NOV 5 (2025): CREATIVE ANACHRONISMS [5]

CURRENT CONTENTS:
Dawning of history

Anachronistically

Hippocratic oath

Heavenly host

Herbicide (3 stanzas, a 'brief saga')

Authors' Note: When writers distort historic timelines intentionally or inadvertently in concocting their plots, they are said to write anachronistically.

Most of the above-mentioned Roman poets have also been discussed individually elsewhere on the OEDILF site. Many of these figures have had their true Latin names altered considerably to fit our Anglo-Latin construct. Apparently, however, none of these authors adopted the limerick format in their poetry.

Authors' Note: The origins of the Hippocratic Oath, as discussed in the above verse, join several others by the authors under the rubric "creative anachronism". Although little is known of classic Greek office routines, there is no confirmation that clerks transcribed dictated medical reports during that epoch. One has to wait to the modern era for the invention of the typo.

Hippocrates of Kos was putatively the author of many texts (the Hippocratic Corpus) deriving from the school of medicine on his native island, one of two that thrived in Greece during its classical period. Surviving writings describe early concepts of diseases, symptoms and treatments. Among these were comments on the humanistic basis of medical practice that were formalized centuries later into the assertion of medical ethics and professionalism that we know today.   

Authors' Note: A number of religions tell of an epic battle staged in Heaven involving an army of angels that resulted in the casting out of Satan (or equivalent) and his followers. The governance, duties, activities and whereabouts of the Heavenly Host in the ensuing epoch is seldom mentioned.

The author apologizes for any apparent error in his account, but points out that he is a true disbeliever.

Note that the three 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 "HERBICIDES" by proceeding to our blog "Silly Songs and Satire". Click HERE.

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NOV 5 (2025): CURTAINED VERSE, part #2 [5]

previously posted poems (original offerings, July 5 2020):

(screens #1): adultery, braless, business agenda, buoy and gull, the clench, come and go

CURRENT CONTENTS (#2 -- November 5, 2025)

Complimentarily

Florid

Foul-mouthed Phil

Ho- (Give it a go)

Horny rhino

Medieval challenge

Octogenarian love-life

Orchestral pecking-order

Robin red-breast

Strobilus

WARNING: The following verses may not be suitable for all ages. Those under 12 or over 82 are advised to read the following content only with the permission and supervision of an adult family member.  

Author's Note:  The authors have observed exuberant springtime spread of duckweed, an aqueous plant that superficially resembles an algal bloom, but is in fact beneficial in controlling pollutants.

The resultant marked increase in opacity of the pondwater's surface doesn't seem to bother dabbling fowl like ducks, whose omnivorous eating is targeted primarily at vegetable matter. Night herons, on the other hand, eat a diet of various small creatures, aquatic and terrestrial, ambushing them while standing near the edge of the water. I presume that a dense cover of duckweed would complicate attempts by Phil (as well as his colleagues, although he tends to hunt alone) to grab a meal of small fish (fries or minnows), if he was so motivated.  

OCT 15 (2025): REDUPLICATIONS, claptrap #3 [3]

    This post represents the continuation of a collection of verses about the grammatical device, REDUPLICATIONS, as displayed on this blog on October 15, #2023 (claptrap #1), and October 15, 2024 (claptrap #2).

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

(claptrap #1): cootchie-(cootchie-)coo, claptrap, dilly-dally, fuddle-duddle, fuddy-duddy.  

(claptrap #2): hanky-panky, harum-scarum, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hilbilly. 

 

CURRENT CONTENTS: (#3 -- October 15, 2025) 
Hobos
Hocus-pocus
Hodge-podge

OCT 10 (2025): English survey course, part #3 [3]

  This post is a continuation of the collection of poems 'English Survey Course' as displayed on this blog October 10, 2024 (part #1).

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

(part #1): pass/fail, Hamlet Prince of Denmark, La Belle Dame sans Merci, The Raven, Diary of Samuel Pepys.

CURRENT CONTENTS (#2 -- Oct 10, 2025)

"A Connecticut Yankee"

"Jabberwocky"

"Paradise Lost"

Authors' Note:  The concept for a classic literary satire began in 1884 when author Mark Twain (real name Samuel Clemens) read Le Morte d'Arthur (the Death of Arthur) by Sir Thomas Mallory, a classic romance about the knights of the Round Table. 

  In Twain’s fictional account, published 1889, action unfolds when Hank, a 19th century munitions-factory mechanic, awakens from a head injury to find himself amidst the sorcerers and knights at Camelot. As he rises to high rank in medieval society through manipulation of modern technology, he becomes known simply as "Boss".

Authors' Note: The noun-form of the adjective essential, used almost exclusively in the plural, exemplifies pluralia tantum, and indicates what is truly needed (Credentials, similarly, is an example of that grammatical curiosity).

Paradise Lost, the epic poem about the Fall of Man and the Garden of Eden, by 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). is contained in twelve books. Its review by young literature students is aided by student guides such as Cliff's Notes.

 

Authors' Note: The noun-form of the adjective essential, used almost exclusively in the plural, exemplifies pluralia tantum, and indicates what is truly needed (Credentials, similarly, is an example of that grammatical curiosity).

Paradise Lost, the epic poem about the Fall of Man and the Garden of Eden, by 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). is contained in twelve books. Its review by young literature students is aided by student guides such as Cliff's Notes.

OCT 5 (2025): True-and-Faux photos -- PORTRAITS of COUPLES, #5

prior posts (1st group)

Introduction 

domestic turkeys

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Adam and Eve

armadillos
Aurora and Cephalus

basset hounds

black swans

black-crowned night herons

black-necked swans 

broad-headed skinks

bros 

prior posts - (2nd group)

Canada geese

chickens

dogpark figures

domestic geese 1(Paris) 

domestic geese 2(Toronto) 

emus

family - Canada geese

feral domestic ducks 

frogs 

prior posts - (3rd group)

gemsboks

g(i)roomed dogs

goats

gorillas 

gulls (European herring)
Harris hawks
hippos 
horses 
house finches 

prior posts - (4th group)

llamas 
loons 

mallard ducks

mounted police

mute swans

pelicans 

pigeons 

pigs

sanderlings 

CURRENT CONTENTS (#5 -- Feb 10, 2024)

sheep 

skeletal personalities

toucans 

trumpeter swans

turtles (red sliders)  

white ibis 

wild turkeys

wood ducks 

Authors' Note:  The above slide, displaying two male domestic turkeys in the state of Connecticut, honors the LGBT community. The other couples portrayed here are heterosexual, as far as the editors can determine.

Editors' Note (on behalf of True-and-Faux Photos): For now, this post concludes our folio of photos of couples. We hope that you have enjoyed it, and will set up a photo-shoot so that we can help you to honor your life-partnership. In the meanwhile, you might consider whether a new technical twist,  background-subtracted rendering might be appropriate for your needs. 

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