All Comments on 'The effect of dictionary on dinner'

A wonderful little package of a poem. S.O.

1) italics

2) repeating lines (subtle--not overdone)

3) selective capitalization

4) easy reading

5) surprising comparison

6) frickin aniseed bread

7) and "it"

--make this a fine poem.

Full of warmth and love. And I make it a point never to remind the person cooking my dinner how old they are. :D

One nitpick: should it be "but there is" since what follows in a single world?

Five.

Quite right ..... don't upset the cook! perfect little piece I can't fault it in any way

which, i have to admit, i didn't pick up on first read through as this all came together so perfectly, so easily, all i can say is how much i loved this write. it all feels ... well, ... right! and i am not about to apologise for this - added to favourites.

the opening allows us to hear the elderly voice by use of clever line breaks and the rep, while the younger voice then chirps in strongly though not harshly - shows respect but that youthful pushing forward to discover...

this whole write tastes of life, but these lines - i wish i could write this way. you make it look so easy.

It has a melody of something not-quite-green

growing along the rim of a petri dish,

and she'd just be Very Offended,

and serve her most famous soup

with neither salt nor the proper

aniseed bread.

you serve us a dish of colour, flavour, texture and sound, offered in a bowl of originality.

well, if poetry doesn't pan out, Dictionary (a different kind) writing will pay off:

sep-tua-gen-ar-i-an:

It has a melody of something not-quite-green

growing along the rim of a petri dish,

Loved it 100

I like this not just because it is a great poem but also because it is a nice window into your world. The final stanza is brilliant.