A blogsite offering entertaining daily oddities since January 2020. There are now over fifteen hundred posts in these four years. Images -- photographic, computer-simulated and poetic --, 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, although portions of it evolved through rigorous editing on a collaborative website.
February 6, 2020
FEB 6, Carolina lowcountry: Shipping News
February 5, 2020
FEB 5, French savoir-faire: Gallicisms
You can review verses on this topic in a wider context on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Check the post 'Vers Francais: Savoir-Faire' by clicking HERE.
February 4, 2020
FEB 4, trees: Muir Woods
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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".
February 3, 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 30 more on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE POETRY ON THIS SITE?
POEMS: Poetry appearing on this site was written (unless otherwise indicated) by Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym), and for the most part contributed to the online humour dictionary-site...
OEDILF (Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form). In its 18 years of existence, OEDILF has worked its way alphabetically from Aa- to Gr-, with the goal of accumulating a verse defining every meaning of every word in the English language. This co-operative project has accumulated 120,000 carefully edited limericks, with completion date estimated to be around the year 2065. In the past seven years, Giorgio has contributed 700 poems to the project, with about 600 finally accepted; the site's accession number for the approved poems are indicated at the bottom of the relevant slides in our presentations.February 2, 2020
FEB 2, Dennis sinned; celebration of palindromes
IN CELEBRATION OF A PALINDROMIC DAY -- 02/02/2020
(With many thanks to my good friend, Eric K., for his reminder about this important occasion.)
Authors' Note: Palindromes involving the protagonist Dennis highlight
cohorts of sinners of varying size. Several of these italicized sentences are in the classic repertoire of palindromists, and others appear to have been developed by the author. The size of the cohort is indicated in parentheses:
(1) Dennis sinned.
Dennis, Madam, sinned.
‘Dennis’, sides reversed is ‘sinned’.
(2) Dennis and Edna sinned.
(3) Dennis, Enid and Nadine sinned.
Dennis, Nora, Aaron sinned.
(4) Dennis, Nell, Edna and Ellen sinned.
(5) Dennis, Nell, Edna, Sis and Ellen sinned. etc.
On the other hand, some authorities on the topic contend
(0) Dennis never even sinned.
February 1, 2020
FEB 1, Carolina lowcountry: winter afternoon bicycle outing
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Giorgio (on the left) with Pete the Plastic Pelican |
Other Canadian retirees |
At the harbor, Mt. Pleasant SC |
Lunch: Heron-herring? No! That's a great egret with a shrimp |
January 31, 2020
JAN 31, American satire: the "Mooch"
We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 30 more on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!
January 30, 2020
JAN 30, Canadiana: Eastern Canadian funky towns
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January 29, 2020
JAN 29, magical palindromes: introductory poem and examples#1 to #5
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.
January 28, 2020
JAN 28, Canadiana: Western Canadian funky towns
January 27, 2020
JAN 27, insects: bumblebees
Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!
Author's Note re the photo: One week ago, this fellow seemed to land for a rest on the roofrack of our car, parked in our lowcountry driveway. He stayed for a while, not seeming to mind posing for photos, and then took off again. Pictures were taken with my i-phone 7 camera.)
You can review Giorgio's other verses about pesty and occasionally beneficial insects, as collected in 'Buzzwords: Verses about Insects' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.
January 26, 2020
JAN 26, waterfowl: great blue herons
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'. (Or, if you prefer, you can view them on Facebook in Giorgio's photo-albums).
January 25, 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 dates January 27, February 20, and March 19, 2020.
You can also review these illustrated verses in "In Stitches: The Fabric Artist", as posted on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE POETRY ON THIS SITE?
POEMS: Poetry appearing on this site was written (unless otherwise indicated) by Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym), and for the most part contributed to the online humour dictionary-site...
OEDILF (Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form). In its 15 years of existence, OEDILF has worked its way alphabetically from Aa- to Gr-, with the goal of accumulating a verse defining every meaning of every word in the English language. This co-operative project has accumulated over 107,000 carefully edited limericks, with completion date estimated to be around the year 2065. In the past three years, Giorgio has contributed over 300 poems to the project; the site's accession number for the verses is indicated at the bottom of the relevant slides in our presentations.January 24, 2020
JAN 24, wordplay maps: new world palindromes(#3,#4)
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You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE!
January 23, 2020
JAN 23, wordplay maps: sister-cities anagrams (4-6)
NAVIGATING THIS SITE ('Daily Illustrated Nonsense')
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January 22, 2020
JAN 22, American satire: laying blame
The author reveals that he was influenced in this formulation by TV interviews given by his niece, the clinical psychologist Mary Trump.
We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 30 more on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!
January 21, 2020
JAN 21 (2020), singable satire: The Beatles sing "RELIC SUBMARINES"
PARODY SONG-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "Yellow Submarine", The Beatles 1966, with lead vocals by Ringo Starr.
U.S.S. Clamagore at Patriots Point (background: Arthur Ravenel Bridge, in fog) |
SATIRE COMPOSED: Dr G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2018.
SONGLINK: The parody-lyrics with accompanying chords for guitar or ukulele players are found on our blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE" HERE. [Giorgio's other satire lyrics substituted to Beatles' songs include "Vonnegut" (Imagine); "Saturday Night" (Yesterday); "Brennan's Tweet" (Let It Be); "Jake" (While My Guitar Gently Weeps)].
RELIC SUBMARINES
In the town where I’ve retired
A Memorial’s awfully near.
And it tells us of the time
When the Cold War engendered fear.
Sailors sailed, to keep us ‘safe’ --
Secret missions ‘neath the waves.
Soviet strike? Well we’d respond.
They could never make us slaves.
Nuclear power transformed the submarine --
Submerged months in between, with missile launch unseen.
Trident warheads, a payload that’s obscene,
A missile-launch machine, nuclear submarine.
No recourse, all mankind’s caught
In the path of the juggernaut.
So give Gor--bachev our thanks,
(nautical tune)
We all live near a nuclear submarine,
Missile-launch machine; we’re all trapped in between.
We all live with nuclear submarines.
Missile-launch machines blow Earth to smithereens.
Cold War’s thawed – a time of peace.
From a gruesome fate, we’re now released.
A Memorial down the street --
Tourists gripe about the summer heat.
We all live near a nuclear submarine,
Missile-launch machine; we’re all trapped in between.
Live or die with nuclear submarines.
Missile-launch machines blow Earth to smithereens.
January 20, 2020
JAN 20, holidays and celebrations: Robbie Burns' Day
The mathematical expression in the second line of the fourth verse should be read as "sine-over-cos", cos being the mathematical abbreviation for cosine. The mathematical abbreviation for tangent is tan.
January 19, 2020
JAN 19, personal and family history: relations
This nostalgic photo was taken June 13, 2004 by SJBH, who kindly provided permission for its use here.
(The editor admits that the scansion of 'relatively' in the final line of the verse is skewed, and that the mildly cynical verse is not suited to the upbeat nature of the picture. Sometimes, the constraints of verse-writing seem to lead things off in a direction of their own. - SORRY!)
January 18, 2020
JAN 18, trees: Norway maples
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".
January 17, 2020
JAN 17, American satire: Vladimir's hope
NEWS UPDATE !!!: In the Senate trials of impeached American President Donald Trump, constitutional issues have taken precedence. Senators from many locales across the United States bring their specific viewpoints on the interpretation of this document to the debate. Some of these locales are shown on the map below.
January 16, 2020
JAN 16, American satire: borscht
We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find 30 more on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!
January 15, 2020
JAN 15, a brief saga: Chemainus, British Columbia part #1
Authors' Note: For ecological reasons, the mining of uranium has been banned in British Columbia for several decades. Uranium has been extensively extracted from pitchblende ore at sites elsewhere in Canada, and is present in the reduced or 'uranous' chemical state.
In the late 1890s, copper, gold and silver were discovered at Mt. Sicker on Vancouver Island. A gold-rush ensued, and mines were operated profitably in the area until 1909.
Today, the town of Chemainus (sheh-MAYN-uhs) is best known for its extensive exterior wall-murals which depict the history of its once-thriving resource extraction industries.
The Dominion Astrophysical Laboratory, site of many important discoveries about the Milky Way, is located 70 km south, in Saanich BC.
The saga continues ... See part #2 for the second half of this intriguing adventure. Click HERE.
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