VERSE for EXCURSIONS: Limericks about THE GREEK ISLES

WORDPLAY post #149 (sneak preview,  #4 in the collection "The Twelve Posts of Christmas" - see Dec 2nd through Dec 24th)
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, November 2018, based on travels in Greece in the autumn of 2017. The verses presented here have also been web-published at OEDILF.com, an online humour dictionary that has accumulated over 100,000 carefully edited limericks.

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Beach near harbour at Agios Giorgios, Heraklia

Learn more about this intriguing off-the-beaten-track island here. 

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A good historic perspective can be found in a 2011 article in Vinography:
 "Wine from the caldera: the incredible viticulture of Santorini"
Wikipedia discusses the Assyrtiko grape varietal here. 

MORE PHOTO-MEMORIES FROM SAILING THE CYCLADES

 

Fishing boats at Koufonisi

VERSATILE VERSE: Limericks about WRITING LIMERICKS*

WORDPLAY post #147
SATIRE COMPILED: Giorgio Coniglio, November 2018. Today's verses have been published at OEDILF.com, an online humour dictionary that has accumulated 100,000 carefully edited limericks. Thanks are due to OEDILF contributing-editor MikeAq who kindly supported this effort by agreeing to my linking to some of his verses. Please check out the links at the bottom of this post.

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Link to "Acrobat"

HOT LINKS TO "SONGS ABOUT LIMERICKS"
Dark Plans (Russian Hacking)
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Simple Twist of Verse
(Another) Simple Twist of Verse
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DISPERSING VERSE: Limericks about ANAGRAMS*

WORDPLAY post #142
SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, September 2018. The involved verses have been published, or remain under review at OEDILF.com, an online humour dictionary that has accumulated 100,000 carefully edited limericks. Thanks are due to OEDILF contributing-editor MikeAq who consented to providing a link for one of his verses on this topic.

SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post. 

By the way, to find more limericks, or any other search target on either of these 2 blogs, use the SEARCH-FUNCTION found at the top of the right-hand margin.

Copyright 2018 by MikeAq

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