Coffee On The Veranda (from Faces of Love)

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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2013-02-11 09:15 AM

Coffee On The Veranda
(from The Faces of Love)

Nestled in my morning
are thoughts of you,
and coffee
shared on the veranda
with the waking dawn.

We sip the aroma
of morning dew
mingled with the fragrance,
the delicate first taste of coffee
on the tip of the tongue.

Fresh brew
bringing taste buds alive
awakening our senses,
to the first light of day,
our eyes meeting,
holding,
through the steam arising
from each cup.

Essential to my morning . . .

thoughts of you,
coffee, shared on the veranda,
with the waking dawn.

© wesley james beard, jr.
february 11, 2013

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

1 posted 2013-02-11 11:44 AM

This is lovely, Jimmy.

Owl

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2013-02-11 12:31 PM

Having a cup of java, steam rising from the cup, gives you pause to remember unremembered things . . . Nice, J . . .

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2013-02-11 01:17 PM

Wonderful place setting, I am so there~

Enjoyed the scents, and senses you stir~

Lovely writing, jw~

Victoria

Member Ascendant

since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

4 posted 2013-02-11 01:54 PM

hot raisin toast and sweet apple butter
sipping hot coffee,the hummingbirds flutter
pink azaleas of morn bursting in bloom
inhaling the essence of the days perfume

Victoria

Enjoyed Jimmy

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

5 posted 2013-02-12 04:21 AM

Lovely, Jimmy. As I live alone I call that time my moment with God - and coffee of course and let's not forget the birds. Sometimes it becomes more than a moment but then perhaps it's the only meaningful place to be. Then again I do believe that everything is as one thinks it is.

I hope you enjoy many more cups of coffee - and love.

Helen

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

6 posted 2013-02-12 08:33 AM

Helen ... yeah, the birds are an integral part of my morning coffee - and other times of day. Without there visibility (sometimes only hear-ability) the world would be a far sadder place and so many in the world don't hear/see them - even when they are there.

My next cup is for you, my friend.

jimmy

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

7 posted 2013-02-14 10:15 PM

My kind of morning, Jimmy. Doesn't get any better than this
Ida

ken206573
Member

since 2008-10-14

Posts 487

8 posted 2013-02-15 03:02 PM

I'm not much of a coffee fan...but now I want some to go with this poem. I enjoyed each word and each delicate sip of the sweetness!

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