BINOMIAL EXPRESSIONS, part #3

 

previously posted poems

(part #1 - December 5, 2021)

hale and hearty

hug and kiss

food and drink 

first and last

sin and redemption

down and out

betwixt and between

hem and haw

(part #2 - August 5, 2023) 

flotsam and jetsam

by hook or by crook

poop and scoop

bump and grind

birds and bees

flora and fauna

publish or perish

high and dry

CURRENT CONTENTS

Here and there

Echoic binomials (3 stanzas, a 'brief saga' )

Healthy, wealthy and wise (a trinomial)

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More to follow

(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.) 

 "Bigger and bigger" in the above collection exemplifies nicely the echoic binomial.

And, it doesn't take too much imagination to guess that the whole enterprise can be extended on occasion to three parallel words (nouns, verbs or adjective).

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Some musically inclined readers might enjoy a song for which Giorgio took the lyrics for the poem "Echoic Binomials", and adjusted them to fit with the melody of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?".  If interested, click here for "Again and Again". 

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