The Art of Gentle Persuasion
Sharing a slice of life.18 total reviews
Comment from CrystieCookie999
This is humorous. And it makes me want pizza! I got a double meaning out of "Let's put our shoulders to the wheel" since a pizza is also wheel-shaped. It also reminds me of a hymn in a Mormon hymnbook at church. I think the line "now it's my turn to deliver a burn" also has a double meaning, since it could mean it was the speaker's turn to express an insult, or it was the speaker's turn to serve a hot slice of pizza, since that hot mozzarella cheese can burn if too hot. The speaker gets the last word in, with the last line. This would work as a comedic monologue, too!
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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This is humorous. And it makes me want pizza! I got a double meaning out of "Let's put our shoulders to the wheel" since a pizza is also wheel-shaped. It also reminds me of a hymn in a Mormon hymnbook at church. I think the line "now it's my turn to deliver a burn" also has a double meaning, since it could mean it was the speaker's turn to express an insult, or it was the speaker's turn to serve a hot slice of pizza, since that hot mozzarella cheese can burn if too hot. The speaker gets the last word in, with the last line. This would work as a comedic monologue, too!
Comment Written 23-Sep-2019
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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Thanks for your review - you win the pizza for noticing the wheel connection (shape of pizza plus that cutter thing) and the burn.
Comment from Darlene Franklin
And after all that argument, the pizza was cold and inedible . . . I'd guess the problem isn't the pizza but the wheel of life that keeps getting stabbed with a knife.
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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And after all that argument, the pizza was cold and inedible . . . I'd guess the problem isn't the pizza but the wheel of life that keeps getting stabbed with a knife.
Comment Written 23-Sep-2019
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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Exactly! Arguing is such a waste of time. Thanks for reviewing.
Comment from JudyE
Great punchline! That should shut 'em up. I suppose you know one should cut and the other choose. lol
Hope you're having a pleasant day there. We think we have a baby skink under the fridge but apart from that, everything is normal.
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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Great punchline! That should shut 'em up. I suppose you know one should cut and the other choose. lol
Hope you're having a pleasant day there. We think we have a baby skink under the fridge but apart from that, everything is normal.
Comment Written 23-Sep-2019
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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I hope the cheese burnt his chin... although after all that arguing the pizza was probably cold.
Cut about the wee skink! Probably not an ideal habitat though.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
There are more irate people in the world these days, on the roads rushing about with no time to spare and I come across them often in the supermarket or in the towns, time is money . . . I enjoyed your rant, now go and eat your Pizza Lisa, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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There are more irate people in the world these days, on the roads rushing about with no time to spare and I come across them often in the supermarket or in the towns, time is money . . . I enjoyed your rant, now go and eat your Pizza Lisa, love Dolly x
Comment Written 23-Sep-2019
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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I agree, people have no patience any more. All that arguing is pointless - the pizza is now cold!
Comment from Susan X Smith
This is a humorous poem which is set off appropriately by the image of a pizza and one half. The rhyme scheme within it works well. The last line is the most clever. Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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This is a humorous poem which is set off appropriately by the image of a pizza and one half. The rhyme scheme within it works well. The last line is the most clever. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 23-Sep-2019
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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All that stoopid arguing - the pizza got cold!
Thanks for your review.
Comment from Cindy Warren
Imagine arguing over a pizza! I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Their arguement seems so silly, but he said such mean things to her. I think I'd scream and run if I met this guy.
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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Imagine arguing over a pizza! I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Their arguement seems so silly, but he said such mean things to her. I think I'd scream and run if I met this guy.
Comment Written 23-Sep-2019
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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He sure is a jerk - lucky I don't know him. He deserves to eat alone and choke on his pizza! Which would be cold by then anyway.
Thanks for reviewing.
Comment from Gypsymooncat
If there's one thing I hate in the kitchen, it's cutting up pizza. I reeeaally hate it. I have pizza cutters, but they cut through and all the topping goes with 'em and I have to roll the damn things backwards and forwards...ah I really hate cutting pizza.
The poem was a real trip in kitchen bliss I have to say. I liked the rhyme scheme; that blending of internal rhyme and aabbasomethinge?!? Very interesting and worked well I reckon. But imagine fighting over pizza slices...or slices of life, as it were lol! I like a lot of small pieces myself, how about you? Did you lick the cheese off his chin by the way?!? Waste not, want not hahaha.
This was a very good poem that had me smiling all through it although I have to say, it made me hungry xoxoxo
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reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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If there's one thing I hate in the kitchen, it's cutting up pizza. I reeeaally hate it. I have pizza cutters, but they cut through and all the topping goes with 'em and I have to roll the damn things backwards and forwards...ah I really hate cutting pizza.
The poem was a real trip in kitchen bliss I have to say. I liked the rhyme scheme; that blending of internal rhyme and aabbasomethinge?!? Very interesting and worked well I reckon. But imagine fighting over pizza slices...or slices of life, as it were lol! I like a lot of small pieces myself, how about you? Did you lick the cheese off his chin by the way?!? Waste not, want not hahaha.
This was a very good poem that had me smiling all through it although I have to say, it made me hungry xoxoxo
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Comment Written 23-Sep-2019
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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Oh how I agree with you about cutting a pizza! It sticks to everything.
Luckily I do not have to share space with such an argumentative person. I hope the cheese on his chin burnt him, but the pizza was probably cold by then!
Comment from lyenochka
Hmm. I think I had a book by that title but I don't think it was "persuasion" but something more oxymoronic like "attack." No, it was "defense." Lol.
There's this pizza ad in which this couple is perpetually looking at pizza baking and she wants it all. So that's want comes to mind when I read your poem!
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reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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Hmm. I think I had a book by that title but I don't think it was "persuasion" but something more oxymoronic like "attack." No, it was "defense." Lol.
There's this pizza ad in which this couple is perpetually looking at pizza baking and she wants it all. So that's want comes to mind when I read your poem!
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Comment Written 23-Sep-2019
reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019
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The only solution to avoiding any argument is to get one each. Luckily I do not have to have this person in my house or dine with him.
