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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2002-02-18 09:47 PM

Coffee on the Deck

Coffee was good this morning,
on the deck, in the cold air,
breath, clouds of white disappearing,
souls of other lives diving back into the warmth
from which it came.

A mockingbird's first song of the season,
robins restlessly flicking their tails high in the tree,
waxwings looking north, icicles melting,
males chasing females - all nature feeling spring.

Looking at a single leaf on the table
beside my steaming cup of coffee,
I see the bones of last springs life,
Was there a soul in that leaf,
did it feel the pain of its demise,
does it now look upon its remains
with longing for the vibrancy of its youth?

Leaning over the cup, I inhale deeply
tasting the aroma of its breathe with all my senses,
Ah, the coffee is good this morning,
and as much as I'd like to expound my thoughts
of life and other things, I drain the cup,
the last in the pot…and head for the house,
my job, and all the other mundane things
that'll make my day.

But another morning will come,
another pot of coffee,
more time on the deck,
time to contemplate,
time to see the things
that want to be seen,
time to be alone, peaceful, thoughtful…
The coffee will be good then, too.

wesley james beard, jr.
© february 2001

SEA

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

1 posted 2002-02-18 09:55 PM

"But another morning will come,
another pot of coffee,
more time on the deck,
time to contemplate,
time to see the things
that want to be seen,
time to be alone, peaceful, thoughtful…
The coffee will be good then, too."

know these thoughts....this is wonderful

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2002-02-18 10:00 PM

If I could, I would sit on that deck and sip a cup of coffee with you. I really like the way you held the leaf up for closer inspection, to see a piece of Life itself in the palm of your hand.

Ivy Rose
Senior Member

since 2001-12-29

Posts 1300
MA, USA

3 posted 2002-02-18 10:08 PM

jwesley...so good to read your work again. Just moved and had a dead jack so I couldn't go on line. This poem is exquisite. Simply beautiful. That steaming cup of coffee filling the air with its welcome aroma, its easy warmth. WONDERFUL POEM!!!! Great to see an old friend in a new place.

***Ivy Rose

Tracey
Member Elite

since 2001-08-29

Posts 2808
where insanity meets breeding

4 posted 2002-02-18 11:13 PM

I’m so jealous…I want summer to come here soon so I can have coffee on the deck and watch the squirrels. Sounds like a great start to your day.

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

Mystic Mystron
Member

since 2002-02-15

Posts 69
North York .Ontario

5 posted 2002-02-18 11:26 PM

great poem

I just wish i had the deck to have to coffee, but still nature's beauty is always great to write about.

keep up the excelllant work and have a coffee on me in the morning.

May the mystic waters flow to inspire you to write a poem

[This message has been edited by Mystic Mystron (02-18-2002 11:55 PM).]

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

6 posted 2002-02-18 11:27 PM

jwesley~This is wonderful! Now tomorrow morning you save me a cup and I will meet you on your deck!
~Hugs, Nancy~

~Love, like magic, depends on believing.~

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

7 posted 2002-02-18 11:31 PM

Hey "j" not only do I get to read you again, but we share a cup of coffee...every day should be started with a bit of quiet meditation--that is, if you can make it to the deck without having to find one child's sock and another child's folder, and make lunch for "The Big Child" lol...no wonder I go back to bed!

Beautiful view of you in this!

Magicmystery
Senior Member

since 2002-02-13

Posts 821
Windsor, Ontario, Canada

8 posted 2002-02-19 12:00 PM

Damn.... it's rounding midnight and I want a cup of coffee NOW.... thank goodness I don't have to work in the morning!!!! Excellent write !!! Now get me to the Tim Hortons!!!

Cherish the good memories past and look forward to the adventure called Tomorrow.
But above all... be kind to yourself today.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

9 posted 2002-02-19 12:18 PM

Wow, a cup of cover never sounded so good!
This was so full of human thought and emotion.
The setting was magnificent and the view was very real to me.
Just about perfect I'd say!!

Thank you for this!

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

10 posted 2002-02-19 12:29 PM

Since time began man has needed a place to think and relax....
the Beachboys liked their room...
I like to relax and think on my lanai and on the beach...James

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

11 posted 2002-02-19 09:54 PM

Wasn't coming back in here today...but after seeing all the notices hit my email had too.  Wow!  Not what I expected to see...it was just part of a bunch of ramblings I've written...not even sure why I posted it.

Lost a monitor...took a while to replace (and do you know that you can't "see" anything on your computer without one - I mean, the computer's totally useless.
It just sits there with all it's various lights and sounds and looks at you like.."Well!!"
Anyway...sold a couple of kids and now have a new monitor (and silence! Yes!)

Kidding of course. About the monitor I mean. (hee hee)

Anyway...gonna try and get back in here in a couple days or so and see what I've missed and pass along some thoughts and such.

Sea - yep, I'll bet you do too.

Midnight Sun - Thank you my friend and I'd love to share a couple cups with you...
                      Would like to listen to the things you could share...

Ivy Rose -  You never cease to make me feel special (though we both know better)
                and that's always a pleasure.  Glad to hear your voice too.

Tracey  - in spite of what Bill Murry (or was that the groundhog) may have said,
              your day is coming.  I did have it on the deck and I'm jealous that I can't
              do so every day!  This time of year (the interlude between Winter and Spring
              when everything is changing cloaks, the birds and animals are restless,
              and the mornings...my gosh, just filled with bird songs.

Mystic Mystron - don't recognize the handle (I did sleep last night though so...) so
                          HI THERE MY FRIEND...
                          Thanks for the kind words and I will have that cup on you soon.

Enchantress - Hey Nancy, you come by and I'll drag out the whole pot!

Serenity - Ah my friend...yeah I emphathiize with you (actually sympathize now as mie
               are both gone - essentially anyway.  My daughter will be 21 next month
               (she just moved back in----HMMMMM!), and my son is 19 and lives in the
               dorm at A&M all week though we get to see his smiling face every
               week-end since he's only two hours away and his girl friend lives just up the
               street (thank you Katie for bringing him around!)  and I promise to think of you
               each sip I take, if that helps any.

Magicmystery - hope you got that cup!  You sounded desperate!  Thanks for the neat
                        comment.

BluesSerenade - always does my heart good to hear from you.  Thanks and glad
                         it added a little to your day.

James, me friend...you're correct of couse...we all have our ways and days - life would
                surely be dull without the interlude they bring.

Nitey night...my friends (if I missed anybody...GET ON MY CASE!!!  I didn't mean to.

jimmy  (I don't spell check this stuff so suffer)

[This message has been edited by jwesley (02-19-2002 09:59 PM).]

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

12 posted 2002-02-20 10:34 AM

enjoyed

strbbux
Member Elite

since 2001-12-19

Posts 3859

13 posted 2002-02-20 12:13 PM

Well jwesley, from a coffe addict here, and a particular one as to coffees, and from a nature lover also, you know I loved this poem. Why does coffee taste better outdoors. This was great. floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

catalinamoon

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

14 posted 2002-02-20 03:49 PM

Much enjoyed this. You paint a most wonderful picture.
Sandra

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

15 posted 2002-02-20 04:01 PM

"j" oh, how I too enjoy those magic moments of simple abundance with a steaming cup of coffee. You have captured life's simple pleasures so well!!! Enjoyed. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

Victoria

Member Ascendant

since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

16 posted 2002-02-20 09:29 PM

Since i drink decaf your coffee probably taste better than mine..ha..very nice images the steaming cup of coffee and the leaf and the contentment of the morn..would make a good commercial ha..

~Victoria

"Silence is a friend who
will never betray."
— Confucius

Zukene_Chic
Member

since 2001-09-26

Posts 152
Cali

17 posted 2002-02-20 10:06 PM

Mmm... coffee. Yum. Very well written

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

18 posted 2002-02-20 11:22 PM

jwesley - I'd love to join you in that cup of coffee early in the morning. Listen to the birds sing, the peacefulness of it all, wonder, ponder, yes all these...

BC

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

19 posted 2002-02-20 11:43 PM

(smiles) Yay, this is sooooooo beautiful, dearest friend, there's nothing more prettier than waking up and smelling the coffee and hearing birds chirp and the sun come out! (big hugggssssss) We all love you so much, sweet friend, this is lovely! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet James, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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