Good discussion of food here yesterday, so why not keep it going a little?
Let's haiku about the food you would never eat. For me, and I hate to incense some of my readers, but that list would include McDonald's Filet-O-Fish sandwich. Not so much because of the weird fish it is made out of, but because of my staunch opposition to the
"-O'-" construction in naming things.
So, here is mine:
My Mom was steadfast:
No blue Kool Pops for Oslers!
I think she was right.
Now it is your turn: Craft a decent haiku, of 5/7/5 syllablage, and you just might get your bio posted right here this coming Monday.
Jack in the Box and
ReplyDeleteBlue Rasberry, a flavor
found only in labs.
Tongue. Bitter Melon.
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Oh yeah - McRibs too.
I am wary of
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Dippin Dots=Chemdeath
Liver- Can't stand it
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Love it. Not for me!
Much to my regret
ReplyDeleteI cannot eat bananas
Taste, smell make me retch
nO Filet-O-Fish?
ReplyDeleteOreOs? CheeriOs? Ahh.
Agree on OleO.
I'll have to bow out
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Think of anything ....
Wasn’t told it was
ReplyDeleteThe business end of a bull.
Won’t eat it again.
Sweet scalloped tomatoes,
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I sit until tomorrow morn.
Mushy lima beans
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And, oh - brussels sprouts
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ReplyDeleteGreen jello with shrimp,
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Mandarin oranges.
Tomato Aspic
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Must be the texture
Sans prejudice,I
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Crown sweet with faux cream.
For,what is Cool Whip?
White nonesuch,with no cow? Merde!
Plump Cream tops all.
From my fingertip
You taste vanilla manna.
Cool Whip insults pie.
Chemo changes tastes
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a happy surprise
Chemo changes tastes
ReplyDeletea new yummy taste happens
a happy surprise