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.
March 14, 2022
MAR 14, reprehensible modern history: Democracy (18th century take)
March 13, 2022
MAR 13, defining opinion: birdlife (lunacy)
Our blogpost "Defining Opinion" on the topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" shows a selection of similar verses submitted to OEDILF (the online Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form). You can see all of these on one visit by clicking HERE.
March 12, 2022
MAR 12, waterfowl: double-crested cormorants
March 11, 2022
MAR 11, lowcountry jumpoff: South Carolina outings
WOODLANDS NATURE RESERVE, Dorchester County SC, Feb 26, 2022
trails are sandy, but easy to negotiate with wide-tire bikes |
historically and ecologically important, the longleaf pine, characteristic of Southern forests, is again being nurtured. |
MIDDLETON GARDENS, Dorchester County SC, Feb 27, 2022
the scenic highway has a mysterious beauty in the rain |
it's a bit early in the season for the azaleas, but the camellias are blooming wonderfully |
indica azaleas, found blooming in a few of the sunnier spots |
March 10, 2022
MAR 10, funny bones: foot-floggers' (metatarsal) fracture
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.
March 9, 2022
MAR 9, spineless verse (invertebrates): centipedes
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.
March 8, 2022
MAR 8, poets' corner: creative writing
March 7, 2022
MAR 7, limerick for lovers of classic languages: Constantinopolis (Byzantium)
March 6, 2022
MAR 6, pathos and poetry (gun control verse): semi-automatic weapons
March 5, 2022
MAR 5, Ontario nostalgia: Yonge Street
March 4, 2022
MAR 4, doctors and their practices: (ED) lifelong learning
Readers who appreciate wordplay might also enjoy a posting entitled 'electile dysfunction' that can be found by clicking HERE.
You can view these informative verses in a wider context by proceeding to the collection 'DOCTORS and their PRACTICES' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!
Dr.JJ on reader's left, 1947 |
March 3, 2022
MAR 3, boating: Fauci, canine canoeist
verse in honour of Dr. JJ, whose love of life included comedy, wordplay, and the music of poetry ... ; he had provided the dog-pics a few months ago for a post here.
Dr. JJ, 1946 |
March 2, 2022
MAR 2, birdlore / wildlife breakthrough: a turkey in our subdivision!
blog-post in honour of Dr. JJ, whose love of life included comedy and the outdoor life ...
We had never personally seen a wild turkey previously, in our South Carolina suburban subdivision (or anywhere else, for that matter). Yesterday changed all that !
We do have some other poetic thoughts and photos on the subject of turkeys to share with readers:
"The domestic turkey: a brief saga". Click HERE.
"Wild gay turkeys: True-and-faux photos." Click HERE.
"Desnooding turkeys: Role of the Mohel (Birdlore)." Click HERE.
Incidental Photo:
Dr. JJ (left), with his younger bro |
March 1, 2022
MAR 1, palinku (poetic novelty): lust indulged, lust deferred
verse in honour of Dr. JJ, whose love of life included comedy and the music of poetry ...
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). Some of the palindromes exploited here are found in the classic repertoire of such wordplay, part are variants on these classics, and a part derive entirely from the distorted mental processes of the authors.
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.
palinku |
palinku |
February 28, 2022
FEB 28, Canadiana: snow-biota
Algonquin fishing expedition, 1952, Dr. JJ on reader's right |
February 27, 2022
FEB 27, bar-fauna: at a medical watering-hole
verse in honour of Dr. JJ, whose love of life included comedy and the music of poetry ...
If you liked this submission, you might want to refer to our entire collection of verses about human and animal denizens of bars, pubs and other watering-holes. Click HERE.
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