DEC 20, CATALOG of DOGGEREL: WORD-PAIRS, and COUPLES

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  1) Here's a list of links to collections of POEMS that honour word-pairs, as found in posts on this blog. The shorter 'terse verses' of 1 or 2 stanzas are enumerated; the titles of additional longer poems with 3 stanzas or more ('brief sagas') are noted specifically in this tabulation.

For the larger collections, grouped in multiple sets, you can follow further links at the bottom of the primary post to proceed from 'part #1' to the next set on that topic.

Binomial expressions #1          8

                                     #2           8

                                    #3          2 + "echoic binomials"     

(Re)duplications  #1                  8

                              #2                  7

SUMMARY OF POETRY POSTS RELATED TO WORD-PAIRS: In these 5 collections, we have accumulated more than 30 short poems on this topic, along with explanatory notes and illustrative photos. Mulling over this outpouring  might be a good way to fill a dull winter evening. Join the party!  

2) Here's a list of links to PARODY SONG-LYRICS based on word-pairs found in posts on our companion blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense".

 In some cases the original tune used for the song-base of the satire might not be obvious to the reader, so we have listed them all below. 

Pairs                                                "Words"(Beegees)

Alliterative Binomials #1,#2          "The Elements" (Tom Lehrer)

Rhyming Binomials #1,#2              "The Elements"

(Re)duplications Lesson, #1,#2     "The Elements"

Formulaic Pleonastic-Legalistic      "Supercalifragilistic ...)

      Doublets

3) Here's a link to a sequence of WORDPLAY-DISPLAYS about word-pairs,  as  featured on archived blog-posts on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense". Follow the links at the bottom of each post to progress on this journey.

Lexicon of word-pairs                                 23 slides

   (binomial phrases, reduplications, legal doublets)

4) Here's a list of links to photo-collages dealing with pairs (couples), as  featured in our archived blog-posts. (Each "composite" displays 6-11 photos)

Portraits of couples -- standard photos           5 composites 

Couples -- background-subtracted                  5 composites

Meet Our Panel of Contributing Palindromists

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

Giorgio Coniglio

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Nov 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.

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

inspirational phrases and creative writing proferred by palindrome contributor Sarah Palindrome

inspirational phrases and creative writing proferred by palindrome contributor Melonia

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

inspirational phrases and creative writing proferred by palindrome contributor Hal Lelujah

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.