Not Just a Cup
Southern born
Not a tea drinker
Always coffee
For me
Although I often find
Bitter taste
Of the dark brew
A bit much
a little sugar and cream needed
To cut the bitter taste
It is a bit of a quandary
I really don’t like sweet coffee
Not just a cup of coffee
a cup of wake-up
a cup of come-to
a cup of get going
morning start
coffee strong brew
dark and stout
spine stiffening
try not to spit it out
hold it in your mouth
swallow
drink it down
hold out your cup
ask for another
a challenge this day will be
Written for: Newwhat'sgoingon.blogspot.com
13 comments:
I enjoyed this, Annell - the taste, the need for sweetening, the need for it to give one energy to get started in the morning. I love my morning cup of tea, and usually follow it with a cup of sweet coffee. Some mornings, we need all the help we can get. Smiles.
I used to be a coffee drinker - ten cups a day. I gave it up pretty much cold turkey and now enjoy herbal uncaffeinated tea ALL hours of the day. I never used coffee to 'wake up' and never used sugar or cream. Looking back, the teas I drink now taste so much better than coffee; but it probably is an acquired taste.
"a cup of wake-up"
I like this!
a cup of wake-up
a cup of come-to
a cup of get going... like that!! I love a cup of coffee now and then..milk but no sugar!!!
A cup in the morning is definitely a wake up call. I am a tea person but also love coffee with milk and much sugar. My tea has to be just the raw liquor without milk and sugar. Smiles.
Love this, and i love coffee to. Full of life. Well done
"morning start" indeed! Without it, the get up and go just isn't there.
Annell,
It's amazing how a first morning cuppa is part of commencing each day...there's an emptiness without it...a habit to revive and get going!
Annell, first off, I am a coffee drinker myself. Sure, after dinner, it's herbal tea, so I can actually fall asleep! But throughout the day, starting with the first smell of brewing and that first heavvvvvvvvenly sip, you have the feeling and express it perfectly. Well done!
I can so identify with this:
"Not just a cup of coffee
a cup of wake-up
a cup of come-to
a cup of get going" -- Amen!
'spine stiffening" .. yes, I too am a morning coffee drinker but decaf for me - :)
Oh, we do have to arm ourselves for whatever a day may bring. I too like a strong cup of "spine stiffening" courage. Love this poem
Radiant brilliance in your post! Insightful, well-articulated, and a pleasure to read. Thanks for sharing your valuable perspective.
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