Friday, October 26, 2012

Haiku Friday: Ham! (and bacon, and pork loin....)


Today I will be off at Hamline Law School, speaking at this symposium.

I'll be getting there at breakfast-time. At Hamline. Which means-- knowing me-- that I will be thinking about ham. (Yes, I have certain similarities to Winnie-the-Pooh).

So, I might as well just go ahead and haiku about ham, right?

Out of the oven
I wait like a hungry feline
For that first sweet piece.

Now it is your turn! Just make it roughly 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables and you will have earned the chance to get your bio here on Monday!

26 comments:

  1. An eternity
    is a ham and two people
    -Dorothy Parker.

    It took me five years
    To tolerate country ham
    Now I miss it. Sad.

    The old ladies said
    poppy seed dressing on ham
    biscuits was a sin,

    Only something a
    damn Yankee would serve. I am
    guilty as charged. Yum.

    Walking in the dorm
    Cafeteria, I picked
    out ham casserole.

    Embarrassed by my
    choice, I said in mock hick tones,
    "I got me some HAM."

    I thought I said it
    to my friend, but I spoke to a
    complete stranger. Oops.

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  2. Country ham biscuits
    bring a little Southern grace
    to any table.

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  3. New Christine8:41 AM

    Plaudits to the Rev
    And delightful witty wife
    A new table grace?

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  4. Meredith Tutterow9:52 AM

    Best thing at wedding
    Was the maple bacon stacked
    on platters. Classy.



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  5. People like pork stuffs
    Which they say most resembles...
    Human Meat - Creepy.

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  6. Nothing smells better:
    Forget those scented candles;
    fry up some bacon!

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  7. Sam Tutterow9:56 AM

    Extra bacon fat
    Makes everything taste better
    They dont need to know


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  8. Professor dear...I think you've just won your own contest. Although I do quite love Carrie's second and third,and humbly state that I would eat anything she put on a biscuit or off it.

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  9. Barrymore in a
    Maroon silk smoking jacket
    Seduced crowd with ham.

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  10. Ain't nothing taste good
    When your heart has been broken
    Well ... except bacon.

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  11. While on the B-Line,
    With an Outline for Hamline,
    Osler's thoughts wander Porcine.

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  12. Croque Monsieur - "Mister
    Sandwich." Whatever it's called,
    the French got it right.

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  13. Dorie put on cloves,
    Pineapple,cherries,mustard
    Back from church: hambrosia.

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  14. Ham sputtered skillet.
    Next two fresh eggs,and spuds
    Success imminent.

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  15. Anonymous8:56 PM

    Mission: Ice Cream Cake.
    Bonus: When Pigs Fly sample.
    Ooooo...Bacon Ice Cream?

    Yes. Chocolate chips,
    maple syrup, black pepper,
    Smooth bacon finish.

    But then...ouch... It's the
    Black pepper that packs a punch.
    Next time? Oreo.

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  16. Bacon, tenderloin,
    Sausages, chops, hocks, spare ribs...
    ...wait...what? Hamnesia.

    (Hamused? Hamazed? Credit to Renee for her hambidextous use of Hambrosia)

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  17. Jamón serrano,
    Vianda del cielo,
    Tapa ideal.

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  18. Okay,Buddy...I cannot top the elegance and gorgeous sensuous phrasology of poesia en Espanol. You are not playing fair,Senor Medievalist!!! Nevertheless...


    Grandma presided
    When ham and potato wed.
    Kitchen kids danced jigs.

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  19. Anonymous6:59 PM

    Renee: "Hambrosia"! Genius.

    Still, like a football team down by 28 in the fourth quarter, I must soldier on:

    Green eggs and ham? Damn!
    I will eat them from a can.
    (Psst. Please hold the eggs.)
    Bob

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  20. The Duchess of Briar Rose10:41 AM

    So,weary of sea,
    Ham did not flee Father's drunk,
    Naked form.But told,bold.

    Brothers walked backward
    So as not to see the snake
    Which gave them birth.

    Noah awakened,
    Chastened Ham. His curse made Ham
    Serve siblings--> War uncivil.

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  21. Mountain Daisy10:46 AM

    Of Loins of Pork

    There it sat bronzed and
    Succulent beside apples--
    Victor of growling.

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  22. Gammon salad with
    My tea,cornucopia
    For me.Cress,ham...see!

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  23. It was not ham,but
    Something other.Made of salt,
    Nightmares.Spam allure.

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  24. Lonesome George10:20 PM

    I was hungry and
    You fed me a ham sandwich,
    With cheese lace. Marvel.

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  25. Vetcheena Ya vas
    Lyoobloo.Tvoiya rozovaya
    Menya oslepeet.

    Take that,Spanish Medievalist!

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  26. Pork Sandburg11:08 PM

    Pork: whisper of air
    Between skin and salt sublime!
    Rind:too few of you!

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