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.

NOV 20, CATALOG of DOGGEREL: Neighbourly POLITICAL PARODY ("The Prez says")

 

please see additional photos at the bottom of this post

1) Here's a list of links to collections of intriguing POEMS, usually accompanied by illustrations, on political satire that can be 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.

A Term of Endirement #1                    8

                                     #2                    8

                                    #3                    8

                                    #4                    8 + "The Dacha: Mar-a-Lago"

                                    

Prolongation              #1                     8

                                   #2                      8                         

                                   #3                      8  

Cabinet Confirmation                          9

Presidential Palinku                           10

Gun Control                                       7 + "Bipolar Illness"

SUMMARY OF POETRY-POSTS RELATED TO 'AMERICAN SATIRE': In these 10 collections, we have accumulated more than 80 of our poems, of length 3 to 10 lines each. Mulling over this assemblage of 400 lines of verse might be a good way to fill a dull winter evening. Join the party!  

2) Here's a list of links to SONG-LYRICS based on political satire 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. 

Ballad of Giuliani               "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"

Brennan's Tweet                "Let It Be"  

Get Me Roger Stone           "Heart of Gold"

Indiana Song                      "Annie's Song"

Jailhouse Now                    "In the Jailhouse Now"

Kooky Presidential Views   "Good King Wenceslas"

Rosenstein                          "Galveston"

Vlad Putin's Blogger           "The Frozen Logger"

3) Here's a list of links to WORDPLAY-DISPLAYS based on anagrams (letter scrambles) for key phrases dealing with US political issues, as  featured in posts in the archives of this blog -- "Edifying Nonsense".

Each of the enumerated posts consist of a collection of slides showing wordplay on a variety of topics; the number of posts is displayed for each topic-based collection.

A Very Stable Genius                          3 posts, over 300 anagrams

E-L-E-C-T-I-O-N F-R-A-U-D Contest    4 posts, over 200 anagrams

The Sister-Cities Anagram Initiative  1 post, 90 anagrams

flight of the kite

OCT 20, CATALOG of DOGGEREL: NATURAL WORLD / ENVIRONMENT ("Mother Nature's Voice")

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, U.P. !!!

tri-colored heron

tri-colored heron, immature

1) Here's a list of links to collections of intriguing POEMS, usually accompanied by illustrations, on nature and the environment that can be 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.

Amphibians                          8

Birdlore       #1                    8

                    #2                     8                         

                    #3                     2 + "Avian Digestion"; "Domestic Turkeys"

The Charleston garden           7

Garden intruders                 8

Geysers                                5

Insects      #1                       8

                  #2                      8 

                  #3                      3 + "Clothes Moths"

Invertebrates, other                      6

Mammalian wildlife #1        8

                                #2        8

                                 #3        7 + "Aegean Cat"

Planet-saving verse  #1       8

                                   #2       6 + "Walrus and Carpenter"

Reptiles                  #1         8

                                #2         8

                               #3         4

Trees    #1                          8

             #2                           6 + "Palmetto Trees"

Waterfowl     #1                  8

                      #2                   8

                      #3                  8

                       #4                  8

                       #5                  8 + "Cormorant Rookery"; "Life as a Loon" 

SUMMARY OF POETRY-POSTS RELATED TO NATURE/the ENVIRONMENT:

 In these 26 collections, we have accumulated 190 of our poems, of average length 6+ lines each, along with plenty of explanatory notes and illustrative photos; mulling over this assemblage of twelve hundred lines of doggerel 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 about nature and the environment 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. 

Carolina Winter Morning           "Carolina in the Morning"

Coach the Nestlings

                                                      "Teach Your Children"  

Dietary Notes                             "Mairzy Doats"

Downside                                    "Both Sides Now"

Global Roasting can be set aside      "Chestnuts Roasting ..."

Pen of Rabbits                            "Men of Harlech"

Polyvinyl for Millenia                  "Carolina in the Morning"

Red Basket Fungus                     "We Three Kings"

Star-Nosed Mole                         "Heart and Soul"

Three Bears in our Hot-Tub        "Three Coins in the Fountain" 

Tiptoe Through Ripe Berries       "Tiptoe through the Tulips"

View of Earth                               "Book of Love"

Yew-phoric                                  "Hot Blooded"

Zombie Cockroach                       "Boney Fingers"

3) Here's a list of links to PHOTO-COLLAGES dealing with nature and the environment, as  featured in posts in the archives of "Daily Edifying Nonsense". (Each "composite" displays 5-11 photos)

American white ibis

anoles in the Carolina suburbs

backyard broad-headed skinks

brown pelicans

bunnies on the trail

Canada geese

Carolina lowcountry miscellany

crepuscular rendez-vous

egrets (mixed) vying at the spillway

elephant seals: a peek

great blue herons at Toronto's Don Valley

great egrets, sunny Toronto afternoon

green anole pole-dancer 

mute swans

lowcountry hunting: action-photos of great egrets

photo-analysis: flight of the great blue heron

resurgent sea otters

snowy egrets

talking heads, avian, mammalian, and other

Swan Lake / Iris Gardens: tranquil views

Swan Lake / Iris Gardens: action photos

trumpeter swans

wildlife of the Carolina lowcountry (1 and 2)