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Thank You For My Mug of Coffee

Thank You for this hot and black liquid 
Steaming from my crockery mug;
And the Love that warms my hands;

Thank You for the brown skin men and women
Of the sun, singing with other tongues;
Who plant dark seeds and anxiously wait for rain,
And slash the green stalks and peal the beans.

I hear the splashing of sea’s waters by ships.
And sailors manning ropes.
I hear plopping of sacks onto wooden docks;
Then truckers singing country songs along the highway.
In all kinds of weather.

Thank You for designers and packers of
“Paper or Plastic” or cans, and the man
Who determined the cost.

Thank You for this hot mug of coffee,
That is warming up my hands.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Lawless Avatar
March 20, 2019 at 2:39 PM
Beautiful tribute to those who labor so that we can have our CUPPAJOE....
Romios Avatar
March 16, 2019 at 7:38 PM
Hi Sunlite Water, I sense in you great gratitude and humility. Two qualities so lacking today. I am with you on the coffee. Some folks need Caribbean vacations to be grateful. Me? A simpleton! Coffee. Any small thing will do. And you are right! So much goes into creating what we use great poem An inspiration. Love and blessings Panagiota
Proxenos Avatar
March 16, 2019 at 3:27 PM
Most of the South America grow coffee beans - it is their sole income, wonderful that you remember them for your hot warm, tasty mug of coffee - I think I will go and make myself one now and sip it whilst I read on google about coffee beans, the people that labor there and the wonder of holding this mug of hot coffee! Great poem. Poetry hugs, Jenny
Romios Avatar
March 16, 2019 at 7:47 PM
Hi Jennifer, Ethiopia and Kenya are in contention with Brazil for top spot in coffee production. Yet each site~ has different facts. No matter which one, I do appreciate them all. Yes, mugs of coffeemmm Love, Panagiota
Allison Avatar
March 15, 2019 at 6:58 PM
what a lovely tribute to those who work so hard to produce coffee, we just take it all for granted when we put tea or coffee into the cup to make ourselves a warm drink. hugs jan xx
Romios Avatar
March 16, 2019 at 7:52 PM
Jan, you are on the money with your comment. It's not only about coffee, it's about all we use and never consider the workmanship of time involved. Nor the ships, nor trucks, nor the shops we buy them in. Marketing, too. Great comment. Great poem great inspiration by Sunlite! Love, Pangiota
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