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Barista Blues
I lost my girl to a barista
He’s taken all I’d got
Wrote her name on her cup, then he kissed her
While she necked an espresso shot
I thought that I could trust her
But this is no minor affliction
Her love for the bean’s robusta
It’s a terminal addiction
I’m a has bean on the cafe scene
You could say at this juncture
Since I lost my Costa Coffee Queen
My Nespresso capsule’s punctured
Wednesday 22nd May 2024 11:11 am
Coffee the face
Some days, all it takes is one cup
Hot, cold, black or milky
I just need it direct to the face
I'll need some space
I don't have time to unwind
Read a book, unfurl the mind
Hot, cold, black or milky
I just want it direct to the face
I call them the beans of life
Ground or granuled, they relieve my strife
Hot, cold, black or milky
It's the only way to live
...Monday 22nd April 2024 9:25 am
A Few More Lines?
Pointless complication edited out!
More tea, Vicar?
Or anyone fer coffee?
What, to Braintree?
Oh no, darling, I mean there were three
Of wee
And now there bee
Just two of wee
Thee on’ mee
I’ve counted wee
Ever so preciselee
Just mee on’ thee
Tee hee hee hee!
Ah t’wasn’t mee
My dear mumee
That must bee
Young Jimee
Our absentee
Out of his t...
Tuesday 13th December 2022 11:00 am
Morning Sip
Beep, beep, beep
The alarm goes
Creaakkkkkk
The bed goes
Pop, snap, crack
The person goes
Drip, drip, drop
The coffee goes
Sip, breath in, ahhh
The person goes
This is the
Morning Sip
Monday 20th December 2021 5:06 pm
coffee and me
coffee, me, and no one around
I listen to me, I talk to me, decide life
we imagine, dream, fantasize
some of that is said out loud
some added to my notes
some sent out into the universe
every sip brings me back to earth
and then we go again
Monday 6th April 2020 4:10 pm
Interminable Questions and the Invariable Dimensions of Certain Coffees
I don’t like answering a lot of questions.
Like when I go to Starbucks and order a
flat white, and the cashier asks what size
I want, and I say there is only one size of
flat white, pointing at the menu, but the
cashier says, no sir, you can have whatever
size you want, and I say, yes, but any other
size is not a flat white, is it? It’s just some
milk with coffee in it, and the barista i...
Saturday 30th November 2019 11:05 am
Before the World Wakes Up
unlocked of chains each morning
my mind is freshly out of it's shower
soaked all night in spinal fluid
let's dry off with a cup of sunrise coffee
cat whines and yelps for crunch
this day starts off with the fading feelings
leftover from the distancing of my fresh dream
my subconcious slipping away
but here I hold a string I left there
if I could only pull mysel...
Sunday 28th July 2019 2:02 pm
Autumn Thoughts
Black steel
curling wrought iron
balustrade
Beneath me
coffee steam
and noise
rise
and a poet
sits talking
animatedly
his foot jiggling
as he gesticulates
outside
autumn sun
shines on wet roofs
and casts
tree shadows
on house walls
outside
the sea is rising
while
London sinks
Sunday 7th October 2018 9:41 am
Ode to Coffee
Bitter sweet,
Morning treat,
Brims a sturdy cup.
Wakes tired eyes,
Tells the body lies,
Leaves a heart rate speeding up.
Friday 21st September 2018 12:47 pm
I feel awkward without coffee
I feel awkward without coffee
like chasing pert sylvans round Helicon's hills
constant under Urania's dissapproving eye.
Makes one want to get deep into the wood with goat footed pan
erection flailing wild for Bacchus rites.
Or better yet to smash skulls for the ruby juice
thick Teutonic forest leaning close.
Friday 3rd August 2018 1:08 am
C#1
It is a meeting place, this coffee house of ours
The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed,
And it is popular with everyone.
Its tables and the chairs are a mixture of styles and ages:
Metal or wood or comfy arm chairs, and benches
They must have come from an auction!
There is a full bookcase half way up the stairs
There are newspapers in a rack
Some customers read while they ...
Sunday 22nd July 2018 6:23 pm
Life is cruel sometimes
I’ve waited on platforms
For trains that never arrived
Drank shots in cellar bars
On Tuesday nights
With in-betweeners
Who still believe in lady luck
I’ve walked along promenades
Been battered by the wind and the rain
Taken shelter in late night café’s
Drank coffee so strong
It made me shudder
I’ve read the beat poets so many times
But I never tire of the words
Of Ginsberg and Ker...
Thursday 24th May 2018 8:30 pm
Coffee Shop Blues
Bakers and coffee shops
Line the streets,
And I find myself
Nestling inside a few
To find a comfort
Only coffee beans and bacon
Can provide.
Warming cold hands
From frost;
Warming strangers to the
Idea of companionship
And togetherness.
Wholeness.
Mugs and teaspoons
Hold a special place
In my heart;
Teapots and saucers have
A special kind of solac...
Wednesday 2nd May 2018 11:44 am
Give it Sweetness
I recently assembled these thoughts on coming across the poem's quotation from John Steinbeck while reading The Grapes of Wrath. I often suggested to my students the advantage to be gained by attempting an argument in opposition to what the student wished to argue. In other words, the good old Light and Dark strategy. The "Terrace" setting is Perth's main city thoroughfare, St. George's Terrace. I...
Thursday 1st March 2018 7:30 am
Aberystwyth Scenes, 1970
It was always The Cabin
before her lectures
coffee
and Flic demolishing
The Times crossword,
sharing the clues but
writing the answers
as she read, smoked,
pushed her blond hair
...
Thursday 8th February 2018 4:15 pm
Coffee
Carmel colors that quench my thirst
Only, for you are my morning
First, I cannot imagine waking up
For the day without your warm
Essence to show me the way
Excellence is all you portray, coffee.
Saturday 6th May 2017 2:18 pm
My little friend
I was drinking coffee and sitting on my chair
The dog opened his eyes and began to stare
Looking at me he says I am ready for a walk
Without moving his mouth I heard him talk
It is a nice day to run on the grass
Best get going before the sun is going to pass
He is jumping in circles by the door
I can see a pattern being pound into the floor
Charging out like he is...
Tuesday 14th July 2015 4:50 pm
Coffee shop blues
Cup of coffee
cup of tea
hot chocolate
milkshake
cheese toastie
tuna melt
bacon butty
fruit cake
custard cream
vanilla slice
blueberry muffin
tray bake
Drunk them all
ate them all
now I've got
stomach-ache!
Tuesday 9th June 2015 11:25 am
Brew Time
There's nothing like a lovely cup of tea
When the world seems tough
And you've had enough
Try a cuppa and I'm sure you will agree
But in the morning coffee is the best
It wakes you from your slumber
Jolts you just like thunder
Keeps me awake until I'm fully dressed
Although fresh orange juice is also very nice
From the fridge, icy child
Slips down like liqui...
Friday 13th February 2015 4:16 pm
Lillie's Coffee Bar
It's a place that illuminates the freest forms of me
A few pumps on my pedals, turns of my handles, and I'm already there
Tall palms twirled in lights line the way to my imagination
Tiny bells ding against the glass door as I glide inside
Freshly roasted beans percolate through anticipation to perfection
Burlap coffee sacks hang as window shades
Handiwork of local artists accents...
Friday 19th September 2014 8:04 pm
Nero to Zero
I’m sat in Nero
My mac is absent
But I have tortoise shell specs
Coffee cups
A pen and pad
Filled with nothing but endless to do lists
Productivity promises
And I’ve just finished a tub of hummus
I think I qualify right?
A wispy voiced limp haired Lolita soundtracks this cliche
As overpriced
Over spiced
Panini, chai’s and muffin tops
Plonk and plop
On marble topped tables
Tuesday 5th August 2014 12:03 am
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