Alex Frankel Poet Free verse

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.

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Jerry T Curtis May 17, 2014 at 7:58 PM Alex, Only a true poet could have coffee, then write about the experience with such flare. I enjoyed this. Alex Frankel May 18, 2014 at 4:15 PM thanks Jerry !

Ivor Kos May 14, 2014 at 5:32 PM Written in an awesome and all new style to me and this is great fun!!! Alex Frankel May 15, 2014 at 3:04 AM thanks Ivo!! there's a UK performance poet called John Hegley who is amazing at this type of rhyming

Carolyn Devonshire May 12, 2014 at 5:15 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 Alex Frankel May 13, 2014 at 3:22 AM thanks so much for the really nice comment Carolyn! :) Alex

Jan Allison May 11, 2014 at 4:32 PM wow what a clever rhyme Alex very well done. Hugs Jan xx Alex Frankel May 11, 2014 at 4:54 PM thanks for the nice comment Jan !