Your weekend homework challenge: write some school lunch/child nutrition act/nutrition haiku poetry. I’m a big fan of haiku (5-7-5) and I want to see what you “cook up” so have at it. Here are a couple of mine:
Ate school lunch today (5)
Swallowed and took a picture (7)
Better blog it now! (5)
Kids nutrition act (5)
It’s before Congress right now (7)
Let’s pass it ok? (5)
Lunchtime is so fun (5)
Then the food is on the tray (7)
Stomach says “oh dear!” (5)
Winter is coming (5)
My son likes tomato soup (7)
Perfect for the cold (5)
Lunch with Mrs. Q — Head on over there to share more haiku and ideas for reform. We had a nice chat with a small group of people last Sunday. With the holidays upon us, these two weekends in a row I will be unavailable, but we’ll set up a chat in December!
Lunchtime is so fun (5)
Then the food is on the tray (7)
Stomach says "oh dear!" (5)
Love that one!
Here is mine:
where did our food go
manufactured corn products
cannot feed our souls
I'm a lunch lady.
I serve bad food to children.
It makes me so sad.
🙁
CLAMCO – that's so sad!! How about an empowered lunch lady haiku?
Oh Mrs. Q. I work for a giant food service company and their main goal is to turn a profit. My only "power" is that I serve the children with a smile. They are the reason that I love my job. 🙂
Nothing says lunch like
A mad rush for sandwiches
And a milk carton
Did Andy Warhol
Reject spaghettios? When
He preferred the soup…
“Kids, for which meal was
Kimchi, rice, and fish-paste soup?”
“Breakfast, lunch, dinner…!”
Training on chopsticks
One dainty bite at a time
Korean children
Oh, ubiquity
Fruit of back-breaking labor:
Savior of the world.
Staple of the world
Oh, universality
Of empty white carbs
Breaded chicken parts
Mashed potatoes, corn, and roll
Math class food coma
I'm a lunch lady
Because I love the children
the food, not so much
Eat the food I sent
Please just trust me I'm your mom
Fresh food is in style
Love the fruits and vegetables
Stay away from all the sugary stuff
Celebrate foods that are fresh
hungry bellies roar
but not for more processed junk
these bellies want change
Mrs. Q, did you mean to set up a haiku forum at Lunch With Mrs. Q? I didn't see one so I posted some here:
Blog long and blog hard
You must expose the harsh truth
Do it for the kids
Poor salisbury steak
Soggy and sealed in your box
Only meal today
Grown-ups talk on blogs
I'm just a kid who hates lunch
Help her make them see
I can smell my lunch
What happened to my pizza?
Burned again today
Class is late for lunch
Big math test this afternoon
No time left to eat
Pop tarts before school
Rice Crispies treats with my lunch
How can I resist?
Mom and Dad love me
Always buy me Lunchables
I think I'm lucky
Hot dog for my lunch
I feel bad after eating
Teacher, my head hurts
Hey what's this bun for?
Must match something on my tray
I can't even guess
How many grains here
For the USDA count
Where's my abacus?
Bread tampon again?
Guess it goes with spaghetti
Who makes this stuff up?
@CLAMCO, these last 2 are for you-
Clamco loves all kids
Lunch lady has a good heart
Gives them best she can
Dressed up as a ghoul
Amazing costume to boot
Smile on every face
Kim – AWESOME!! They all look terrific!!
Love the haikus everyone! Happy weekend!!
Thanks Kim! 🙂
Kid at private school
They order out for pizza
Greasy but YUMMY!
Fresh vegetables
Not much in school lunch today
Students need broccoli!