Meet The Panel of Submitting Palindromists for the “Anals of Nonsense”

2 min readNov 29, 2025

(inner workings of the editorial office)

INTRODUCTION:

Following the birth of the “Anals of Nonsense” (more formally known as “Daily Illustrated Nonsense”), editors were struck by the frequency with which members of the writing public submitted unsolicited lists of palindromic phrases, apparently hoping for publication of this material. The vast majority of this doggerel was submitted by six rather prolific contributors, and we have offered each of them an honorary but reversible position as “Assistant Editor for Palindromes”. We spent some time tabulating their outpourings, and came up with these summaries that we hope will provide some insight into their predilections and their personalities.

writing sample by palindromist Don’s Ho — inspirational phrases and creative writing proferred by palindrome contributor Don’s Ho

writing sample by palindromist Sarah Palindrome — inspirational phrases and creative writing proferred by palindrome contributor Sarah Palindrome

writing sample by palindromist Melonia — inspirational phrases and creative writing proferred by palindrome contributor Melonia

writing sample by palindromist Ed, the Derailed Liar — inspirational phrases and creative writing proferred by palindrome contributor Ed, the Derailed Liar

writing sample by palindromist Hal Lelujah — inspirational phrases and creative writing proferred by palindrome contributor Hal Lelujah

writing sample by palindromist Terse Reverse — inspirational phrases and creative writing proferred by palindrome contributor Terse Reverse

In a more defined protocol, we have asked each of these contributors, at intervals, to respond to a particular classic palindrome. Medium readers will be among the first to see these astounding results — stay tuned!

GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR WEB-EXPLORERS:

To resume your review of the sequence of daily titillations on our related blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense", click HERE. Once you arrive, you can select your time frame of interest from the calendar-based listings at the bottom of the page, and check the daily offerings for any month from the start of 2020 until July 2025.

As of July 20, 2025, there are 2,000 unique entries available on the daily blog, displaying individual poems (often illustrated) and wordplay, but also with some photo-collages and parody song-lyrics.

Most of the key elements, such as this one, are also assembled here on "Edifying Nonsense" in topic-based collections.

The "Daily" format, a formidable mix of genres, also has the advantage of including song-lyrics, videos and other material that are not shown here on this topic-based blog.