A Narrow Escape In the Coffee Shop

In the coffee shop
A mistimed twist
By the barista
Caused a hissing
Coffee jet to
Ballista towards
My sister and I
Worried it would
Hit her wrist and
Give her a blister,
But fortunately
It missed her.

The manager scolded
The ham-fisted barista,
But since no-one was scalded,
He didn’t dismiss her.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 5/17/2014 7:58:00 PM
Alex, Only a true poet could have coffee, then write about the experience with such flare. I enjoyed this.
Login to Reply
Frankel Avatar
Alex Frankel
Date: 5/18/2014 4:15:00 PM
thanks Jerry !
Date: 5/14/2014 5:32:00 PM
Written in an awesome and all new style to me and this is great fun!!!
Login to Reply
Frankel Avatar
Alex Frankel
Date: 5/15/2014 3:04:00 AM
thanks Ivo!! there's a UK performance poet called John Hegley who is amazing at this type of rhyming
Date: 5/12/2014 5:15:00 PM
Alex, she's lucky she didn't scald anyone. LOL I love your internal and external rhyme in this piece. What a skill to have! Your writing style makes me think of a song by Jason Mraz called "I'm Yours." You and he could have a field day writing together! Awesome work, Carolyn
Login to Reply
Frankel Avatar
Alex Frankel
Date: 5/13/2014 3:22:00 AM
thanks so much for the really nice comment Carolyn! :) Alex
Date: 5/11/2014 4:32:00 PM
wow what a clever rhyme Alex very well done. Hugs Jan xx
Login to Reply
Frankel Avatar
Alex Frankel
Date: 5/11/2014 4:54:00 PM
thanks for the nice comment Jan !
Get a Premium Membership
Get more exposure for your poetry and more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Reflection on the Important Things

Member Area

My Admin
Profile and Settings
Edit My Poems
Edit My Quotes
Edit My Short Stories
Edit My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder

Soup Social

Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us

Member Poems

Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread

Member Poets

Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest

Famous Poems

Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100

Famous Poets

Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War

Poetry Resources

Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter