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One Book I Love: Food Hates You, Too

October 27, 2009 By Laura

Who could resist a title like Food Hates You, Too (Disney-Hyperion, 2009)? Not this picky eater! With poems and illustrations by Robert Weinstock, this collection shows off a wry, sly sense of humor. "Ferris-Wheeling" is one of my favorites in the book.

Ferris-Wheeling

Ferris-wheeling is appealing
when your stomach isn’t feeling
corndog-whirling, taffy twirling,
cotton-candy-heaving, hurling,
curling, swirling, kneeling, reeling,
that’s when it is most appealing.
Who is up for Ferris-wheeling?

–Robert Weinstock, all rights reserved

I also love one called "Recipe," but my favorite is "Mom." Picture a praying mantis knitting in a rocking chair in a spread that’s a spoof of Goodnight, Moon (there’s also a Warhol’s Campbell soup can homage and probably other artistic allusions that are going totally over my head).
 

Mom

I ate your father. Yes, it’s true.
That’s what we praying mantids do.
His last words to me were "Adieu.
If only I could eat you, too."

–Robert Weinstock, all rights reserved

I think Weinstock does short poems the best. Some of the longer ones, like the title poem and "Monday," don’t do so much for me. But what a fun, twisted collection overall!

Tagged With: poems, poetry books, Robert Weinstock

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