luxurious liquid
of mornings
a smooth silky brown
deep as pools of
Italian-born eyes
rich aromas of lush
equatorial mountains
a taste that transmits
to the brain
a warm wakening
opens receptors
to savory words
of an organic muse
here is stimulus
eagerly drawn
from the pleasure of
daily familiar routine
creativity found
in each sip
ingenuity plumbed
from each swallow
a gentle dependency
bearing the traits
of a vice that
by my lights
conforms to a virtue
Great picture for a great poem 😀
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thanks kindly
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No problem 🙂
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“Like” doesn’t cut it. This is beautiful. May I reblog?
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please feel free, michael
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Six mornings a week Shirley and I can be found in a little cafe ‘La Salle Verte’ sipping away the most sublime coffee this side of The Channel – I must show the owner your poem from my mobile I have a feeling she’ll rather like it!
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you bring me a great smile this morning
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The owner, a beautiful Portuguese lady read and savoured!
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Written as only a true coffee lover could. Kopi luwak anyone?
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not for me, thanks
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I’m on my second pot . . . And you, sir, are an artist!
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thank you kindly
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Where we would be without coffee and the sound of sipping from that first cup.
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I shudder to think…
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The photo honours your beautiful poem…as I sip my café, I am in that moment reading these words. Beautiful!!
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much appreciated
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I can’t say enough good about this magnificent creation! Makes me think seriously about becoming a daily coffee drinker instead of on who just has a cup or two a week! Well done, Paul!
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it works for me
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Very nice Paul! I was telling my neighbor this morning, I had to get the coffee brewing before I could function. The anticipation of smelling it made me salivate. Blessings and peace. 🙂
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we are under its spell
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Yes indeed. 🙂
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Huge smiles! I have to ask if I can re-blog this…grin!
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oh yes – I’d be pleased
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Thanks my friend. Have an amazing day!
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Perfect timing. We have been craving Columbian coffee and found a new shop in Texas with the smoothest coffee possible. Very nicely penned. I can still taste the coffee in your works!
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it’s what keeps me going
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Reblogged this on Busy Mind Thinking and commented:
This post was a must share! Morning coffee…yippee!
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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My pleasure my friend! I hope you have an incredible day!
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Reblogged this on MoeJoe Musing and commented:
I always see brilliant work by Paul F. Lenzi, found on https://poesypluspolemics.wordpress.com/ and I just have to say this one is a personal favorite. He is one of the writers who writes like I wish I could write. The artwork he selected is also beautiful, done by Mark Kazav. And this subject matter is of course a personal favorite also. I enjoyed the poem one sip at a time.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers – and for your most kind words
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My feelings exactly so well put by your words.
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glad you could relate
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Reblogged this on Stumbling along the sidewalk and commented:
So true…
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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I’m not a coffee drinker normally but you make me want to become one 🙂
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we all have our own small vices
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Hi Paul,
Nice to see you stopped by poemsperday again…. I’ve a new book of Lent prayer-poems together for 2016.
Best & Blessings… and enjoy the brew (we’re in Hawaii right now with a coffee grower next door)
Len Freeman
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thanks kindly, Len – best of luck with the new book
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Reblogged this on Barbara C Rowe Author.
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thank you for sharing my poem with your readers
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I love My Morning Coffee with My Husbands — past and present! An excellent poem.
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we coffee drinkers make the best husbands
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You nailed it. Verse and picture should never be separated.
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much appreciated
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omigoodness. You had me “deep pools of Italian born eyes”. Thanks for visiting me this morning because now I’ve discovered you. I’m off to read more, now.
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you’re quite welcome, Annie – welcome to my world
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