A blogsite offering entertaining oddities since January 2020 at the rate of 30x/month. There are now over seventeen hundred posts in these four years. Images -- poetic (including song-lyrics), 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.
April 9, 2021
APR 9, defining opinion: housewife
April 8, 2021
APR 8, American satire: tweetstorm
April 7, 2021
APR 7, classic palindrome: 'lonely Tylenol'
April 6, 2021
APR 6, amphibians: Giorgio's froglegs
April 5, 2021
APR 5, trees: Leif the Norway maple, a bilingual complaint
The second verse, in Norwegian, as well as its English translation and related notes are by GalFisk.
April 4, 2021
APR 4, old world palindromes, #19 and #20
April 3, 2021
APR 3, waterfowl: wood ducks
male wood duck (below) swimming with male mallard (above) |
male wood duck |
April 2, 2021
APR 2, Canadiana: "sorry!"
April 1, 2021
APR 1, reptiles: reptile fantasy
March 30, 2021
MAR 30, classic palindrome: 'a Toyota's a Toyota'
March 29, 2021
MAR 29, culinary verse: gyozas (potstickers)
March 28, 2021
MAR 28, savoir-faire: goat cheese (chevre)
March 27, 2021
MAR 27, oncologic verses: facial nerve malfunction
March 26, 2021
MAR 26, mammalian wildlife: woodchucks
Authors' Note: The woodchuck or groundhog is a large squirrel-like animal
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 !
March 25, 2021
MAR 25, limerick for lovers of classical languages: Greek
March 24, 2021
MAR 24, classic palindrome: 'sex of foxes'
March 23, 2021
MAR 23, doctors and their practices: the colonoscopist
March 22, 2021
MAR 22, classic palindrome: 'madam, I'm Adam'
March 21, 2021
MAR 21, commercial product: furniture protector
March 20, 2021
MAR 20, singable satire: Al Jolson sings "CALI(fornia)"
PARODY SONG-LYRICS
I’m going back as an old codger,
Cali, how I love ya, how I love ya,
Muni, Muni,
Cali: Fillmore Jazz and Alcatraz,
Muni, Muni,
Cali, here I come, I’ll sing and strum,
March 19, 2021
MAR 19, sleek Greek prefixes: EPI-
March 18, 2021
MAR 18, old world palindromes #17 and #18
You can view the entire collection of 'Old World Palindromes' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense"; start by clicking here.
March 17, 2021
MAR 17, palinku (poetic novelty): gender-roles
To help the reader discern the origin of the lyrics, each palindrome (generally occupying one of the three lines of the poem) has been color-coded. Generally, these verses have been displayed on this blog at the rate of once monthly.
March 16, 2021
MAR 16, humorists' scurrilous talk: 'the turd'
March 15, 2021
MAR 15, anagram swarms: 'Canada's turn at bat' (North American anagram swarm)
In this treatment, we leave out the national designation (CA) at the end of each destination, coming back to the familiar form of postal address used by Canadians when sending domestic mail. Note that the provinces of Alberta (AB) and British Columbia (BC) can now join in!
March 14, 2021
MAR 14, English literature survey course: "A Connecticut Yankee..." (Twain's novel)
You can review the entire curriculum for our 'English Classics Survey Course' at "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE.