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# Garlic
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/garlic/
- Published: 2026-03-09T13:03:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:10:58.000Z
- Description: “Garlic,” bio-functionally-informed dating advice from a College Professor of Nutrition. written March 9, poem 068 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Garlic and Flowers in Aix-en-Provence," by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Dry Humor, Poems, Advice, College, Dating, Garlic, Happy, Health, March, Mothers, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

During orientation week  
of each college semester  
my mother the professor  
offers as life advice to  
the young adult students  
in her Nutrition classes   
a sole tip on dating:  
  
Find someone   
who loves you  
who also loves   
to eat garlic;  
Then, eat  
a lot of garlic  
together.  
  
Because, she says:  
You will both  
build healthy hearts  
and strong   
immune systems  
and perhaps   
prevent cancer  
— you'll definitely stink —  
and you'll live  
happily ever after.