REVERSING VERSE: classic wordplay, palindromes#7

 

    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), April 5, 2023 (palindromes#4), April 5, 2024 (palindromes#5), and April 5, 2025 (palindromes#6)

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.

(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.

(palindromes#6): No 'X' in Nixon. Racecar. Saw-and see-lines. Sex at noon taxes. Sex of foxes. Step on no pets. 

CURRENT CONTENTS (#7):

T. Eliot's toilet
To idiot:
Too hot to hoot
UFO tofu
Yreka bakery
Zeus sees Suez

Authors' Note:

Sir; a plan, if final — Paris.

  In December 2015, the United States, under President Barack Obama, became a part of the Paris Accord, an international convention to mitigate the effects of climate change by curtailing production of greenhouse gases.

  In June 2017, President Donald Trump, whose personal business depended in large part on the construction and operation of golf-resorts, proceeded to withdraw from the treaty.

  Immediately after his inauguration in January 2021, President Joe Biden took measures to rejoin the accord.

Click here to learn more about Yreka CA.

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

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Mar 30, 2026: EDITORIAL NOTICE

 

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Please verify our math  ...

 30 posts per month X 5 years (2020 - 2024)        =   1800 posts 

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STOP THE PRESSES! (breaking news!)

Readers will likely have read the notice that as of July  2025, "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" will be converted to archive-mode, i.e. some polishing of presented posts will go on in the background, but there will generally be much less brand-new material presented.  

Regrettably, for the same reasons, further regular posting of new material on the current topic-based blog ("Edifying Nonsense") will also be drawing to a close , with sporadic exceptions. There will be some polishing and rearranging going on in the background (we have a few 'postholes' to fill in). Hence, it may still be worth your while to return and explore, to satisfy your yearning for funky humor and erudition. Thanks for your indulgence!

As time goes on, our creative impulses will be directed primarily at the song-lyric blog "Silly Songs and Satire". It already offers almost 200 songs with parody-lyrics, and accompanying chord suggestions for stringed instruments such as ukulele. 

See y'all there! 

Anthropomorphic and Human BAR-FAUNA, third round

 

 This post is a continuation of 'BAR-FAUNA, as posted on this blog January 15, 2024 (part#1) and January 15, 2025 (round 2).

previous poetic posts

(first round): ark's bar, FUBAR/snafu), Gary the gator, Hamlet's ghostly dream, lack of enlightment, lizards' lair.

(second round): medical watering-hole, monster-bar, mule, organic bar, slyly, sober October.

CURRENT CONTENTS (#3)

Underground bar

Unscheduled flight (loon's)

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Meet Our Panel of Contributing Palindromists

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

Giorgio Coniglio

2 min read

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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!

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AUG 15 (2025), PATIENTS and their MALADIES, part #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 1, 2024 (part #4).

previous poetic posts
(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)
knee effusion, lichen sclerosis, male infertility, nervous bladder, -omas, pica.

CURRENT CONTENTS (#5)

polyps, colonic

rebuttal (needs to be made into slide)

vitreous detachment

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