MAR 14, classic palindrome: no 'X' in Nixon

a) reprise from March 2020

MAR 14, classic palindrome: 'no X in Nixon'

Authors' Note: 

mike: short form for microphone, used more commonly for 'announcing', but sometimes used for 'denouncing' (condemning or attacking openly).

   Somehow, the misleading statement ‘No X in Nixon’ achieved the status of a famous palindrome. The astute analyst might realize that palindromes are inherently poor tools for orthography.

   On the other hand, here are three 'magical palindromes’ that provide correct spelling information:

No K in Nixon; no X in Nikon.

No C in iron; no R in icon.

No S in union. “No!”, in unison. 

You can review a collection of illustrated verses on this topic in a wider context by proceeding to 'Reversing Verse: Limericks About Classic Palindromes' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. 

 b) 

MAR 13, pandemic poetry: March sadness

 

a) reprise from March 2020: 

MAR 13, pandemic poetry: March Sadness

Authors' Note: Little enthusiasm among college basketball fans was invoked by substituting 'Mulch Madness' for the customary 'March Madness' televised marathon.

b) 

MAR 12, wordplay map: renamed US state capitals (western)

We presume that there are others out there who have found that the names of the US state capital cities are a chore to remember. So, here's a practical application of wordplay with anagrams!

We might eventually do the eastern US states, so stay tuned (but be patient).

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

MAR 11, defining opinion: hop

 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 10 (2024), singable satire: decaffeinated version sung by The Ink Spots -- "REFLUX ROMP"

 PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "Java Jive", The Ink Spots, 1940. 
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, January 2014, originally blog-posted January 10, 2014. Thanks to Steve McNie of Corktown Ukulele Jam / Toronto Ukes for providing chord charts and other help!

PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele (and guitar) chord-charts to help you accompany "Reflux Romp" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

REFLUX ROMP

(to the tune of "Java Jive")

Cope with Sanka, it's decaf

It cuts the acid burn down by half.

If you can't purge that Java-jive urge

Reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux.

Craving chilies cheery hot ?

Doc's got them jotted in the "ought not" slot!

Lesson you'll note in the back of your throat

Reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux.

I love wine while dining fine

Wait! a late dinner-date at eight or nine!

When I recline and that wine is supine

Reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux.

So hoist up the head of the stead of that bed

We'll slide out she said, bet we'll sled 'til we're dead.

A dose of Zantac whacks the acid.  Flaccid!

Function, function, G-E junction *.

Cope with Sanka, it's decaf

It cuts regurgitation down by half
If you can't purge that Java-jive urge
Reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux.

Coffee urn!   Gas burn!
Acid burn!  Can't learn.

You know I've no control, sell my soul
To spurn prohibitions to caffeine. 

Your tongue may be furred from refractory GERD *

Your breath, in a word can deter a whole herd.

Confer with surgeon - a well-trained one, famed one!

Sphincter sloppy, lap'roscopy!

Cope with Sanka, it's decaf
It cuts the acid burn down by half.
If you can't purge that Java-jive urge
Reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux, reflux !

*  Readers might want to review our lengthy (20-line) poem that explains the GE (gastro-esophageal junction) and GERD (gastro-esophageal reflux disease); click HERE ! 

MAR 9, trees: hearts-of-palm

 

a) reprise from March 2020

MAR 9, trees: hearts of palm

You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Uprooted Verse: 'Poems about Trees' on the full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". 

b) 

MAR 8, US Presidential: State of the Union 2024

 

MAR 7, W-I-P

 

b) 

MAR 6, geysers: Geysir, Iceland

 

a) reprise from March 2020

MAR 11, geysers: Geysir, Iceland

b) 

MAR 5, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#9,10)

 

a) reprise from February 2020

MAR 5, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#9,#10)

You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE! 

b)

MAR 4, magic palindromes, examples #11-15

a) reprise from March 2020 

MAR 4, magical palindromes: examples #11 to #15

You can become an expert fan of our wordplay concoction 'magical palindromes' by reviewing the explanatory material found in ancient days on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense", HERE.

If you are still interested, you could check how we applied this technique to 'canal palindromes' by viewing this more recent post.

b)

 

MAR 3, Carolina lowcountry: sunset excursion

 

a) reprise from March 2020:

MAR 3, Carolina lowcountry: sunset excursion

b)  

MAR 2, exotic destination: Labelle, Florida

 

a) reprise from March, 2020

MAR 2, exotic destination: LaBelle, Florida (swamp-cabbage festival)

photo courtesy of Uncommon Solutions

Other verses about 'Exotic Travel Destinations' can be found on our blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.                                               Click HERE.

b)

MAR 1 (2024), singable satire: "SIN and REDEMPTION" -- a traditional palindromic concoction

PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands", traditional spiritual, first published in 1927.

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, January 2014, subsequently upgraded. His bizarre terse poems on the same theme can be found HERE and HERE.

PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele (and guitar) chord-charts to help you accompany "SIN and REDEMPTION" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

SIN AND REDEMPTION

(to the tune of "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands")

The Palindromes taught us, "Dennis sinned"
Taught all the sisters "Dennis, Madam, sinned"
Taught us "Dennis lived as a devil sinned"
We're taught to know that "Dennis sinned". 

You've got to know that "Dennis and Edna sinned"
Yes, "Dennis, Nell, Edna and Ellen sinned"
"Dennis, Nell, Edna, Hannah and Ellen sinned"
You know that "Dennis and Edna sinned".

We're taught that "Dennis, Nora, Al, Aaron sinned"
"Dennis, Nell, Edna, Gert, Reg and Ellen sinned"
At "Dennis's Inn: Edna and Ennis sinned"
"Dennis' tennis sin-net sinned".

"Dennis, Nat's DNA and Stan? Sin, Ned"
"Dennis's sensuousness? Sin, Ned"
"Bed Noel, Otto, Leon, Deb"
"Dennis lived at a devil's inn, Ed".

Dennis "Evil did deliver, reviled did live",
But if everybody here would just forgive,
It could be "drawn onward" on the wind -- 
"Dennis never even sinned".

                           -------------

(Ed. Note)

Additional thoughts about the above lyrics for those so inclined:

Dennis, Enid and Nadine sinned.

Dennis, Eva, Dave sinned.

Dennis and Edna dined. Enid and Edna sinned.

Dennis, Rod, Enid and Edna dined or sinned.

Dennis and Ed, Nadine, Enid and Edna sinned.

Dennis and Ed, Nadine, Eva, Dave, Enid and Edna sinned.

FEB 29, views from the Carolina lowcountry

boardwalk at Shem Creek, Mt. Pleasant SC

Carolina anole, napping in our backyard

longleaf pine, re-establishing itself
on an old rice plantation

Carnival cruise

political perturbation

allee of moss-covered live oak trees,
 lining an old road at a rice plantation

pelican, skimming surface of the creek

a small boat tries to imitate the pelican