Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Baked Potato

To cook a baked potato
You need lots and lots of time – 
Enough to write a longer poem
Than this, and all in rhyme.

Mitch Hedberg,* in his deadpan way,
Joked with exaggeration – 
Toss a spud into the oven and
Just go off on vacation.

He may be right – I baked one,
Eighty minutes by the clock,
But my husband took a bite and it
Was harder than a rock!

*one of my favorite comedians

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Maurice Rigoler May 21, 2020 at 5:42 AM 80 minutes to oven bake a potato??? I wrap it in aluminum foil in 450° oven, it's done in less than an hour. Or I rub it with olive oil for a crispy peel. / M

Gershon Wolf May 20, 2020 at 8:47 PM Great idea about tossing a potato in the oven and going off on a vacation -- DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! lol. :) gw

Jan Allison May 20, 2020 at 3:07 PM I tend to just microwave them these days, love jacket potatoes especially sweet ones.. but nothing beats the smell and taste of one done in the embers of a bonfire like we used to do on bonfire night when I was small:-) hugs Jan xx

Rico Leffanta May 20, 2020 at 1:50 PM Well caught and scribed! Now plan your next trip to Eire, where there is a plethora of techniques of any and every way possible to transform a potato into something edible (or potable)! Aloha! Rico

Paul Callus May 20, 2020 at 8:42 AM This is a lovely sweet poem, Ilene, one I can read with a smile and relate to :) Take care...regards // paul

Tom Cunningham May 20, 2020 at 3:05 AM Ouch, and all the dentists are shut!

John Watt May 19, 2020 at 11:43 PM You'd think somebody would have invented a 3-minute microwave just for potatoes... how fun that you would reference a fave comedian's bit in your little spud ode. Of course, vacations these days amount to a walk around the park!

Caren Krutsinger May 19, 2020 at 9:34 PM Ilene your witty missive gave me a bit of joy and I thank you!

Robert L. Hinshaw May 19, 2020 at 6:57 PM Another fine example of your taking an ordinary subject and developing it into great wit! Thanks for your kind comment on the Clutter write. Our place looks like a museum with stuff accumulated over the years. My 2 daughters have no room for the stuff and I suspect Goodwill would have to expand if I tried to slough it off on them! Hunker down and stay safe - Bob