I smell and hear the coffee percolating two rooms away
separate yet right here, with me it sings me awake
To-do list taunts from my gut, unwritten yet shrewish
stomping amidst the other undones slogging through
clogs in their host cranium, elbowing intuition
Yet amidst the blight in what is left undone
a decades old computer generated “fix” breaks
open, and in the unfix the morning choir’s coloratura
soprano sings, “Your poems will rise again!”
I smell and hear the coffee percolating two rooms away
my feet take me close for the first cup of the day
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Today as I wrote this poem I discovered - after years of manually correcting the automatic capitals at the beginning of each line when I did a "hard enter" - I could turn that function off and my lower case lines would be be born without me hand monitering their delivery.
Can you imagine the joy in that? Next to coffee, this is the greatest delight this particular poet has discovered in years. Like oil is to Kern County, the place I call home - this discovery is to my poetry writing.
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Today is also the first day of OctPoWriMo, a month long celebration of poetry where many of us will be devoted to writing 31 poems in 31 days. This is my first poem in that series. Join us!
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Oh those dreaded computer glitches. I lost yearsworth of poetry that way. No coffee for me: verboten, but I vicariously enjoyed your coffee poem instead.
Posted by: vivienne blake | October 01, 2014 at 08:26 AM
As always, you inspire me Julie. "elbowing intuition" really grabbed my eye (heart and mind as well!). Yay for coffee and computer fixes!
Posted by: Square-Peg Karen | October 01, 2014 at 09:09 AM
Love that you discovered how to make your life happier through your writing (auto caps off, Yay!) and love the line, "Your poems will rise again!"
Posted by: Morgan Dragonwillow (@MDragonwillow) | October 01, 2014 at 10:35 AM
I love the flow of this poem. Of course, with it having to do with morning coffee, it couldn't help but flow so well. lol Great job!
Posted by: Elliottamc.wordpress.com | October 01, 2014 at 10:39 AM
loved the phrase,"elbowing intuition,". Beautiful!:)
Posted by: Payal Agarwal | October 01, 2014 at 10:57 AM
"I smell and hear the coffee percolating two rooms away
separate yet right here, with me it sings me awake"
I really, really want coffee now. Well written.
Posted by: Laura A. Lord | October 01, 2014 at 01:04 PM
I laughed out loud at your comment after the poem because that is soooo something I would do and be thrilled with as well! And I dont even like coffee!
Posted by: zoe | October 01, 2014 at 02:01 PM
Heh not only a lovely poem full of imagery, you also made me need to go and learn a new word! Many thanks.
Posted by: Lizzi | October 01, 2014 at 03:26 PM
Nice poem but I respectfully disagree...writing poems is nice but NOTHING beats coffee! :)
Posted by: Lance | October 01, 2014 at 06:55 PM
This sounds like my mornings. Loved if Julie!
Posted by: Tamara (at PenPaperPad) | October 01, 2014 at 10:01 PM