TOURISTS' PALINDROMIC GUIDES; (introductory) CONCLUSION

WORDPLAY POST #197

The current offering represents a followup to a slew of recent map-art blogposts by Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and Dr. GH. 
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #1
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #2
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #3
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #4
and...
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #1
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #2
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #3
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #4

"A man, a plan, a canal - Panama"
Readers who are particularly interested in wordplay might also enjoy a fantastical discussion, set to music, on the development of this famous palindrome by Leigh Mercer, on our lyrics blog (SILLY SONGS and SATIRE)  ...
"Leigh Mercer's Palindrome Workshop" 

rêve: French for dream.

Tulsa, Oklahoma: a stop on U.S. 'Route 66', as mentioned in the eponymic jazz ballad. Click on Route 66 .

Amana: a religious community, the Pietists, founded this settlement in the state of Iowa in 1856. Click on Amana Colonies.

panama (Ecuadorian hat): a traditional brimmed straw hat of Ecuadorian origin, becoming popular worldwide at the beginning of the 20th century. Click on panama.

Act: The British North America Act paved the way for the  Confederation of Canada in 1867. Click on BNA Act.

And, if you still need a fix of more palindromic fun, go on to "Magical Canal Verses and Palindromes".

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CULINARY VERSE

CURRENT CONTENTS: 

Barbecue (southern)

Boiled peanuts (goober peas)

Caponata 
Cretan salad

Gefilte fish

Gnudi

Gyozas

Peel 'm 'n' eat 'm shrimp

Scouse

 Italian treats  (three verses- a 'brief saga')

 

Author's Note: The regional term for this traditional hearty stew rhynes wuth "house". In the UK, "blouse" is generally pronounced with a terminal "z" sound, but in the US, either the "z" or "s" may be heard.

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RELATED VERSE:

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FURTHER UPROOTED VERSE: More Poems About TREES

SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and Dr. GH, May 2019. Most of the verses presented here have  been published  at OEDILF.com, an online humour dictionary that has accumulated over 100,000 carefully edited limericks. 

WORDPLAY LINK: An earlier collection of illustrated poems on this theme was published as a wordplay post, "UPROOTED VERSE: LIMERICKS ABOUT TREES" HERE. 

previous poems posted (original collection)
aged street trees

apple trees

camphor laurels

cassias (cinnamon trees)

crepe myrtles

gnarling 

horsechestnut trees

CURRENT CONTENTS:

Norway maples #2 ('Leif')

Peach palms

Ponytail palms

Red mulberry trees

Sago palms

Silver maples

Palmetto trees (3 verses -- 'a brief saga')

Appletree (fabric art rendering)

Leif's daily debris

Authors' Note: re HEARTS-OF-PALM

  The domesticated form of the peach palm or palmito, offers an ecologically attractive solution to the puzzle of how to harvest the delicacy, hearts of palm. The young trees of this agriculturally superior species (farmed in Costa Rica, Brazil and other tropical Latin American countries), unlike closely related species, grow thornless and produce many suckers which can be harvested without harm to the main tree. 

  In contrast, the chief native of the USA, sabal palmetto or cabbage-palm, undergoes a lethal injury with harvesting.

silver maple in Toronto park;
large broken-off limb

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Fabric artwork kindly provided by Rebecca Hurwitz. Hotlink: beckyhurwitz.net;
And for more poetry and photos about fabric art, see Giorgio's prior post HERE.  

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REVERSING VERSE: classic wordplay, palindromes#2

 This post is a continuation of 'CLASSIC BIDIRECTIONAL WORDPLAY', as posted on this blog on April 5, 2020 (palindromes#1)

previous poetic posts

(palindromes#1): A dim 'No' from Ida. A man, a plan, a canal... A Santa at NASA. A Toyota's a Toyota. Able ere Elba. An igloo!Cool, Gina! 

CURRENT CONTENTS (#2):
Dennis sinned.
Do geese see God?
Dogma: I am God.
Drawn onward.
Emil's lime.

 

   

Authors' Note: 

patsy: slang for 'sucker' or 'gullible person'

Dem: American short-form for 'Democrats', referring either generally to adherents of the political party, or to elected officials

Don: short-form for 'Donald'; a respectful term of address for a Spanish or Italian nobleman; a leader of the Italian Cosa Nostra

D.C.: District of Columbia, often used in casual references to the American capital city, Washington

   This poem was written just after the publically broadcast hearings of the Intelligence Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives in the first impeachment of Donald Trump in November, 2019.

  Are we not drawn onward to new era? also represents a classic palindrome.

For more "classic palindromes", please proceed to the third bidirectional journey by clicking  HERE.

Egad, no bondage! and Egad, a bad age! are also found in lists of classic palindromic phrases.

Authors' Note: It is unclear why Max finds the maxim more worthy of indulgence than the tenet; the latter, it is noted is a palindrome. And so are Egad! an adage, and Mix a maxim, delightful phrases that may be found in lists of classic palindromes.

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