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Coffee Cherries "In fact, the scent of coffee alone has been shown to have energizing effects on the brain." ~ Nationalcoffeeblog.org Pruned short, grown rich, in soil: temperate climate — some sun, but more rain. Small shrubs to tall trees — such a variety! It takes a year to mature; then the cherry offers a full-bodied aroma and depth of flavor with a pronounced sharpness. Peaberries may be ...

November 26th poem: Coffee Cherries

Nov 26, 2024
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Caravan Settle near the campfire. Sip transcontinental Lapsang, Souchong or Oolong; aromatic and full-bodied. Its smokey taste finds you all the way from the 18th century. We desert travelers' karwan* resting this winter's night — notes of pine scent the air. We anticipate being twenty miles closer to home by sunset tomorrow; dream of sleeping in our own bed, with the arms or our spouse draped a...

November 25th poem: Caravan

Nov 25, 2024
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The Coffee Maker The coffee maker is there on the counter, its plug securely in the outlet. The cup sits dutifully next to the coffee maker, awaiting eventual use. But, where is the coffee? Where the rich, brown, energizing gravel filling a pouch or canister? Here I stand looking to the coffee maker to create my morning get-me-up. But, where is the pick-me-up, let's-get-going brew that keeps me ru...

November 22cd poem: The Coffee Maker

Nov 23, 2024
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Worker Bees Like lemmings to the sea, to early coffee houses, with work masks in place, and steady worker's pace — they wait for their jolt awake. A thousand tramping feet press out into the street; ten thousand hands and heads blend mind and soul and beat — then transport from home to work. Ten thousand eyes & ears have risen from their beds — and from blessed slumber part, impatient fo...

November 21st poem: Worker Bees

Nov 21, 2024
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Our Daily Excess " We've lost whole octaves of feeling. " * All the quiet emotions are less than whispers. Oh, yes. fear, outrage, excitement are loud and proud. You can hear them around town, see them spill all over social media, the newspapers and television talk shows. You just don't know if all that high ripe is really real. Yet, the quiet delight, the contented lament of a soft-spoken recogni...

November 20th poem: Our Daily Excess

Nov 21, 2024
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November 19th poem: Tip the Cup

Nov 21, 2024
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Jittery Jive this jumpin' jolt makes me feel ALIVE while I rise to my edgy edge — agitation at my best keyed — up like a dive off the high board; like a frog in the fry pan I can, I can, I can! Squirrelly nose-bleed, nose-dive. The drink depends on a tiny bean that satisfies my need to scurry, sprint, streak. A little seed provides the speed — all from a tiny jumpin' bean. Know what I mean? ...

November 18th poem: Jittery Jive

Nov 18, 2024
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I Saw You I saw you standing there; waiting in the coffee line, drenched — water dripping . . . I should have stopped, but didn't. Forgive me . . . I too, was waiting in the coffee line, drenched — water dripping . . . (I was) so, so cold - impatiently waiting — caffeine headache throbbing — water dripping . . . by Annette Gagliardi Published in Caffeinated by A. Gagliardi, the Island of W...

November 17th poem: I Saw You

Nov 18, 2024
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Caffeination Gnawing the brew, time after time, recognizing the clue that generates the spark & vitality, narrowly defining our frothy desire. Considered the oldest metabolic pathway — effervescence bubbles to the top; Livens the slumbering spirit we wish to incite, to rise and provoke tastebuds to simmer. Each enzyme action a zymology of new brew; crystalline compounds with acidic flavors, ...

November 15th poem: Caffeination

Nov 16, 2024
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