JUN 15 '25: PLANET-SAVING VERSE, folio #2, not before we need it

 

 This post is a continuation of the collection of poems 'PLANET-SAVING VERSE (not before we need it') as displayed on this blog June 15, 2024).

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

(first folio): beach foam, 'clean' coal, compostables, drought, enzootic ending.

CURRENT CONTENTS (#2)

Fur-farming

Invasive species

Koi (invasive fish)

Phosphate detergents

Shorebird Council.

Authors' Note: The Amur carp, Cyprinus rubrofuscus, is a long-lived freshwater fish native to extensive areas of Eastern Asia. Centered in the Niigata prefecture of Japan, breeders have taken advantage since 1820 of genetic variability in the color of fish-scales to produce variants in a variety of remarkable decorative colors that may be further enhanced by selection and cross-breeding. Nishikigoi ('brocaded carp'), less formally referred to as koi ('carp'), have been recently pursued further as a hobby and as a commercial interest in various Asian countries.

On every continent, koi populations have 'escaped' and become established as invasive intruders in freshwater ponds and streams (where their color eventually reverts to that of undomesticated Amur carp). As koi characteristically alter the environment, increasing the turbidity of freshwater bodies, native species have been displaced.

Authors' Note: 

Detergent is a Latin-derived term for a product that 'wipes away' dirt.

You might be interested to review our recent post about the dishwasher as a domestic appliance.

 An illustrated verse about a specific project to restore the shoreline can be found HERE. 

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JUN 10 '25, WATERFOWL, sixth flocking

 

    This post is a continuation of a collection of verses about WATERFOWL', as posted on this blog on June 10, 2020 (flocking#1), June 10, 2021 (flocking#2), June 10, 2022 (flocking#3), June 10, 2023 (flocking#4), and June 10, 2024 (flocking#5).

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

(flocking#1): American white ibis, anhinga, awkward great auk, birder, black-capped night heron, black skimmer. 

(flocking#2): brown pelican (Caribbean), brown pelican (revisited), Canada goose, double-crested cormorant, Egyptian goose, feral ducks. 

(flocking#3): flightless seabirds, gallinule (marsh hen), great blue heron, great egret, habitat, hooded merganser.

(flocking#4): juvenile night heron, laughing gull, little blue heron, loon, mallard duck, muscovy duck. 

(flocking#5): mute swan, oystercatcher, the "pelicatessen", pescatarian, roseate spoonbill, ruddy turnstone.

CURRENT CONTENTS (#6):
Seabird feeders
Snow Goose
Snowy Egrets
Swans
Tricolored (Louisiana) herons
Trumpeter swans

Bird-watchers, academic ornithologists, wordplay enthusiasts, wildlife photographers, Giorgio's relatives, and just everyday folks have united in their demand for still more illustrated doggerel on this topic!

For more illustrated poems about waterfowl, please proceed to the seventh flocking by clicking HERE.

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MAY 15 '25: Poetic NON-SEQUITURS, fourth grouping

 This blogpost is a continuation of 'POETIC NON-SEQUITURS, as posted on this blog May 15, 2022 (first grouping),  May 15, 2023 (second grouping), and May 15, 2024 (third grouping).

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

(first grouping): adolescence, almost Kosher, artistic weightlifting, bush plane, charity auction, close quarters. 

(second grouping): cumulative songs, demolition, dishwasher, doggy bag, epistaxis, ESL. 

(third grouping): far-flung family, gavel (judge's), gifted children, greeting (Spanish), ground down, having the audacity.

CURRENT CONTENTS (fourth grouping):
Hoggishly
Horticultural

Host and co-host
Hoyle, Edmond
Latitude (changes in)
Mallards at the swimming-pool

Authors' Note:

arrangement of florists: proposed collective noun for this occupational grouping.

Authors' Note: 

according to Hoyle: an idiom alluding to Edmond Hoyle's books as the ultimate authority on the rules of social games, particularly cardgames such as whist

There are few verifiable details of the early life of Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769). As a tutor in parlour games, he published A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist at the age of 70. Other books of rules followed, primarily involving card games, but also chess and probability theory. Hoyle died at age 97 in London, England, prior to the popularization of today's most common games such as poker and contract bridge. 

Authors' Note: The 1977 album Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett contained a song of the same title, as well as his most popular hit "Margaritaville".

With holiday season travel plans, and snowbirds' escapes to more appealing climes disrupted by the severe December weather in the winter of 2022, J.B.'s advice has more relevance. And the authors express gratitude to their female partner who has made arrangements for the appropriate seasonal migration.

These collections are arranged pretty much alphabetically. If you want to proceed to see the fifth grouping of poetic non-sequiturs, click HERE.

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APR 5, '25: REVERSING VERSE: classic wordplay, palindromes#6

    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 -- reserve), April 5, 2023 (palindromes#4), and April 5, 2024 (palindromes#5).

  

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

(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): z, z, z, z, z, z.

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

(palindromes#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.

CURRENT CONTENTS (#6):

No 'X' in 'Nixon'.

Racecar.

Saw- and see- lines.
Sex at noon taxes.
Sex of foxes.
Step on no pets.

Authors' Note: 

mike: short form for microphone, used more commonly for 'announcing', but sometimes used for 'denouncing' (condemning or attacking openly).

   Somehow, the misleading statement ‘No X in Nixon’ achieved the status of a famous palindrome. The astute analyst might realize that palindromes are inherently poor tools for orthography.

   On the other hand, here are three 'magical palindromes’ that provide correct spelling information:

No K in Nixon; no X in Nikon.

No C in iron; no R in icon.

No S in union. “No!”, in unison. 

Authors' Note: Embedded within the verse are eight palindromic phrases, each in italics and green font, separated from each other by semicolons.   This perseverating nonsense may be partly explained by the author having driven a 2002 Toyota Camry as his only automobile since 2009. That no car can compete for efficiency, value and longevity is embodied in the classic palindromic phrase A Toyota's a Toyota (see the linked previous post for further discussion.)

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

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

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MAR 10 '25, The frontier of doggerel: PALINKUs (palindrome-enriched haiku verses) from 2024

A continuation of our previous posts summarizing the introductory phase of this new poetic concoction....

Go back to review palinkus from the year 2020 by clicking HERE, and the for the year 2021 by clicking HERE.

prior posted poems (2023)

denial

drinks

ethics

European capitals

family life

meat-eating

pets

reliable transport

restaurants #2

reversal

schoolboy humor #2

sweet treats #2

CURRENT CONTENTS (2024, January to August) 

denial #2

denial #3

diapers

London (UK and ON)

lust deferred

Paris (France and ON)

precepts

restaurants #3

veggies #2

You can continue this astounding journey, exploring our new poetic form. Click below for novel applications of the palinku format:

spelling with palinkus (2022)

presidential palinkus (2024)

 Alternatively, you could proceed to our related blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense", where we have in a more casual manner, published these terse verses one-at-a-time, usually on the 17th day of each month. 

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