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.
September 19, 2023
SEP 19, waterfowl: great egrets at a Toronto pond
September 18, 2023
SEP 18, savoir-faire --- corniches of Nice (DTb)
a) reprise from September 2020
SEP 18, savoir-faire: corniches (Nice)
b) Decorative Touches
Continuation from "Pictures at a Renovation -- finishing touches" (fabric artwork), September 12, 2023.
fabric art by R.C.H., presented with thanks
September 17, 2023
SEP 17, mammalian wildlife: verses about gnus
DOGGEREL-WRITING
A doggerel-writer, a keener,
By mean peers was judged coarse and obscener:
("From this site, you are banished!")
Wrote some winners, then vanished —
He'd committed a gross misdemeanour.
Here's our hope: We'll now cope, much serener.
Dr G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2023
Authors' Note: We are talking here about an open-forum collaborative website, so the reader will realize that there are only a few opportunities for misdemeanourship. A major one was apparently undertaken by the prolific writer in question, but he did leave behind some great five-liners, including this author's favorite — (originally published under the title 'depressing').
WORKING AT ZOOS
The work is depressing at zoos,
So I often go home with the blues.
And it's getting more bleak;
For example, last week,
We received really terrible gnus.
Workshop
September 16, 2023
SEP 16, chemical states (and provinces): eastern U.S.
September 15, 2023
SEP 15, exemplification: Donald Duck's malarkey
September 14, 2023
* SEP 14, Toronto ravines --- 'Brickworks' photocollages
reprise from 2020
SEP 14, Toronto ravines: Brickworks photocollages #1-#3
September 13, 2023
SEP 13, pill-poppin' poem: simethicone for abdominal bloating
September 12, 2023
SEP 12, "pictures at a renovation": finishing touches A
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September 11, 2023
SEP 11, patients and their maladies: hives (urticaria)
You can view collections of verses on this topic by proceeding to "Nurse-Verse: PATIENTS and their MALADIES" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!
September 10, 2023
* SEP 10, waterfowl -- gallinules
reprise from 2020
SEP 10, waterfowl: gallinules
You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.
September 9, 2023
SEP 9, higher connections: haredim
Authors' note:
Various groups of strictly Orthodox or haredi (khah-RAY-dee) Jews represent an expanding demographic in Israel, assembling in particular neighborhoods (such as the suburbs of Jerusalem) where they carry out their lifestyle, rejecting and disdaining the secular environment, preferring a world characterized by observance of laws derived from the Torah (Bible). Their traditional dress reflects the groups' roots in 19th century Ashkenazi religious communities in eastern Europe. The name (the plural noun form) originates from a biblical reference to those who tremble at the word of God.
With large families (averaging 7 children per woman), these groups made up 4% of Israeli citizens in 1980, and 13% in 2021.
September 8, 2023
SEP 8, poetic non-sequitur: Edmond Hoyle
There are few verifiable details of the early life of Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769). As a tutor in parlour games, he published A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist at the age of 70. Other books of rules followed, primarily involving card games, but also chess and probability theory. Hoyle died at age 97 in London, England, prior to the popularization of today's most common games such as poker and contract bridge.
September 7, 2023
SEP 7, defining opinion: hourly
September 6, 2023
* SEP 6, Toronto ravines -- Sherwood
reprise from 2020
SEP 6, Toronto ravines: Sherwood
September 5, 2023
SEP 5, painterly poetry: Picasso's blue period
September 4, 2023
September 3, 2023
SEP 3, Toronto ravines: Brickworks, floating islands (poem)
September 2, 2023
SEP 2, terminal (poetic) exclamation: OY, GEVALT!
Authors' Note:
trombenyk: Yiddish for a ne'er-do-well, often a braggartoy, gevalt (oy-guh-VAHLT): phrase borrowed from Yiddish; an exclamation expressing shock, surprise or disapproval
You can review our collection of poems on the topic of "Terminal Exclamation (Limerick Variations)" as it evolves on our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense"; click HERE.
September 1, 2023
SEP 1, palinku (poetic novelty): reliable transport
(Ed. note:) Verses of this ilk have continued to accumulate. You can view them all at one swoop if you proceed with a single click to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.
August 31, 2023
AUG 31, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#35,#36)
a) reprise from 2020
AUG 31, wordplay maps: new world palindromes(#35,#36)
You can view an encyclopedic collection of illustrated poems on this topic by proceeding to the post 'Poems about BIRDLIFE' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.
You can view an encyclopedic collection of illustrated poems on this topic by proceeding to the post 'Poems about BIRDLIFE' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.
August 30, 2023
August 29, 2023
AUG 29, defining opinion: envision
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.
August 28, 2023
AUG 28, palinku (poetic novelty): European capitals
August 27, 2023
* AUG 27, classic palindrome -- Zeus sees Suez (canal-pals)
reprise from 2020
AUG 27, classic palindromes: Zeus sees Suez
Related photo (2022):
an intrepid adventurer prepares his bicycle-packs for an arduous journey along the Erie Canal.
August 26, 2023
AUG 26, painterly poetry: Auvers-sur-Oise (van Gogh)
August 25, 2023
AUG 25, birdlore: tufted tit(mouse)
August 24, 2023
AUG 24, American satire (prolongation): grift
"Pardon me. When is the next available tee-off time? And by the way, would you like to purchase online a mugshot enhanced souvenir?"
Astute readers will have noticed that this extended verse, with seven lines, fulfils the criteria for being an "external limerrhoid". Click HERE to enjoy a post that explains and exemplifies this intriguing poetic variant.
We hope that you enjoyed this blogpost. You can find 40 more on this topic in 6 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!