Tuesday 20 April 2021

APR 20 (2021), 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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Thursday 15 April 2021

CULINARY VERSE


CURRENT CONTENTS
Caponata 
Cretan salad
Gefilte fish
Gnudi
Gyozas
Santorini wines 
Peel 'm 'n eat 'm shrimp
Zucchini
Boiled peanuts (goober peas)
(southern) barbecue






 


































































RELATED VERSES:


lkimerick; French loanwords; bilingual wordplay; Giorgio Coniglio




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Saturday 10 April 2021

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. These arboreal posts also pick up on themes discussed in the earlier post "Sappy Verse", that has themes related to the Joyce Kilmer poem.










Leif's daily debris










































silver maple in Toronto park;
large broken-off limb





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


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