a) reprise from May 2020
A blogsite offering entertaining oddities since January 2020 at the rate of 30x/month. There are now over sixteen hundred posts in these four years. Images -- poetic, photographic, and computer-simulated -- 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.
May 24, 2024
MAY 24r, etymology: havoc / haven
May 23, 2024
MAY 23, photo-collage: Lishman's sculptures
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May 22, 2024
MAY 22, photo-collage: trumpeter swans at Lake Ontario
May 21, 2024
MAY 21r-, geysers: geyser guru
reprise from May 2020
MAY 21, geysers: geyser guru
May 20, 2024
MAY 20, submitted palindromes, targeted: "LISA BONET ATE NO BASIL"
May 19, 2024
MAY 19, poetic non-sequitur: almost kosher fare
Authors' Note:
fress: a Yiddish loanword for eating with vigor, whole-heartedly, as explained HERE
treif (TRAYF): Yiddish for foods expressly prohibited under the laws of Kahshrut, including pork and shellfish
kasher: synonym used in Israel and Sephardic venues elsewhere for the Ashkenazi word kosher; the regulations involving foodstuff are quite complex, and in addition to the prohibitions mandate separation of particular allowed sources, e.g. meat and dairy; kashery (noun and adjective) is the author's personal neologism.
It is suggested that those concerned about a particular eatery should consult their spiritual advisor.
Our collection of 'Non-Sequiturs' on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense", contains an unusual assortment of odds-and-ends, that don't quite fit into other topic-based offerings. But should you want to review the entire collection, click HERE.
May 18, 2024
MAY 18, postal places, USA: Fargo, ND
At one swell foop, you can review all our postal poems about intriguing places in the USA and Canada, by proceeding to the encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !
May 17, 2024
MAY 17, palinku (poetic novelty): denial #3
In this post, we continue with our novel form of poetic wordplay.
Inspired by Japanese haiku poetry, the "palinku" is a terse verse with a total of 17 syllables displayed on three lines. Unlike its earlier English-language forerunners, 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 (i.e. one that can be read either forwards or backwards).
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. Readers will note that we have been publishing verses of this type on the 17th of each month.
You can readily view all our verses of this type if you proceed with a single click to our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. (Or if you prefer, you can stay on this particular blogsite and look for the offerings for the 17th day of each month -- there are now more than 60 of these.)
May 16, 2024
MAY 16, poetic non-sequitur: horticultural
Author's Note:
May 15, 2024
May 14, 2024
MAY 14r-, portraits of couples (introduction)
reprise from May 2020
MAY 14, portraits of couples: Introduction (domestic turkeys)
Giorgio and I have decided, despite the limitations of the new COVID-19 lockdown regulations, to undertake a novel business venture -- family photographic portraiture.
May 13, 2024
MAY 13, photo-collage (Toronto oases): Toronto Islands
May 12, 2024
MAY 12r-, patients and their maladies: flu-like illness
reprise from 2020
MAY 12, patients and maladies: flu-like illness
May 11, 2024
MAY 11, ambulatory verse: slink
May 10, 2024
MAY 10, singable satire: more from Julie Andrews -- "JEUX-DE-MOTS, ENCORE"
PARODY-LYRICS, continuing from our prior blog-post of December 10, 2023.
Doré (do-RAY) -- means clothed in golden rays
May 9, 2024
MAY 9, submitted palindromes, targeted: "MA IS AS SELFLESS AS I AM."
May 8, 2024
MAY 8, chemical states (and provinces): imaginary, U.S.
You can view the collection of posts on this topic with this link to our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense" -- click HERE.
May 7, 2024
MAY 7, magical palindromes: examples #21 - #25
You can view our entire collection of these intriguing wordplay oddities, in a post on our blog "Edifying Nonsense", entitled Magical Palindromes: a compendium".
May 6, 2024
MAY 6, birdlore: Bloored birds
Yesterday on Toronto's Bloor Street ...
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.
May 5, 2024
MAY 5r-, American satire: pardoning 'Sheriff Joe'
reprise from May 2020
MAY 5, American satire: pardoning 'Sheriff Joe'
May 4, 2024
MAY 4r-, limerick variations: the multi-verse universe
a) reprise from 2020
MAY 4, limerick variations: the multi-verse universe
May 3, 2024
MAY 3, mammalian wildlife: marine mammal madness
May 2, 2024
MAY 2r, savoir-faire: French loanwords
reprise from 2020
MAY 2, savoir-faire: French loanwords
à propos: in regard
outré: inappropriately eccentric in behaviour or appearance, or exceeding the limits of propriety
sans doute (sahn DOOT): certainly, without doubt
paraph (PA-ruhf): confirmatory mark after a signature, derived more remotely from the French term paraphe
nonpareil: a paragon, one who has no equal
Although the word nonpareil has been used in English, often pronounced as non-pah-REHL, since the 16th century, one must adopt the snobbier French pronunciation (non-pah-RAY) for the verse to rhyme.
Despite its status as a longstanding valuable English descriptor, unique retains a Gallic sound, which is frankly ... unique.
You can review verses on this topic in a wider context on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Check the post 'Vers Francais: Savoir-Faire' by clicking HERE.