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.
April 18, 2020
APR 18, magical canal palindromes: 'A man, a plan, ... Paris'
April 17, 2020
APR 17, Ontario nostalgia: across the Great Lakes
April 16, 2020
APR 16, classic palindrome: 'Do geese see God?'
web-photo Plato (portrait bust) sculptor: Silanion 370 B.C.E. |
April 15, 2020
APR 15, the Charleston garden: Japanese yew
April 14, 2020
APR 14, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #5/#6
April 13, 2020
APR 13, geysers: second-hand geyser
April 12, 2020
APR 12, patients and maladies: the common cold
April 11, 2020
APR 11, waterfowl: snowy egrets
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'.
April 10, 2020
APR 10, wordplay maps: new world palindromes(#13,#14)
April 9, 2020
APR 9, American satire: results of DT's first impeachment trial (birds'-eye view)
Reprise, originally posted February 9 and 10, 2020.
Authors' Note: Readers might want to check out prior posts, including that of Feb 9, entitled "Anagrammatic tribute to a Senator", and those of January 1, 9, 10 and 11, dealing with great egrets. The photos of birds were obtained from Giorgio Coniglio's personal collection, whereas those of political leaders were obtained from readily available online sources.
We hope that you enjoyed this playful photo-art. You can find 30 more submissions, mostly poetic on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!
April 8, 2020
APR 8, limerick variations: the 6th line ("addendum-icitis")
April 7, 2020
APR 7, poets' corner: gender-neutral language
April 6, 2020
APR 6, etymology: 'lagoon'
April 5, 2020
APR 5, non-sequitur: close quarters
April 4, 2020
APR 4, pandemic poetry: 'stay-at-home'
April 3, 2020
APR 3, wordplay maps: sister-cities anagrams (10-12)
April 2, 2020
APR 2, magical palindromes: examples #16 to #20
April 1, 2020
APR 1, bottom line of medical humor: diarrhea
The authors regret that there are no appropriate images to accompany this verse.
March 31, 2020
MAR 31, pandemic verse: Kermit's prediction
March 30, 2020
MAR 30, pandemic poetry: the infirm
March 29, 2020
MAR 29, mammalian wildlife: Geebo's angwantibo
March 28, 2020
MAR 28, personal and family history: anniversary saga
March 27, 2020
MAR 27, the Charleston garden: gazebos
March 26, 2020
MAR 26, non-sequitur "Caine Mutiny"
"CAINE MUTINY"
His biz, based on falsehoods and lootiny,
His modus and mind needed scrutiny.
Yet his climb didn't stop,
'Til he grabbed for the top.
An old plot: Captain Queeg and "Caine Mutiny".
Giorgio Coniglio, 2022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caine_Mutiny_(film)
March 25, 2020
MAR 25, holidays and celebrations: Greek Independence Day
Today is GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY !
Authors' Note:
evzone: (EHV-zohn, anglicized form), member of an elite unit drawn from the Hellenic Army Infantry Corps
Grand Change: a more elaborate version of the hourly changing of the guard that takes place on Sunday mornings at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens' Syntagma Square, providing a popular photo-op for locals and tourists
Kleft (KLEHFT): Greek fighter in the War of Independence
fustanella: kilt made from 30 meters of white cotton, supposedly with 400 pleats to represent each of the years of Ottoman occupation.