Since 2016 Giorgio Coniglio, registered pseudonym and editor-in-chief, has been bundling collections of POETRY, WORDPLAY and PHOTOGRAPHY, seasoned with humour and parody, with the sole aim of entertaining YOU with presentations at the rate of 5 times per month. The related blog "DAILY ILLUSTRATED NONSENSE" sends out items from these collections in somewhat random order one-at-a-time.
Saturday, 25 March 2023
Monday, 20 March 2023
Wordplay maps: R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N-S in Canada (anagrams #13-16)
For more wordplay maps on this topic, click HERE.
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Wednesday, 15 March 2023
DEATH and the AFTERLIFE #2
previous poetic posts (#1)
cardiac arrest
decease in the crease
dining in Heaven
end-of-life care
garbage in Heaven
giving up the ghost
ghostbusters
heavenly pie
Authors' Note:
Friday, 10 March 2023
Grandpa Greg's Advanced Grammar: NEOLOGISMS, classic and personal
classic neologisms
Authors' Note: The disparaging term gobbledegook was first used in 1944 by a Texas politician named Maverick (scion of the original staunchly independent thinker). Its meaning — pompous, overinflated language — gave rise a few year later to the equivalent bafflegab. These expressions, employing repetition of sounds, have a musical and amusing quality, as do their venerable synonyms --hogwash, poppycock, balderdash, bunkum and tommyrot. (Only their close cousin claptrap (alternately clap-trap) -- would qualify as a reduplication).
Sunday, 5 March 2023
URBAN CONCERNS
Aged street trees
Break of day
Dog park
Elevator reluctance
In the distance
Old conservatory
Pre-stressed concrete
School districts and real estate
sunset reflected briefly 8:30 p.m., May 2023 building to east of downtown |
Authors' Note:
helluva: common undefined slang that has been used in 40 verses on OEDILF to date (2023); presumably a distortion of hell of a ...
Another true personal story, apart from taking liberties with the floor numbers. The author currently inhabits a rental unit across the building from the suite being gloriously renovated/demolished by 'Carl the contractor'. This situation accords with advice by a relative to 'try out the lifestyle change' to ease the transition from house to 'bungalow in the sky'.
The author concedes a lack of professional knowledge concerning this problem. Please consult a structural engineer.