AUG 15 (2025): PATIENTS and their MALADIES, part #5 [5]

 

 This post is a continuation of 'PATIENTS and their MALADIES, as posted on this blog August 15, 2021 (part#1),  August 15, 2022 (part #2),  August 15, 2023 (part #3), and August 15, 2024 (part #4).

previous poetic posts (Note that captions are available for poems displayed on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" as of 2024).

(part#1): amblyopia, bph (benign prostatic hypertrophy), brain symptoms (post-concussion), common cold, Conn's syndrome (aldosterone excess), claudication.

(part#2): diabetes insipidus, dyspareunia, eye discharge, flu-like symptoms, ganglion cysts, gluten sensitivity.

(part #3): Graves disease, gynophobia, hemorrhoids, hemiplegia, hives, hoarding disorder.

(part #4): hemiplegia, hives, hoarding disorder, knee effusion, lichen sclerosus.   

CURRENT CONTENTS (#5)
male infertility

nervous bladder

-OMAs

pica

polyps, colonic

Authors' Note:  In medical parlance, ejaculate is pronounced differently as noun (n.) or verb (v.) As a patient in the process of fertility testing, you will undoubtedly be asked to contribute (v.) a sample (n.), to assess sperm quality and cell count.

Authors' Note:   Well, yes.

  With advancing age, life becomes a minefield of unexpected diseases; for several of these, the suffix -oma, implying growth or swelling, is used although an underlying neoplastic process is not present.

  In the elderly, subdural hematomas or intracranial bleeds (within the envelope of membranes surrounding the brain) may occur with minimal trauma or even spontaneously, particularly if anticoagulants have been used. 

  The patchy process of atherosclerosis may involves the left main coronary artery or its major division, the left anterior descending artery. In such cases, sudden clotting with blockage of the artery may occur at the site of atheroma, and cause a severe heart attack with cardiac arrest, a major cause of sudden death in the middle-aged and elderly population.

  This verse is a companion piece to others by the author dealing with malignant tumors and benign tumors; these are found in the collection of 'Oncologic Verses'.

poetry lyrics:/ Prudence, pregnant got into the mood/ Where she craved

 some bizarre forms of food./ Crudely nibbling on plywood/ She proclaimed,

"this is dry wood;/ It's much better (so good!) when unglued." 

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AUG 10 (2025): CANADIANA #6 [6]

 

Following on with our penchant for all things Canadian, this post is a continuation of a collection of verses displayed here on August 10, 2020 (national anthems #1), August 10, 2021 (national anthems #2), August 10, 2022 (national anthems #3), August 10, 2023 (national anthems #4), and August 10, 2024 (national anthems #5).

previous poetic posts (Note that captions are available for poems displayed on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" as of 2024).

(national anthems #1): Canadian spellings, speech borrowings, Canadian weather, Toronto/Buffalonian.

(national anthems #2): compassionate use, overwintering waterfowl, seniors hockey, joual, Canadian moose.

(national anthems #3): Kim Jong Un's visit, snow-biota, Canadian Thanksgiving, Haida Gwaii, prairie home.

(national anthems #4): Mounties, Nanaimo bars, founding cultures, crept and leapt, Newfoundland potato famine.

(national anthems #5): z,z,z,z,z.

CURRENT CONTENTS: (#6) 

Nanaimo bars

Founding cultures (Canadian origins)

Crept and leapt

Don-tinental unification -- 'fifty-first'

Newfoundland potato famine (3 stanzas, a 'brief saga')

Chemainus, BC (6 stanzas,  'brief saga')

related sagas -- Canada ("national verse")

Authors' Note:  The Canadian author regrets the unapologetic tone of this diatribe (see borrow). He does point out, however, that the verse constitutes a trio of timely diplomatic nonsense along with Panama Canal Zone and Greenland.

AUG 5 (2025): BINOMIAL EXPRESSIONS, fourth set of examples [4]

 

   This post is a continuation of a collection of verses dealing with the grammatic device of 'BINOMIALS' derived from individual poems posted on 'Daily Illustrated Nonsense'. These collections, usually involving six entities each, have been grouped for display here on August 5, 2022 (first set of examples), August 5, 2023 (second set), and August 5, 2024 (third set). 

Editors' Note:  Before proceeding to these displays of short verses, readers might benefit from reviewing an earlier post entitled Edification about Word-Pairs: "The Binomials", A Linguistic Lesson.

titles of previous poetic posts (Note that captions are available for poems displayed on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" as of 2024).

(first set): betwixt and between, bigger and bigger, birds and bees, bump and grind, by hook or by crook, down and out.  

(second set): far and wide (hives), first and last, flora and fauna, flotsam and jetsam, food and drink, hale and hearty.

(third set): hem and haw, here and there, high and dry, hug and kiss, poop and scoop,  publish or perish.

CURRENT CONTENTS (#4)

Right or wrong

Sin and redemption

Echoic binomials (3 stanzas, a 'brief saga')

Healthy, wealthy and wise (a trinomial)

Note that the four stanzas of this "brief saga" can be found in more readily legible format on the blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense"; click HERE . 

And as a later development, we put words to music. You can now sing along with the song "Echoic Binomials" by proceeding to our song-blog "Silly Songs and Satire". Click HERE.

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As of March, 2026, 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 these key elements of our work are assembled here on "Edifying Nonsense" in topic-based collections.

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