“Coffee Dreams 7” by Kathy Morton Stanion
home-brewed tonic
transforms small personalities
wakens the giant
From my books Ephemera and Riverthink
Coffee
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Espresso and Grappa
Photo by taqumi
From flickr.com
fortified mornings
courage in a cup
bold espresso
splashed hard
with sweet grappa
melts the sleep
from the mind
lifts the hitch
from one’s stride
adds new verve
to the blood
puts resolve
in the eyes
and so doing
sets course
for the day
to kick ass
and take names
“Coffee”
Painting by Mark Kazav
From artid.com
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
Kona Coffee Plantation
Photo from hi-ren.com
home-brewed tonic
transforms small personalities
wakens the giant
Photo from
Keurig.com
coffee is my drug of choice
it stimulates my sleepy voice
propels me through the daily grind
and clears the cobwebs from my mind
the only downside I can see
is twice an hour I must pee
“Coffee Cup”
Painting by Madelaine Fedorowich
From squashedtoad.ca
contention between good and evil
keeps moralist truth in upheaval
logicians will syllogize thoughts
whose truths often tally to naughts
philosophers toil after truth
in the vineyards of mental vermouth
theoretical physicists sing
of some truly grand unified thing
while I imbibe truth from my mug
every time I give Keurig a tug
Poesy plus Polemics 