic phrases submitted to the editors by a panel of 7 palindromists. These folks have all been working on this project since January 2020. Their profiles are indicated in panels published here at the start of things, and then, we have asked them to provide (palindromically, of course) their views on one of the iconic items in the classic literature, starting with "A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama", and continuing with other well-known phrases, such as "Dennis sinned". Otherwise, their contribution will be grouped in random piles (a phrase that you might recognize as an anagram of the word p-a-l-i-n-d-r-o-m-e-s).

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JUL 4, postal places, USA: Baton Rouge, LA

a) Reprise from material posted on July 4 in previous years ...

2020: political palindromes, GGG (wordplay)
2021: anagram swarm, election fraud (wordplay maps) 
2022: anagram swarm, election fraud (wordplay contest)
2023: national verse, America (poem - 'brief saga')

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Authors' Note: 

LA is the official abbreviation for the American state of Louisiana, whose capital, Baton Rouge, with population 230,000, is situated 100 miles (160km) upriver from New Orleans.

   The original site, protected from flooding by its situation on bluffs along the east side of the Mississippi, had originally noted by exploring Europeans for a pole marking the dividing-line between two aboriginal territories. It was designated as the state capital in 1846, replacing New Orleans in that role, and with extension, its port became the tenth busiest in the US. The city hosts the flagship campuses of Louisiana State University and Southern University.

In recent decades, the Republican party acquired a strangle-hold on almost all local, state, and federal officials elected in Louisiana. Although Louisiana is otherwise agreed as being one of the locales on the planet most affected by climate change, coastal erosion and other negative results of human activity, resistance to that realization seems strongly entrenched locally.

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JUL 3, photo-collage: bunnies on the trail (Toronto's Brickworks)

a) Reprise from material posted on July 3 in previous years ...

2020: sister-city anagrams, 22-24 (wordplay maps)
2021: Greek prefixes, hyper- and hypo- (illustrated poem) 
2022: English survey course, La Belle Dame / Keats (illustrated poem)
2023: American satire, Latin States 2 (wordplay maps)

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b) incidental photos 

                                                                                                

JUL 2, portraits of couples: Harris hawks

a) Reprise from material posted on July 2 in previous years ...

2020: political palindromes, FFF (wordplay)
2021: Canadiana, real Eastern towns (wordplay maps) 
2022: American satire, unhinged (illustrated poem)
2023: American satire, Latin States 1 (wordplay)

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JUL 1, Canadiana: 'founding cultures'

a) Reprise from July 1 in previous years

2020: Canadiana, Canadian defined (illustrated poem)
2021: Canadiana, Canadian moose (illustrated poem)
2022: Canadiana, Canadian weather (illustrated poem)
2023: Canadiana, Mounties (poem)

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Authors' Note:  In earlier days, national discussion focused on the two founding cultures, as Canada struggled with incorporating the remnants of two different European traditions with different religions, customs and even legal systems, into its institutions. Today's realizations and reality render the buzzword outdated and the situation even more complex.

b) Incidental photo-collage

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JUN 30, singable satire: "AN ALIEN HEADING SOUTH", a pair-ody

a) Reprise of material posted on June 30 in previous years ...

2020: Greek prefixes, an- (poem)
2021: numbers and counting, zero (poem) 
2022: singable satire, Whole Foods (parody lyrics)
2023: singable satire, Under My Own Steam 2 (parody lyrics)

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PARODY-LYRICS, subbed into 2 songs.

ORIGINAL SONG#1:  "Mr. Spaceman" , The Byrds, 
1966 -  verses 1,2, and 10.
ORIGINAL SONG #2. " Englishman in New York", Sting, 1987 - all other parody verses.

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, November, 2014.

Lexicon:

Pair-ody = satirical lyrics substituted into a mix of 2 original songs

DHS = Department of Homeland Security

CRA = Canada Revenue Agency

BNL = Barenaked Ladies, a well-known Canadian band

ALIEN HEADING SOUTH

(to the tune of "Mr Spaceman")

 Woke up this morning, an odd taste in my mouth, and 

Then I realized we were due to head south,

 Warm U.S. cottage, with dual-cit. spouse - 
I hope they won’t keep me out.

Hey, DHS-man, I really hate to ask -  I'd 

like to stay the max.

Hey, DHS-man, won’t you please let me in for 6 months.

(to the tune of "Alien in New York")

Hey, Mister Inquisitor, I’m just a snowbird-visitor,

I'm sure that I am not the only one;
I’ve sent “Closer Connection”-form, in IRS’s direction, for

I plan to live and die a native son. 

You’ll find no trace of felony, of villainy or zealotry

I’m not the sort who plans to overstay.

ISIS I repudiate, I file my taxes never late,

In fact I’m on good terms with CRA. 

I don't drink Starbuck's, just Tim Horton's, Sir,

Always a donut on the side,

I take my hockey gear everywhere I walk,

I’m myself, a trailer-park Canuck.    Whoa-.

 –oh, Not some alien: visiting Canadian

A Canadian with his puck. Whoa

–oh, Not some alien: ally, friend, and then some

A Canadian with his puck.  

If music makes the man, and threats you rate,
Then I'm the zero of the day,
I play my Lightfoot, Twain, Dion and Stompin' Tom
BNL, Avril, Biebs or Buble.
  
I'll trade my "loonies" at your banks to shop,

I won’t take anybody’s job, 

I’ll hide my views on climate-change and gun-control,

And no one should take me for a snob.  Whoa


 –oh, Not some alien: passported Canadian

 A Canadian with his puck. Say 

–eh, Not some alien: ally, friend, and then some

 A Canadian with his puck.  

(to the tune of "Mr Spaceman")
Hey, DHS-man, I know the rules can change; I

won’t do anything strange.

Hey, DHS-man, won’t you please let me in for a while.

(to the tune of "Alien in New York")
Say, "eh", Not some alien: visiting Canadian

A Canadian with his puck. Say 

–eh, Not some alien: ally, friend, and then some

A Canadian with his puck.  

JUN 29, Olympic sport: boxing

 

a) Reprise of material posted on June 29 in previous years ...

2020: mammalian wildlife, raccoons in city (illustrated poem)
2021: poets' corner, collaboration (poem) 
2022: defining opinion, crepuscular (illustrated poem)
2023: 'nature' outings, High Park Zoo, (photo-collage)

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raccoon (urban)

 

b) Today's Offering (Jun 29, 2024): 

 Olympic sport

boxing

JUN 28, OEDILFian limericks: W-I-P + Olympic sport: parallel bars

a) Reprise of material posted on June 28 in previous years ...

2020: anagram swarm, very-stable-genius (wordplay)
2021: classic palindromes, Sex at noon taxes. (poem) 
2022: domestic hazards, security system (poem)
2023: parasites, endoparasites (poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Jun 28, 2024): 

Olympic sport

gymnastic parallel bars (dismount)

   

JUN 27, American satire (prolongation): honest

  a) Reprise of material posted on June 27, in previous years

2020: bi-lyrical verse, EMS (emergency) (poem)
2021: Greek prefixes, chiro- (poem) 
2022: pluralia tantum (singular plurals), eruptions (poem)
2023: duplication, hodge-podge (poem)

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b) Today's offering (Jun 27, 2024):  

Author's Note: In 2023/2024, the US is looking forward to televized trials of certain national figures. Television cameras are not allowed in trials in the federal system, and one has to rely on the renderings by artists; certain states, e.g. Georgia, do allow the transmission from the courtroom; currently, an important process related to the overturning of state election laws is pending. One hopes that, in that circumstance, each member of the public can easily cut through the veneer of righteousness conveyed by persons whose careers have been built on longstanding deception.

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JUN 26, patients and their maladies: hives (urticaria)

a) Reprise of material posted on June 26 in previous years ...

2020: political palindromes, EEE (wordplay)

2021: mammalian, concupiscent rabbit (illustrated poem) 
2022: duplication, hanky-panky (poem)
2023: Carolina lowcountry, birding map (wordplay, puzzle)

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Authors' Note: Hives, known medically as urticaria, is a symptomatic skin condition attributed to the release of the immune mediator histamine, and manifesting at some point in up to 20% of people. Allergy is a common underlying instigator, with drug reactions being causative in some cases. The onset, with progressive randomly distributed spread of batches of reddish raised lesions, is often acute, but the condition may be repetitive and "chronic", (i.e. on-again, off-again), as is the case with Yves' experience.

Formulation of the above poem required the use of binomial phrases, as indicated by italics.

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JUN 25, Submitted Palindromes: RANDOM PILE #17

 a) Reprise of material posted on June 25 in previous years ...

2020: poets' corner, satirical doggerel (poem)
2021: new world palindromes, #47,48 (wordplay maps) 
2022: patients and maladies, vitreous detachment (poem)
2023: palindrome submitter, Terse Reverse (wordplay introduction)

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b) Today's Offering (Jun 25, 2024): 

 

 

  On the 25th of each month you will find a slide-filling group of palindromic phrases submitted to the editors by a panel of 7 palindromists. These folks have all been working on this project since January 2020. Their profiles are indicated in panels published here at the start of things, and then, we have asked them to provide (palindromically, of course) their views on one of the iconic items in the classic literature, starting with "A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama", and continuing with other well-known phrases, such as "Dennis sinned". Otherwise, their contribution will be grouped in random piles (a phrase that you might recognize as an anagram of the word p-a-l-i-n-d-r-o-m-e-s).

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