Spaghetti and Waffles
by Laurie Kolp
He told me I was slurpy spaghetti
that my thoughts
wiggled and jiggled and whirled
connecting
without beginning or end
filled with saucy spicy emotions
a predictable trend--
S h i
p g e t
a t
I said he was a square waffle
with ideas compartmentalized
cut and dry, nothing special
sticky syrupy thickness like
his hardhead ever refusing to
budge; square waffle- - blah.
*Although I have never read the book, a friend shared the concept with me one day over ice cream.
Men are Like Waffles, Women are Like Spaghetti
By Bill and Pam Farrel
18 comments:
Men do waffle, don't they! Good fun.
I rather think that I'm more spaghetti than waffle, male status notwithstanding. Must be all the time I spend with the playground mums when I'm doing the school run!
Love the concept! Men are like waffles, ha! Good fun.
Pamela
I love it! Very clever with a bit of truth tucked inside.
Clever and fun!
I love this one! This is so funny and also kinda pulled me into thinking about the whole left brained, right brained thing!
Thank you!
oh, ourselves as food! how lovely! i am not sure i'd want to know what food metaphor is right for me, though! yikes!
what a fun piece!
That was great fun. An apt, clever description.
Awesome concept, extra awesome formatting :)
I think I'm neither waffle nor spaghetti. More the cake that never turns out the same way twice.
I like what you've done here, especially the poem's shape.
I like the conversation and the structure. Fun.
haha :-) Good one, Laurie.
Great layout in the middle and there is a sing-song quality to this. Read it out loud and see...
Well played.
Love your response to the Food prompt, the words and the form - I think my favourite so far. I would so much rather be spaghetti than waffles in these terms. But, the Farrels obviously never sampled my mom's to-die-for waffles, rich and delicious, cooked in a cast-iron waffle iron that makes a large round waffle with five heart-shaped segments, and served with fruit in season and a white sauce...
I never would have thought of it that way! What fun, and how clever of you!
The set on the page is wonderful, too!
I love how you set it on the page, too!
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