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Colors In A Coffee House

Double time hits for the ceiling — The clouds of white smoke, the healing Childhood in my skin finally relaxes Everyone around me in lapses Coffee forms the swollen cheeks With history's pick of bean Water remembers Water pushed under embers The percolator Like some wound drips her. Eyes on the preppy barista — Maybe we both see in similar vistas She writes down my choice of expresso's dark God, if ~her youth~ could start my heart. A cup with fingers locked for style, The young woman plays in the mud awhile.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2025




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Date: 8/1/2025 1:47:00 PM
Dear Paige, There’s this steady, lived through rhythm to your lines, like we’re watching memories swirl with the steam from every cup. You make the ordinary, coffee, water, old wounds, those quick barista glances just feel rich with longing and observation. I like dark roast with oat milk. Blessings, Dear Paige, Daniel
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Date: 7/30/2025 5:28:00 PM
flowing rhyme scheme and I love how you captured the feel of a coffee shop...nicely done...hugs, Sara
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Date: 7/30/2025 1:35:00 PM
There are so many tales to be told at coffee shops, Paige. Reading your poem was a pleasure.
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Date: 7/30/2025 1:24:00 PM
Love this! Very nice! Those first two lines go together nicely! Love that last line too!
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Date: 7/30/2025 8:05:00 AM
- There are many stories to be found in the coffee beans, Paige ... an entertaining poem to read today :) - hugs
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Date: 7/30/2025 5:33:00 AM
Drinking caramel macchiato as I read this. Relaxing with the right cuppa can be cathartic, as you hint at Paige
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Paige Hind
Date: 7/30/2025 1:31:00 PM
Interesting, you two. :)
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/30/2025 1:28:00 PM
Today I heard of a new place (only in Arizona) called Stemistry, a flower bar & coffee lab. If I make my way to Arizona, I will have to find. I had a caramel macchiato the other day ~ cheers!

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