Posts Tagged ‘Food Verse’
Thursday, December 10th, 2015
When I was a child (way, way, way before computers) I was fascinated by the Dewey Decimal System. How I loved perusing the sliding drawers of those beautiful wooden library cases! They were packed with tiny cards, key to my quest for the number that would lead me to a book’s aisle and shelf location.
So I feel compelled to celebrate Dewey Decimal Day with a limerick. (It’s observed each year on December 10th, in honor of the birthday of Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System.)
The U.S. librarian Dewey
Found our library book placement screwy.
“Shelve this system,” he said.
“Number topics instead!”
(So chop suey is near ratatouille.)
Note: Under this topical/numeric system, food books would generally fall into the 641 classification. Cooking and recipes would be 641.5, whereas “cooking specific kinds of composite dishes” would be 641.8.
Tags: Birthday Limerick, Books Humor, DDC, December Holidays, Dewey Decimal Classification System, Dewey Decimal Day, Dewey Decimal System, Food Verse, Library Humor, Library Poetry, Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey, Odd Holidays
Posted in Books, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Happy Dewey Decimal Day! (Limerick)
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
A pastry chef promised to can
All her plans to procure a nice tan,
Cuz fresh wrinkles appeared
Ev’ry day, which she feared
Came from baking like cake in a pan.
Happy National Pastry Day. (December 9)
Tags: Cakes Humor, December Holidays, Food Humor, Food Verse, National Pastry Day, Odd Holidays, Pastry Day, Pastry Humor, Sun Bathing Humor, Tanning Humor, Wrinkles Poem
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Happy National Pastry Day (Limerick)
Sunday, November 29th, 2015
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick using FLAKE at the end of Line 1 or Line 2 or Line 5. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here’s last week’s Limerick Of The Week Winner.)
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the Limerick of the Week Winner December 13th, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, December 12, at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my limerick:
A gal who was rather a flake
Always screwed up whatever she’d bake,
And whenever she’d try
To feed someone her pie,
Their response would be, “This takes the cake.”
Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same rhyme word and post it in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Baking Humor, Baking Limerick, Cakes Humor, Competition Limerick, Dessert Humor, Food Humor, Food Verse, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Pie Verse, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Food & Drink Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest | 114 Comments »
Sunday, November 1st, 2015
Halloween week I sampled some candy,
But stuff that I used to find dandy
Made me cringe with distaste.
Has aging laid waste
To my taste buds? I’d rather drink brandy.
Have the folks who make chocolate treats
Altered recipes, cheapened these sweets
Till they taste like debris?
Is it them? Is it me?
Either way, here come healthier eats.
Tags: Aging Humor & Verse, Candy Humor, Chocolate Poem, Food Verse, Halloween Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Limerick, October Holidays, Sugar Humor, Trick Or Treat Humor
Posted in Aging Humor & Verse, Food & Drink Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Holiday Humor, Limericks | Comments Off on What Have They Done To My Treats? (2-Verse Limerick)
Friday, October 30th, 2015
Halloween, when the teens come around,
They will surely be sugar-high bound.
Will they scarf up their treats
While they’re combing the streets?
Yes they’ll feast as the pavement they pound.
Tags: Candy Humor, Food Verse, Halloween Humor, October Holidays, Teens, Trick Or Treat Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks | Comments Off on Halloween Teens (Limerick)
Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Are bugs more nutritious than meat?
In a study on what we should eat,
The answer was “yes.”
I am bugged and confess
That I’d sooner eat peat or concrete.
Tags: Food Humor, Food Poem, Food Verse, Insect and Bug Humor, Insects, Research Limerick, Science Humor, Science Limerick, Scientific Studies, Scientific Study Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Science Humor | 2 Comments »
Friday, October 9th, 2015
Happy World Egg Day! (October 9)
On “World Egg Day” a Facebooker begs:
“Kindly stop cracking wise about eggs.”
I’ll concede we’ve been laying
Some eggs, but quit braying;
We aren’t yet down to the dregs.
Tags: Egg Humor, Food Humor, Food Verse, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, World Egg Day
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To “World Egg Day”
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick using SPILL at the end of Line 1 or Line 2 or Line 5. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here’s last week’s Limerick Of The Week Winner.)
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the Limerick of the Week Winner next Sunday, right before I post next week’s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my limerick:
A chef, upon spotting a spill
From a gin bottle, started to grill
All his washers and cooks,
Asking “Which of you crooks
Made this mess?” But his proof remained nil.
Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same rhyme word and post it in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Chef Humor, Competition Limerick, Food Humor, Food Verse, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Liquor Humor, Poetry & Prompts, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest | 63 Comments »
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing a limerick using LAND at the end of Line 1 or Line 2 or Line 5. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick Of The Week. (Here’s last week’s Limerick Of The Week Winner.)
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the Limerick of the Week Winner next Sunday, right before I post next week’s Limerick-Off. So that gives you a full week to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my limerick:
A consultant was hoping to land
A restaurant client whose brand
Had been tarnished by scandal;
Its chef was a vandal
Who went nuts when his cooking was panned.
Please feel free to write your own limerick using the same rhyme word and post it in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Chef Humor, Consultant Humor, Crime & Punishment Humor, Food Verse, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Poetry & Prompts, Restaurant Reviews & Humor, Tags: Competition Limerick, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Contests, Crime & Punishment Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest | 64 Comments »
Sunday, August 30th, 2015
Brace yourself! Tomorrow, August 31, is Eat Outside Day.
Although eating outside can be fun,
My enjoyment is quickly undone
By insects that join
To dine on one’s loin.
Just one bite, and I’ll bug out and run.
Tags: August Holidays, Eat Outside Day, Food Humor, Food Verse, Insect and Bug Humor, Insect Bites, Odd Holidays, Outdoor Activity Humor, Outdoors Humor, Picnic Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Insect Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Outdoors Humor | Comments Off on A Limerick To Help You Celebrate “Eat Outside Day” (August 31)
Thursday, August 27th, 2015
It’s National Banana Lovers Day, so here’s my requisite limerick:
The smell of bananas is vile.
Just one hit of them raises my bile.
They taste awful when green
And when ripened, obscene.
In essence, they stink up the aisle.
Tags: August Holidays, Banana Lovers Day, Bananas Limerick, Food Humor, Food Verse, Fruit Limerick, National Banana Lover's Day, Odd Holidays, Supermarket Aisles
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Shopping Humor | Comments Off on For National Banana Lover’s Day, A Limerick (August 27)
Thursday, May 21st, 2015
Holiday Tip (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I’m presenting a holiday tip.
No it’s not what you think. Get a grip!
It is Waitstaff Day. See?
And I’m sure you’ll agree
That those folks deserve more than this quip.
(National Waitstaff Day — May 21)
Tags: Food Humor, Food Verse, May Holidays, National Waiters and Waitresses Day, Odd Holidays, Waiter Verse, Waitstaff Day
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Restaurant Reviews & Humor | Comments Off on Holiday Tip (Limerick)
Thursday, January 15th, 2015
Attention Pyro-Gourmaniacs! Are you all ready for Hot And Spicy Food Day? (January 16)
Limerick Ode To Pyro-Gourmaniacs
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Since my taste favors flavors that hurt,
“It’s not spicy enough,” I’ll assert,
As I dive for the water,
Which worsens the slaughter;
Can’t save taste buds for sav’ry dessert.
Tags: Food Humor, Food Verse, Hot And Spicy Food Day, Hot Food, January Holidays, Odd Holidays, Pyro-Gourmaniacs
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Odd Holidays | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 17th, 2014
Limerick Ode To Homemade Bread Day
By Madeleine Begun Kane
It is Homemade Bread Day, but don’t make me.
Even future bread begs, “Please don’t bake me!”
I’m not good with a stove;
Don’t know clover, from clove.
In the kitchen my brain cells forsake me.
Tags: Bread, Bread Limerick, Food Humor, Food Verse, Homemade Bread Day, November Holidays, Odd Holidays
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To “Homemade Bread Day” (Nov. 17)
Friday, October 3rd, 2014
Limerick Ode To Holiday Fasters
By Madeleine Begun Kane
To those who are fasting right now,
It is best not to think about chow.
And I hope that this tip
Doesn’t strike you as flip:
Though it’s stressful, please don’t have a cow.
Tags: Eating Humor, Fasting Limerick, Fasts Humor, Food Verse, Holiday Fast Humor, Holiday Humor, Jewish Humor, Religion Humor, Yom Kippur
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Holiday Humor, Limericks, Religion Verse | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Holiday Fasters
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014
A Seattle Crime Report: A man walked into a KFC and hurled a round, yellow, $5.19 KFC-brand lemon cake at store employees. Then he walked out, without hitting any of the workers.
A Lemon Of A Crime (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear assaulter, I must ask you why
You went into a store and let fly
With a KFC cake.
That’s a half-baked mistake…
Cuz the weapon of choice is a pie.
Tags: Assault Poetry, Cake Humor, Crime & Punishment Humor, Food Verse, KFC Cake, KFC Humor, Lemon Cake, Pie Verse, Weapons
Posted in Crime & Punishment Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks | Comments Off on A Lemon Of A Crime (Limerick)
Monday, August 4th, 2014
Limerick Ode To Kale
By Madeleine Begun Kane
“Woe is me! There’s a shortage of kale,”
Bitter health nuts are starting to wail.
Seems there ain’t enough seeds
To meet all their needs.
Tell you what — I’ll my own kale curtail.
Tags: Food Humor, Food Verse, Health Nuts, Kale Humor, Vegans, Vegetable Humor, Vegetarians Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Limericks | 1 Comment »
Saturday, July 19th, 2014
Harvard students cook up another great idea: cake from a can.
Genius? Or Half-Baked? (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Kindly can any concept of cake
That you spray from a can and then bake.
Though I’m loath to be curt,
I’ll desert a dessert
That spews forth from a can. Won’t partake!
Tags: Baking Humor, Baking Limerick, Cake Humor, Food Verse, Inventions Poem, Patent Humor, Spray Cake
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks | Comments Off on Genius? Or Half-Baked? (Limerick)
Friday, July 18th, 2014
Would You Waste Your Bread On This?
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Are you burning for your photo
To appear on toasted bread?
Do you sense that such a portrait
Might just help you get ahead?
Well, a spanking new invention
May be just the thing you need:
There’s a selfie-making toaster.
Butter egos … and then feed.
Tags: Bread, Food Verse, Inventions, Inventions Poem, Patent Humor, Photography Humor, Selfies Humor, Toaster, Toaster Humor
Posted in Food & Drink Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks | 1 Comment »
