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'.
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.
February 11, 2021
FEB 11, waterfowl: American white ibises
February 10, 2021
FEB 10, a brief saga: the gastro-esophageal junction
Authors' Note: The role of the esophagus under normal conditions is the one-way transit of food from mouth to stomach, keeping tissue-irritating acid in the stomach; the gastroesophageal junction plays the key role in this function. Most of the medical and dietary treatments for GERD (gastro-esophageal reflux disease) only block some symptoms due to acidity of the regurgitated gastric contents. Surgery is generally reserved for severe, chronic and recalcitrant cases.
For the purpose of this blog, a 'brief saga' is defined as a poem, usually narrative, but occasionally expository, that tell its story in at least 15 lines. Most commonly, the format involves three stanzas in limerick form, constituting a single submission to the online humor site 'Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form'. On the OEDILF site, rigorous standards for content and format proceed in a collaborative editing process that may take several weeks to over a year.
Generally, OEDILF has not been enormously welcoming of multi-verse submissions, but Giorgio Coniglio has persisted, and the OEDILF number for each accepted multi-verse poem is shown here on the slide with its first verse.
To access the most recent previous 'brief saga', back up to 'Italian treats'.
Re Medical-Related Verse: Altogether, over one hundred intriguing verses on medical/dental topics can now be found on various posts in collections, including:
Patients and their Maladies (parts #1, #2 and #3)
Funny Bones (parts #1 and #2),
Doctors and their Practices (part #1 and #2)
Doctors and their Practices (part #1 and #2)
February 9, 2021
FEB 9, old world palindromes #13 and #14
You can view the entire collection of 'Old World Palindromes' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense"; start by clicking HERE.
February 8, 2021
FEB 8, American satire: New year's greeting to Sen. Hawley
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/great-damage-republicans-recoil-from-missouri-sen-hawley-1.5258425
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!
February 7, 2021
FEB 7, at heart: heart block
You can view more poems on this topic by proceeding to "Cardiologic Tracings: AT HEART" (parts #1 and #2) on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!
February 6, 2021
FEB 6, old world palindromes #11 and #12
You can view the entire collection of 'Old World Palindromes' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense"; start by clicking HERE.
February 5, 2021
FEB 5, death and the afterlife: last breath
You can view these informative verses in a wider context by proceeding to the collection 'The BOTTOM LINE of MEDICAL HUMOR' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!
You can review more poems about 'Death and the Afterlife' in context on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!
February 4, 2021
FEB 4, trees: George's apple-twigs
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to JMH, and all others whose birthday occurs today!
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Authors' Note: Our family pet for 14 years, George the Rabbit (Giorgio Coniglio in Italian) was an unpredictable and somewhat ornery soul. Talented and demanding (yes, he learned to do tricks), he did not care for traditional rabbit goodies like lettuce and carrots, but loved certain fruits including pears and apples. A small pile of apple twigs could keep him engaged for hours on end, and we were fortunate to have an apple tree growing near our back fence.
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, 2021
FEB 3, magical palindromes: 'Ma is as selfless as Dad'
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.
February 2, 2021
FEB 2, funny bones: fracture of scaphoid (carpal navicular)
AVN: medical initialism for avascular necrosis, lethal damage to bone tissue resulting from traumatic interruption of its blood supply; the scaphoid bone of the wrist is particularly susceptible. The human skeleton has two boat-shaped small bones, one each in the ankle (tarsal) and wrist (carpal) areas. The Latin-derived term navicular ('boat-like'), is applied to either bone, whereas its Greek-derived analogue scaphoid, particularly favored in recent decades, is applied only to the wrist bone. How did Eric know that it was his scaphoid that he had fractured? See the verse anatomical snuffbox.
You can view verses on this topic in a wider context by proceeding to the post 'Breaking News: FUNNY BONES' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!
February 1, 2021
FEB 1, wordplay maps: r-i-c anagrams #13+#14
You can view the entire collection of 18 wordplay maps of 'R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N-S in Canada' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE.
January 31, 2021
JAN 31, waterfowl: John Audubon, birder
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'. You can learn a bit more about the anhinga, the bird featured in the cover illustration of "The Birds of America" by checking the post of January 25.
January 30, 2021
JAN 30, insects: the (cock)roach
Authors' Note:
cucaracha: Spanish for cockroach, presumably giving rise in the early 17th century to the English name for the insect
cockroach: adjectival form for the common insect (of thousands of species, only four are characterized as pests; cockroachlike might also be used in appropriate instances) In the 1830s, Victorians adopted the shortened form roach to avoid the sexual connotations of the insect's name.
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 29, 2021
JAN 29, old world palindromes #9 and #10
January 28, 2021
JAN 28, etymology: 'horse'
For fans of etymology, we have three blogposts with collections of verses about word-origins such as the one above on our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". You can start to review some of this intriguing material by clicking HERE, and then following the links!
January 27, 2021
JAN 27, anagram swarm: 'ELECTION FRAUD' contest: other submissions, #2 and #3
As we wrap up this topic, we note here a few submissions in the National Contest that were quite clever from a wordplay perspective, but not relevant to the topic at hand. These include ...
FLUORINE CADET; INTRODUCE FLEA; CAROTENE FLUID;
TUNDRA ICE-FLOE; FURNACE TOILED; FINE-CUT ORDEAL;
INCUR FLEET ADO; FERAL DOE TUNIC; FINE CORAL DUET;
ERUDITE FALCON; ADIEU TORN CLEF; FLORA INDUCTEE;
FEED LATINO CUR; COULDN'T FAERIE? FAINTER OLD CUE;
ELFIN EDUCATOR; ARTFUL CODEINE; DECENT FOUL AIR;
UNDO AFTER LICE; CIAO, TENDER FLU; FLORENCE AUDIT;
TRUE FAN, "LIE, DOC." ECO-LAIDEN TURF;
DO INFLATE CURE; TRIFLE ACNE DUO; RED ELF AUCTION;
CAT: DOUR FELINE; URL://DEFECATION; CAN'T FIELD EURO;
FIE, RUNTED COLA! RODENT-FLEA I.C.U.; FAUCI, DO RELENT.
(for entries themed more in keeping with the topic, see the post of January 20.)
January 26, 2021
JAN 26, wordplay maps: American Scramble-towns 13,14
Who would ever have guessed? It turns out that an unparalleled word in generating anagrams (letter scrambles) is P-A-L-I-N-D-R-O-M-E-S. We have taken advantage of that property to create this unique series of wordplay maps of imaginary American (and Canadian) locales, each one completed by its official two-letter state (or provincial) abbreviation.
Forward to U.S.A. map #15
Back to U.S.A. map #11
Let's skip all this stuff and get on to the Canadian version, eh?
January 25, 2021
JAN 25, birdlore: (American) robins
You can view an encyclopedic collection of illustrated poems on this topic by proceeding to the post 'Poems about BIRDLORE' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.
January 24, 2021
JAN 24, American satire: freedom-from-Trump day
Authors' Note: Here's a reprise from a post published in November, now illustrated with Barry Blitt's cartoon-cover for this week's New Yorker, (A Weight Lifted) ...
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 23, 2021
JAN 23, patients and their maladies: Mick's anosmia
Authors' Note: Patients who have suffered a loss of sense of smell (anosmia) are known as anosmics. Rarely, this sensory disorder along with manifestations in other body functions can be attributed to a marked deficiency of dietary zinc. Whether zinc supplements can help with recovery in well-fed anosmics remains unresolved. The metallic element osmium, which has no known biologic role, is named for the stench emitted by its poisonous tetroxide derivative.
Be sure to check out the whole collection of verses on 'Patients and their Maladies" by proceeding to our full-service blog ,"Edifying Nonsense." CLICK HERE !
January 22, 2021
JAN 22, anagram swarm: 'ELECTION FRAUD' contest: other submissions, #1
Continuing from previous posts
Here are a few other imaginative entries for the National Anagram Contest ...
FORNICATE DUEL; ADORE FIT UNCLE; RECITAL DONE - FU!
ONE LURID FACET; COULD IRAN FÊTE? TOUCAN FIELDER;
FONDUE ARTICLE; EDUCATE FOR NIL; IN 'ACUTE' FOLDER;
A FECUND TOILER; I.O.U. FACT LENDER; DOCENT FAILURE;
ULTRA-FINE COED; DETOUR IF CLEAN; ENTICE FUR-LOAD;
DO INFLATE CURE; RE CUE, "DON'T FAIL!" OFTEN LURED C.I.A.
January 21, 2021
JAN 21, classic palindrome: 'drawn onward'
Authors' Note:
patsy: slang for 'sucker' or 'gullible person'
Dem: American short-form for 'Democrats', referring either generally to adherents of the political party, or to elected officials
Don: short-form for 'Donald'; a respectful term of address for a Spanish or Italian nobleman; a leader of the Italian Cosa Nostra
D.C.: District of Columbia, often used in casual references to the American capital city, Washington
This poem was written just after the publically broadcast hearings of the Intelligence Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives in the first impeachment of Donald Trump in November, 2019.
Are we not drawn onward to new era? also represents a classic palindrome.
You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Reversing Verse: Limericks About Classic Palindromes' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.
January 20, 2021
JAN 20 (2021), singable satire: Tom Lehrer sings "REDUPLICATIONS L to Z"
PARODY SONG-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "The Elements", Tom Lehrer, 1959.
PARODY COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2015. This song is the eighth of nine in the series on Word Pairs. You can find the links to the lyrics of the previous songs at the bottom of the post.
For a discussion of reduplications on an earlier post on this blogsite, click here. The current post also honours our previous venture of Feb 15, 2017 entitled 'Abracadabra' to 'Zoom-zoom': possibly the world's largest compendium of reduplications'.
UKULELE and GUITAR-FRIENDLY LINK: Our whole series of songs can be found in a friendly format for ukulele (and guitar)-players on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE". Click HERE to proceed to this site.
Many of these words and phrases have fascinating stories of their origin and subsequent use; the hotlinks highlight those with instructive or amusing information available on the web.
There’s lazy Daisy, loosey-goosey, Ling Ling, and lickety-split
And lovey-dovey, legal eagle, mellow yellow, and nitwit
And muck-a-muck, and Mau Mau, mumbo-jumbo, Bony Moronie
And Mai Tai, mole hole, nitty-gritty, and phony-balo-oney.
There’s namby-pamby, no-no, ooey-gooey, okey-doke, ping pong
And pom-pom, palsy-walsy, pasty-faced, slap-happy, singalong
And pow-wow, pitter-patter, pooper-scooper, plain Jane, and pell-mell
And poo-poo (scat), pooh-pooh (reject), and pupu (snack); how can you tell?
And pow-wow, pitter-patter, pooper-scooper, plain Jane, and pell-mell
And poo-poo (scat), pooh-pooh (reject), and pupu (snack); how can you tell?
There's quick fix, quack-quack, razzle-dazzle, rail trail, ragtag, ring-aling
A mini-lesson found on the Internet |
And ready Freddy, rollick-frolic, “fuddle-duddle” (P. Trudeau)
And roly-poly, rinky-dink and super-duper, or so-so.
There's shock jock, sure cure, snip-snap, sci-fi, smartcart, shipshape, and stun gun,
And silly billy, speed read, shilly-shally, squish-squash, stumblebum
And shady lady, seesaw, space race, Star Wars, snail mail, PigglyWig'
And tutti-frutti, tittle-tattle, tiki, tip-top, thing'majig.
There's teeter-totter, tootsie-wootsie, teentsie-weentsie, and tee-tee
There's teeter-totter, tootsie-wootsie, teentsie-weentsie, and tee-tee
And tom-toms drumming, tartar, tum-tum, tattle-tale, uh-huh, TV
And tubby-wubby, willy-nilly, wishy-washy, woman’s womb
And tubby-wubby, willy-nilly, wishy-washy, woman’s womb
And walkie-talkie, wingding, yo-yo, yoo-hoo! zig-zag and zoom-zoom.
Ta-Dah !!!
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