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.
June 17, 2021
JUN 17, birdlore: red-winged blackbirds
June 16, 2021
JUN 16, amphibians: American toad
June 15, 2021
JUN 15, patients and maladies: eye discharge
June 14, 2021
JUN 14, poetic Panama palindrome parody: Sir, .. a Paris
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'.
June 13, 2021
JUN 13, doctors and their practices: the lecturing internist
June 12, 2021
JUN 12, portraits of couples: black (Australian) swans, sheep
June 11, 2021
JUN 11, magical palindromes: 'Norma is as selfless as I am'
June 10, 2021
JUN 10, English literature survey course: the diary of Samuel Pepys
June 9, 2021
JUN 9, a brief saga: clothes moths (holesome verse)
June 8, 2021
JUN 8, yesterday's excursion: Toronto Brickworks
June 7, 2021
JUN 7, life in Palindrome Valley: family interactions
June 6, 2021
JUN 6, boating: Rose's canoeing lesson
June 5, 2021
JUN 5, old world palindromes #23 and #24
You can view the entire collection of 'Old World Palindromes' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense"; start by clicking here.
June 4, 2021
JUN 4, Canadiana: 'Torontonian/Buffalonian'
June 2, 2021
JUN 2, American satire: Georgia voters
June 1, 2021
JUN 1, spineless verse (invertebrates): dew worms
READING MORE WIDELY:
You can find all our illustrated verses about various 'INVERTEBRATES' , as compiled on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE. But, in fact, we had hived off verses about INSECTS, and they are gathered in separate blogposts, that you can get into HERE. So, follow these links, and enjoy.
May 31, 2021
MAY 31, a brief saga: methylated spirits (wood alcohol, methanol)
May 30, 2021
MAY 30, reptiles: five-lined skinks
May 29, 2021
MAY 29, oncologic verses: cancerophobia
May 28, 2021
MAY 28, funny bones: AVN (avascular necrosis) of the hip
May 27, 2021
MAY 27, amphibians: Dominican 'crapaud'
Be sure to check out the whole collection of 'Amphibians' by proceeding to "Edifying Nonsense." CLICK HERE !
May 26, 2021
MAY 26, exotic destination: Chania, Crete
May 25, 2021
MAY 25, insects: ladybug dining
May 24, 2021
MAY 24, humorists' scurrilous talk: 'the titty'
May 23, 2021
MAY 23, palinku (poetic novelty): hats
In this post, we will 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.
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'); click HERE to start.
(Ed. note:) Verses of this type have continued to accumulate, and there are now more than 50 of them. You can easily view them all if you proceed to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.
(Or, if your prefer, you can view all this material on Facebook in Giorgio's photo-albums.)
May 22, 2021
MAY 22, curtained verse: sago palm's strobilus
Here in the South Carolina lowcountry, a 'severe' cold blast four winters ago damaged many sago palms, which are frequently used as a shrub or tree-shrub in local gardens, but last spring they seem to have bounced back with a show of male resilience.
You can review other mildly scurrilous illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Curtained verse: Faintly Obscene (Selected) Limericks' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.