July 12, 2021

JUL 12, insects: deer-and horse- flies






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.





July 10, 2021

JUL 10, poetic Panama palindrome parody: 'a dog... a pagoda'

 





You can review the whole collection of our illustrated verses on this topic by proceeding to 'Reversing Verse: Panama palindrome parodies' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.

And, if you are interested in seeing innumerable examples of spoofy palindrome variants on wordplay maps, you could embark on a journey through a collection of  blogposts entitled 'Tourists' Palindromic Guides: The Americas, #1 -#4'. All that's needed is to click on the link.


July 9, 2021

JUL 9, wordplay maps: new world palindromes #49,50





You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE




July 8, 2021

JUL 8, to clot, or not: pulmonary embolism (lung clots)






 


You can view these verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'To Clot, or Not to Clot' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!


July 7, 2021

JUL 7, spineless verse (invertebrates): gastropods







READING MORE WIDELY:

You can find all our illustrated verses about various 'INVERTEBRATES' , as compiled on our full-service blog "Edifying NonsenseHEREBut, in fact, we had hived off verses about INSECTS, and they are gathered in separate blogposts, that you can get into HERESo, follow these links, and enjoy!


July 6, 2021

JUL 6, domestic hazards: general hazards









 

 You can view an extensive collection of illustrated poems on this topic by proceeding to the post 'DOMESTIC HAZARDS' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.



July 5, 2021

JUL 5, garden intruders: squirrels in the garden





Authors' Note:  The authors bemoan the ongoing arbitrary depredations of the human garden by these untutored rodents. Although they have not personally participated in violence against squirrels, they reluctantly admit that they sympathize with other human victims who are drawn in that direction. Where are the hawks when we need them?


Readers, you are fortunate to have available all our poetic comments on creatures (animal and vegetable), devoted to subverting your gardening plans. To view this collection on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense", click HERE!




urban-dwelling squirrel in a Canadian tree






July 4, 2021

JUL 4, anagram swarm: 'ELECTION FRAUD' #4

 Continuing from the posts of January 16January 18January 20January 22January 24, and January 27. You might note that there are now more than 200 anagrams in this collection. Who would have guessed?




If you have enjoyed this post, you can find a series of other 'American anagram swarms' gathered in two posts on our 'parent' blog "Edifying Nonsense".  To get started, click HERE




July 3, 2021

JUl 3, sleek Greek prefixes: HYPER- and HYPO-






Clicking HERE will introduce you to our entire collection of verses about the Greek prefixes!


July 2, 2021

JUL 2, culinary verse: Nanaimo bars














Find the collection of illustrated poems dealing with these issues on the post 'Culinary Verse' on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!


July 1, 2021

JUL 1, numbers: unity (1)






You can review our cumulated nonsense about numbers by clicking HERE.


June 30, 2021

JUN 30, numbers and counting : Zero (0)







 You can review our cumulated nonsense about numbers by clicking HERE.

June 29, 2021

JUN 29, poets' corner: collaboration




You can find lots of other verses on this blog under the listing "Poets' Corner".  Click HERE.

June 28, 2021

JUN 28, classic palindrome: 'sex at noon taxes'






You can review a collection of illustrated verses on this topic by proceeding to 'Reversing Verse: Limericks About Classic Palindromes' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. 


June 27, 2021

JUN 27, sleek Greek prefixes: CHIRO-




Authors' Note: These names for professional endeavours, derived from the Greek root chiro (hand), have quite different meanings and pronunciations.


 Clicking HERE will introduce you to our entire collection of verses about the Greek prefixes!

June 26, 2021

JUN 26, mammalian wildlife: the concupiscent rabbit






Authors' Note: For a somewhat different take on concupiscence, check out the illustrated verse 'Horny Rhino' by clicking HERE








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 !


June 25, 2021

JUN 25, wordplay maps: new world palindromes(#47,#48)




 




You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE


June 24, 2021

JUN 24, unusual sightings: Muskoka wildlife

 

spoof; photography; waterfowl; plastic; ersatz; Muskoka; Ontario; canoe; loon; swan; Giorgio Coniglio



You can review  illustrated verses about boating in Muskoka by proceeding to 'Reverse Strokes: 'Verses About Canoeing' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.


For more revealing photographs of loons in Muskoka, not to mention an appealing limerick-saga, you might want to click (or cluck) to get to the recent post 'Life As a Loon' on our full-service blogsite 'Edifying Nonsense'.




June 23, 2021

JUN 23, funny bones: the prosthetic hipster



                                                                                                   final approval #120852, May 2023

Authors' Note: The slang term hip, synonym for 'cool', appearing at the beginning of the 20th century, is related etymologically to hepcat, but not to the anatomic hip. Hipsters and hippies embody various elements of being hip.

Owing to impairment of blood flow, fracture of the femoral neck may result in the the acute need for hip-point replacement. The most common cause for hip replacement remains chronic osteoarthritis.


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!

June 22, 2021

JUN 22, humorists' scurrilous talk: 'giving a shit'

EDITORS' WARNING: You must be at least 12 years of age to read this post! 




The collection of informative verses dealing with 'HUMORISTS' SCURRILOUS TALK' can be found by proceeding to our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!



June 21, 2021

JUN 21, reptiles: broad-headed skinks








another individual, spotted at Caw Caw Plantation



 You can review photos and illustrated herpetologic verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Verses about Reptiles' (don't worry! no snakes)' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.


June 20, 2021

JUN 20 (2021), singable satire: the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band sings about canoeing "LOST COUNTRY"

PARODY-LYRICS 

Young canoeist in the bow,
Sunset on Bass Lake, Ontario
ORIGINAL SONG: "Lost River" by Michael Martin Murphey, most famously performed in conjunction with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band HERE.
Key lyrics from the original, retained in the parody version, include lines in the chorus about a "Quebec girl" and "fleur de lis". Murphey is in fact married to a Québécoise, and, as the song's protagonist presumably wishes to take her on a trip of rediscovery to the nostalgia-generating "lost river" of his youth. For those interested, the original song is displayed in ukulele-friendly format on our sister-blog HERE.

SONG-LYRIC UNDERPINNINGS: On our song-blog you can find an earlier concoction entitled "Canoeing Lesson (Canoe, Canoe, Canoe, Canoe, Canoe)",  based on the original song  "I Do, etc." by ABBA, 1975. This earlier song also builds on Berton's concept of the relevance of canoeing to Canadian identity.

"A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe", Pierre Bertoneminent Canadian journalist, editor, historian and author.

PARODY COMPOSED: Dr.G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, December 2018, based on the precedents of song-lyrics and limerick verses, with a few new twists.

CHORD-CHARTS and OTHER PARAPHERNALIA:
As is usually the case with song-lyrics, we have simultaneously provided suggested chords for ukulele, guitar or whatever-stringed-instruments for the parody and for the original lyrics on our music-buff site "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE".  Click HERE, if you want to access those.






Canadian Canoeing Nostalgia: "LOST COUNTRY"


(to the tune of "Lost River" by M. M. Murphey) 

M. M. Murphey
songwriter and performer
Urban summers seem so hot
That you'll need to find a spot
To escape (no use stewin'),
Where it's cool for canoein'.
Paddle straight and go faster
When the J-stroke you'll master.
Once you learn what you're doin'
Seek your spirit's renewin'.

A Canadian's someone who
Can make love in a canoe.
He knows lots of good strokes
And can thwart ogling folks.
Starting foreplay, he'll untether,
He'll move sideways with the feather;
He'll avert curious eyes
With a series of pries.

CHORUS: Oh, lost country, now I'm paddlin' back
To those thousands of lakes,
That beau paysage I've lacked*
Oh Quebec girl come with me, 
Oh, ma bellema fleur de lis,
Northern vision in our mind,
That Pierre Berton defined.

Now at heart our Rose did hate
Tryin' to make the boat go straight.
Paddlin' lessons were a battle
'Til some tricks she learned (don't tattle!)
In the stern she could discern
That instructors might well yearn
To teach Trudeau's stroke, fiddle-faddle
While she straddled their paddle.

Repeat CHORUS

 





JUN 20, to clot, or not: Virchow's triad







Authors' Note:  

stasis: an absence of flow, or markedly reduced flow

deep venous thrombosis (DVT): a condition in which clots form in the deep veins, usually of the calves; the disorder often produces symptoms, but may be silent

The above verse conjures studies of factors in causation of DVT more than a century ago by Rudolf Virchow (FEER-koh), the famed German pathologist, that eventually resulted in the concept 'Virchow's triad'. The modern triad includes the elements of venous stasis, increased coagulability of the blood, and damage to the local endothelium (lining of the blood vessels). 


You can view these verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'To Clot, or Not to Clot' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!



 

June 19, 2021

JUN 19, waterfowl: mallard ducks












 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'. 

June 18, 2021

JUN 18, palinku (poetic novelty): ponderings

 

   In this post, we continue with 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. 



(Ed. note:) Verses of this ilk have continued to accumulate. You can view them all at one swoop if you  proceed with a single click to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.

 links for any date: scroll over to the calendar-based listings of 'Past Posts' in the righthand column on this page, choose your month of interest, and then select (by clicking) the post of your choice.




June 17, 2021

JUN 17, birdlore: red-winged blackbirds


















You can view an encyclopedic collection of illustrated poems on this topic by proceeding to the post 'Poems about Avian Life -- BIRDLORE' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE