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 (as are the song-lyrics), although portions evolved through rigorous editing on a collaborative website.
January 9, 2021
JAN 9, American satire: "It Is what it is"
January 8, 2021
JAN 8, old world palindromes #7 and #8
January 7, 2021
JAN 7, anagram swarm: 'impeachment' (again)
January 6, 2021
JAN 6, classic palindrome: 'UFO tofu'
January 5, 2021
JAN 5, amphibians: anurans - 'frog' vs 'toad'
Be sure to check out the whole collection of 'Amphibians' by proceeding to "Edifying Nonsense." CLICK HERE !
January 4, 2021
JAN 4, portraits of couples, Harris' hawks, brown pelicans
January 3, 2021
JAN 3, diagnostic imaging: DEXA (BMD)
January 2, 2021
JAN 2, waterfowl: great egrets, more pics
Great Egret: Shem Creek, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina |
PHOTOGRAPHY: The majority of photographic illustrations were obtained by Giorgio Coniglio, using an i-phone 7 camera. These illustrations were collected independently of the verses, and formulated using Powerpoint software. Subjects for the wildlife photographs were not reimbursed for appearing in these illustrations, and the editor admits that their consent was not always obtained; an effort was made not to disturb their environment. Other artwork by the author was performed using Powerpoint. Where indicated, friends provided some bird photographs. When required for purposes of illustration, photos, primarily open-use, were drawn from the internet, and are designated by pale blue title plaques.
LOCALES: Unless otherwise displayed, photographs relating to flora and fauna, and to artwork in the southern United States, were shot in and around Charleston, South Carolina. We will endeavor to note other sites, which may include Toronto, San Francisco, Florida, Washington, DC, and Paris.
January 1, 2021
JAN 1, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#43,#44)
December 31, 2020
DEC 31, a brief saga: Hogmanay (Auld Lang's Sine)
December 30, 2020
DEC 30, Canadiana: Haida Gwaii
December 29, 2020
DEC 29, patients and maladies: knee effusion
December 28, 2020
DEC 28, 2020: palinku -- two verses about partying
In this post, we will introduce a novel form of poetic wordplay. Inspired by Japanese haiku poetry, this new form is used for a terse verse with a total of 17 syllables displayed on three lines. Unlike its classic Japanese analogue, this concoction does not mandate the precise distribution of the syllables among the three lines, but does stipulate that each word in the poem be included in a palindromic phrase or sentence in English (i.e. one that can be read either forwards or backwards).
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.
And, just in case you have forgotten what palindromes are about, your blogsite hosts have arranged a serial set of brief lessons on the topic ('Political Palindromes') which you can review by clicking HERE.
December 27, 2020
DEC 27, poetic non-sequitur: cumulative song
December 26, 2020
December 25, 2020
DEC 25, holiday verse: every Adventuality
December 24, 2020
DEC 24, holiday verse: "The Night Before Christmas", pandemically
December 23, 2020
DEC 23, classic palindrome: 'Yreka bakery'
December 22, 2020
DEC 22, waterfowl: brown pelicans
OCT 10, waterfowl: Caribbean brown pelicans
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'.
December 21, 2020
DEC 21, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS -- wordplay for the holiday season
December 20, 2020
DEC 20, singable satire: Tom Lehrer sings "REDUPLICATIONS A to K"
PARODY SONG-LYRICS