MAR 18, culinary verse: barbecue (BBQ)

 

Here is another verse dealing with eating (or avoiding) meat. 

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

MAR 17, patients and their maladies: dyspareunia

And best wishes for a happy St Patrick Day to all decent folks of Irish descent or otherwise ...

Authors' Note: Dyspareunia is the adjective that describes suffering from dyspareunia. That disorder, that may be either transitory or recurrent, is explained elsewhere; please consult as dictionary.

You can view these verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Nurse-Verse: Patients and their Maladies' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!

MAR 16, hellenophilia: tipping on Santorini

 

 Other verses discussing our appreciation of Greece and things Greek can be found on our blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE.

MAR 15, Carolina lowcountry: the pelicatessen, revisited

The development of the term pelicatessen, and an insider view (photos and a poem) of a South Carolina venue providing this service were displayed on a previous post HERE. 

Yesterday, we were fortunate to perform a follow-up visit.  

customers waiting patiently for service

well, perhaps not that patiently ... 

fisher, working methodically to provide prompt service

customers do not always display their most polite behavior

a dispute between patrons

"Y'all come back again soon, now, y'heah?"

the ultimate 'pelicatessen'

pizza delivery boxes in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina,

touting service to 'the Lowcountry'

MAR 14, reprehensible modern history: Democracy (18th century take)

(submitted version November '23:

The wannabe autocrat cheerless, / Mourned imperial days. "Kings were peerless: / No women, I'm noting, / Slaves or natives tried voting. / Closets hid all the gays -- none were fearless.")  

View the entire collection of poetic assertions on this topic  at our more encyclopedic blog 'Edifying Nonsense', by clicking HERE.

MAR 13, defining opinion: birdlife (lunacy)

Authors' Note:  Birdlife is an occasionally used term, analogous to "wildlife", denoting aerial creatures that otherwise would have to be described by the term avifauna. Needless to say, all birdlife currently known is located on the planet Earth.

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.

MAR 12, waterfowl: double-crested cormorants

You can review the 'brief saga' Cormorant Rookery by clicking HERE.

You can review illustrated verses on such bird-brained topics in a wider context by proceeding to 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. (Or, if you prefer, you can view them on Facebook in Giorgio's photo-albums).

Cormorant diving
near Toronto island airport

double-crested cormorant,
 low flight due to relatively heavy bones 

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

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indica azaleas, found blooming in a few of the sunnier spots

An illustrated poem on the indica azalea and its special relation to Middleton Gardens can be found HERE.

MAR 10, funny bones: foot-floggers' (metatarsal) fracture

Authors' Note:  Stress fractures are injuries caused by repeated undue physical stress applied to normal bone. These injuries, sometimes called march fractures, are common in the midshafts of the bones of the forefoot, particularly metatarsals #2 through #4. They characteristically occur in military recruits and in athletic individuals with heavy training schedules, but also may show up in otherwise unremarkable individuals who have recently increased their level of physical activity. Fortunately, healing is usual in those prepared to reduce activities for a number of weeks.

    To read more about this important topic, check the online medical periodical Bone Bloggers: Opinion by Orthopedic Surgeons.

 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!

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.

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.

MAR 8, poets' corner: creative writing

Authors' Note: 'Creative writing' is a term that has been applied to fiction in prose, but seems to have omitted from its purview fictional poetry accounts, such as those honored on this blog.  

   

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

MAR 7, limerick for lovers of classic languages: Constantinopolis (Byzantium)

Authors' Note: Our seer in Byzántion likely made his prediction in the early 4th century A.D.

Byzántion: Greek name for the Greek colonial city-state founded on the Bosporus in pre-Roman times; known in Latin as Byzantium, it lent its name to the subsequent Byzantine Empire

Konstantinoúpolis, and Constantinopolis: Greek and Latin names respectively for the expanded city, planned as his empire's eastern capital (Nova Roma) by Roman emperor Constantine; known in English as Constantinople

Hagia Sophia (ah-yah so-FEE-ah) Greek for Holy Wisdom; famed for its huge dome, the third iconic church built on the site served as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral from 537 A.D. until 1453, the year of conquest by the Ottoman Turks

Istanbul: capital of the Ottoman Empire, and subsequently of modern Turkey, the city's current population of 15 million (2017) makes it Europe's most populous city.

To review all of our output on the topic of classic languages, go to our encyclopedic compendium, "Edifying Nonsense"; click HERE !

to review nonsense from any other date: scroll over to the calendar-based listings of 'Past Posts' in the righthand column on this page, and select (by clicking) the month of your choice from 2020 or 2021. 

MAR 6, pathos and poetry (gun control verse): semi-automatic weapons

Satirical verse dealing with a regional form of insanity:

You can review our entire poetic outpouring on this topic by proceeding to a post on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'; click HERE.
 

Incidental Photo:

MAR 5, Ontario nostalgia: Yonge Street

Authors' Note:  The first Lieutenant-Governor of the province Of Upper Canada (Ontario), Sir John Simcoe, sought routes leading northward from his new 

provincial capital at Toronto, away from the U.S. border.

  In 1793, he designed a road, naming it for the British Minister of War, Sir George Yonge, who was also an expert on Roman roads. Yonge Street passes from Lake Ontario north to Lake Simcoe, where it merges into Highway 11, a rural road that extends 1900 km (1200 mi) northwest to the border with the American state of Minnesota.

  Sir George, fifth Baronet of Escot, had served as Lord of the Admiralty and master of the mint, and governor of the Cape Colony, but died penniless and heirless, Yonge Street being his only legacy.

 

  Prior to 1999, the Guinness Book of Records mistakenly conflated Yonge Street with Highway 11, and described it as 'the world's longest street’.  

See Wikipedia's article on Toronto's Yonge Street, HERE. 

You can review the entire series of illustrated poems about the good old days in Ontario by checking the post 'Ontario Nostalgia' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. 

Incidental Photo:

Dr. JJ, preparing for a family b-day tribute 

MAR 4, doctors and their practices: (ED) lifelong learning

verse in honour of Dr. JJ, whose love of life included comedy and the music of poetry ...

Authors' Note:  The rapid pace of scientific and technical developments in the field of medicine makes ongoing education for physicians essential. Moreover, regulatory bodies, conscious of public perception, promulgate standards for current best practices. ‘Maintenance of competence’, recertification’ and ‘lifelong learning’ have become buzzwords.

  The serendipitous discovery in 1989 of the use of sildenafil (eventually marketed by Pfizer in 1998 as Viagra, 'a little blue pill' for erectile dysfunction) ushered in an era in which post-graduate medical conferences often featured updates on this now-treatable common disorder. The putative distribution of drug samples to lecture attendees is apocryphal.

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!

Incidental Photo:

Dr.JJ on reader's left, 1947

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.

You can review illustrated verses on this topic in a wider context by proceeding to 'Reverse Strokes: 'Verses About Canoeing' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.

Incidental Photo:

Dr. JJ, 1946

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 !

A poetic tribute to this sighting is underway. In the meantime, here are the pics ...

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