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 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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February 26, 2022
FEB 26, life in Palindrome Valley: 'Nauruan' (second language) bd
February 25, 2022
FEB 25, limerick for lovers of classic languages: Aramaic
February 24, 2022
FEB 24, defining opinion: academically
February 23, 2022
FEB 23, reprehensible modern history: cantankerous leaders
View the entire collection of poetic assertions on this topic (currently small, but growing) at our more encyclopedic blog 'Edifying Nonsense', by clicking HERE.
February 22, 2022
FEB 22, American satire (prolongation): deserved (schadenfreude)
Authors' Note:
oy gevalt (oy-guh-VULT): phrase borrowed from Yiddish; an exclamation expressing shock, surprise or disapproval
schadenfreude (SHA-den-froi-duh, or as here, sha-den-FROI-duh): loanword from German; taking delight in others' misfortune
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'.
JJ, spoofing with youngest bro, 1970 |
February 21, 2022
FEB 21, patients and their maladies: vitamin A deficiency
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!
February 20, 2022
FEB 20 (2022), lyrics of healthcare: "MERGERWOCKY", putatively by Lewis Carroll
This blogpost honours 'Dr. JJ', whose love of life encompassed humour, musical parody, and even medical politics ...
PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "Mergerwocky" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.
February 19, 2022
FEB 19, funny bones: Jones (fifth metatarsal) fracture
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!
Dr JJ, in tub at reader's left, 1947 |
February 18, 2022
FEB 18, poetic non-sequitur: the old prospector
February 17, 2022
FEB 17, binomial phrases: "flora and fauna"
To review our poetic effusion about binomial phrases, proceed to our blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE !
There is also an entire collection of lyrics to patter songs, somewhat older material, dedicated to various kinds of binomials, that provides more didactic material and an extensive series of examples, and allows you to sing these expressions for your own enjoyment, or for that of others around you. Click HERE !
Incidental Photo:
February 16, 2022
FEB 16, verse inspired by 'Dr. JJ'
JJ with family,2020, at his summer cottage (photo courtesy BF) |