MAR 22, organic brain poetry: non-organic versus organic (introduction)

Authors' Note:  A psychiatric workup for mental disorders starts with the separation of causality into two streams. In the first, brain function, thoughts and behavior may be altered by subtle or unusual manifestations of disease in body systems outside the brain — these are sometimes termed exogenous. In the second stream, manifestations are attributable to disorder of the brain itself (usually of unknown cause) in patterns reflective of neurosis, schizophrenia and depressive illness. In somewhat archaic, but still utilized descriptions, psychiatrists may refer to this distinction as indicating organic versus non-organic mental disorders. 

You can view and review all our verses on the topic of 'Organic Brain Poetry' by following this link to the encyclopedic collection on "Edifying Nonsense."

MAR 21, reptiles: anole pole-dancer (photo-collage)

 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".

MAR 20 (2022), singable satire: Glen Campbell sings "ROSENSTEIN"

from EdNonsMar20'19 

ORIGINAL SONG:  "Galveston", by Jimmy Webb, popularized by Glen Campbell, 1969.
Enjoy Campbell's great guitar solo HERE on Youtube. 

SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, April 2018. Readers interested in this topic might also enjoy the lyrics for  "Dark Schemes".

PARODY-SONGLINK: To access ukulele chord-charts to help you accompany "Rosenstein" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

A link to info about the present debacle. 

ROSENSTEIN

(to the tune of "Galveston"

  

Rosenstein, Rod Rosenstein

We're amazed your probe's still thriving,

With Trump's Fox News minions striving

(Mueller undermine), to trash you, Rosenstein.

Rosenstein, Rod Rosenstein,

You're in charge, with Jeff recusing,

You're the target for abusing,

Search warrant signed, by you, Rod Rosenstein.

Documents were seized from Cohen, the fixer.

Stormy's hush-funds source we're keen to see,

Do his tapes show complicity,

Or reveal "No collusion"'s a lie?

Rosenstein, Rod Rosenstein,

Trump has ranted 'bout your firing,

With stooges Steve and Devin trying,
To impeach. But please, like Ryan, don't resign,

Rod Rosenstein, Rod Rosenstein.    

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General in the U.S. Department of justice, January 2017 to present.

Donald Trump, President.

Robert Mueller, Special Counsel, appointed by Rosenstein, May 2017, to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election.

James Comey, FBI Director, 2013-2017. His firing by Trump instigated Mueller's appointment as special counsel. His book "A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership" was released May 1, 2018.

Jeff Sessions, U.S. Attorney General, appointed by Trump in 2016

Michael Cohen, Trump's personal lawyer and fixer, implicated in the payment of hush funds to Daniels and others.

Stormy Daniels, porn film star and director, seeking relief from a non-disclosure agreement arranged by Cohen just prior to the election in 2016, in relation to her claim of a tryst with D.T. 

Steve Bannon, senior advisor to Donald Trump, formerly CEO of the alt-right outlet "Breitbart News"; filled the newly created position 'White House Chief Strategist' for 7 months until an apparent falling-out the President. 

Devin Nunes, Republican congressman from California since 2003; chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence 2015-2018; unrelenting Trump supporter. 

Paul Ryan, House Republican leader and Speaker, 2015-2018, who announced his pending resignation, putatively for family reasons, at the time of the initial furore over the search of Cohen's home and offices.

MAR 19, a brief saga: bequest

You can review more poems about 'Death and the Afterlife' in context on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE!

 For the purpose of this blog, a 'brief saga' is defined as a poem, usually narrative, but occasionally expository, that tell its story in at least 15 lines. Most commonly, the format involves three stanzas in limerick form, constituting a single submission to the online humor site 'Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form'. On the OEDILF site, rigorous standards for content and format proceed in a collaborative editing process that may take several weeks to over a year. 

  Generally, OEDILF has not been enormously welcoming of multi-verse submissions, but Giorgio Coniglio has persisted, and the OEDILF number for each accepted multiverse poem is shown here on the slide with its first verse. 

To access the next 'brief saga' on this blog, proceed to 'Anglo-Latin and -Greek'.

To access the most recent previous 'brief saga', back up to 'a gnat and a nit'

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

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.