American wordplay map: R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N V-O-T-E-R-S, #3

 

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APR 15 '24, Progress in Poetry: TERMINAL EXCLAMATIONS: final call #1

 This blogpost will give you more understanding and some helpful examples related to a type of  limerick-variation indulged in by the authors. To see the whole spectrum of our efforts, you might want to take the time to review "A Corner of the Poet's World: LIMERICK VARIATIONS".

CURRENT CONTENTS

ANYTHING BUT!

CAN'T COMPLAIN!

DON'T TOUCH!

EGAD!

HOLY MOLY!

I'M SOLD!

KA-POW!
KERPLUNK!

 Authors' Note: This verse with its three patrons and a blustering bartender would fit in with other verses in the collection "Bar-Fauna"

 Authors' Note: The fabric artist's work is discussed in a photo-collage HERE.

 Authors' Note: The author apologizes that the above verse conjures a nightmare of sado-masochistic behavior. It must be admitted, however, that the sensitive dominatrix and the vengeful masochist do not fit the stereotypes (see the relevant poem by SheilaB.) 

Also, from a poetic standpoint, as the verse incorporates an "extra" B-rhyming couplet in its middle, it would be classified as an internal limerrhoid rather than as a limerick. 

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

                                       

Authors' Note: Our protagonist, presumably a Canadian snowbird in the Carolina lowcountry, can take little comfort in the higher values of Fahrenheit than Celsius temperatures. The temperature is what it is; only the describing numbers differ, although they are precisely related. It is noted that below -40 degrees, the ascribed Celsius number is higher (but not warmer) than Fahrenheit.

The above verse was written on a brisk January morning when the temperature in degrees was -12C (10F) in Toronto, -10C (14F) in Atlanta, and 11C (52F) in Miami.

Authors' Note: 

Ka-pow! (variant kerpow!): comic-book type interjection for a noise emitted when a blow is landed in a fight (often involving a super-hero)

Line 6: occasionally used sixth line of a limerick, unheard of in the early days of the modality, finding some currency among modern authors. See our poem on "Addendum-icitis" HERE. 

The limericks written by Edward Lear and his contemporaries a century ago often included repetition of the poem's key word at the end of the final line.

Authors' Note: Kerplunk is an onomatopoeic expression for the sound produced as a non-buoyant object suddenly sinks below the watery surface.

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APR 10 '24: Collected "LIMERRHOIDS" (oversized limericks with C-rhyme extensions)

EXPLANATORY INTRODUCTION 

The contentious concept of extending limerick verses by adding a pair of C-line rhymes (and occasionally even D-line rhymes) to the standard A- and B-line rhymes was introduced by the prophetic work of apocryphal Irish limericist Seamus O'Malley, as discussed in a blogpost HERE. 

  To assist readers' further understanding of this issue, the extension results in an elegant non-standard 7-line verse, which we have called a "LIMERRHOID". One should take care, however, as not all 7-line limericks are the result of applying O'Malley's modification. Care must be taken not to confuse this process with the less rigorous addition of extra A- or B-rhyme lines, that result in a "Run-On Limerick".

  In that earlier post, we displayed our work on the limerrhoid as disciples of O'Malley. We used as illustrative examples 7-line verses entitled "Hoggishly", "Grift", "Helicobacter pylori" and "Edmond Hoyle", as well as 9-line verses entitled "Cleaning Services" and "The Hoarder". To our surprise, we  prevailed over skeptical critics and editors at the collaborative on-line website OEDILF (Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form), with progress through their rigorous editing process, and eventual publication.

   The outlines cumulated below allow you to see that we have followed up this earlier work with further verses characterized by having C-rhyme extension and generally 7 lines (occasionally 8 or 9) per stanza. The individual verses can be more readily seen, i.e. with larger font, and are accompanied by authors' notes as blog posts on the searchable companion blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense".  

More 7-line verses of the "limerrhoid"-type that have been recently concocted are grouped for you in another collection HERE.

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REVERSING VERSE: classic wordplay, palindromes #5

 

    This post is a continuation of 'CLASSIC BIDIRECTIONAL WORDPLAY', as posted on this blog on April 5, 2020 (palindromes#1), April 5, 2021 (palindromes#2), April 5, 2022 (palindromes#3), and April 5, 2023 (palindromes#4).  

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! 

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

(palindromes#3): h, h, h, h, h, h.

(palindromes#4):  Flee to me, remote elf. Gnu dung. Go hang a salami... Lonely Tylenol. Madam, I'm Adam. Mix a maxim. 

CURRENT CONTENTS (#5):

Mr. Owl ate my metal worm.

Never odd or even.
No 'D', no 'L' -- London.
No left felon.
No lemon, no melon.

No sir, prison.

Authors' Note: Apparently a few felons are politicians, and vice versa.

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