Meet the first poet laureate of Waffle House

Headed to a party this weekend?

Here’s a fun fact for you to break out when the conversation stalls: Waffle House has a poet laureate.

The bearer of that title, Georgia Tech poetry professor Karen Head, describes what the heck it actually means and how it came about in an interview with Atlanta magazine.

Head also explains how Waffle House is like poetry and shares a poem that takes place inside of one particular franchise in the article.