Americano Poems

Americano

...
"Americano"

filter-dripped
watered down
weak coffee

artificial

the mood 
steaming diluted
swings lower, unfilling;

the wanting
lusciously dark
hot to the tongue

more ...

Adagio

...Rigmarole and bagels? Chewy.
Foolishness is hard to swallow;
Wrought iron gates of the cafe,
served up fresh with adagio;

Rippin’ through all that ivory,
nursing an Americano;
The musician in...

morning crows

...Sometimes, in the mornings,
The morning crows don’t sing—
Perched and preaching by a loblolly.
Breathe in this metanoia,
We all live for it.

And if the morning crows never reverenced,
Sitting...

To Drink Or Not To Drink

...There’s starvation in Africa,
In other parts there’s drought,
Putin’s still in the Ukraine 
Throwing his weight about.
The Barista in this cafe
Is really annoyed with me.
I’ve ordered a black c...

Clerihew West

...US born Benjamin West
passed the international popularity test
the first Americano o achieve such fame
ever successful & ahead of the game...

Just Like Them Scrambled

...Having been brought up in the country
we had a dog, cats, and hut full of hens
my job was collecting eggs each day
not realizing these hens would be friends

The first thing I tried to make
wou...

Senor Politicamente Incorrecto

...Señor Políticamente Incorrecto


(Somewhere in Acapulco, Guerrero ...)


Americano pérdida líder,
no seas un mal perdedor

Traducción de cheers de ébano

Ebony cheers transla...

All In a Day

...Shower about 7.30, 
And breakfast is eaten by 8,
Arrive at the office 8.30,
He’s never been known to be late.
Meetings from 9 to 11,
Quick coffee then start them again,
Quick glance through the...

Have a Cuppa

...We used to just have a cup of coffee

	Black

		Possibly with milk

			Maybe with sugar

Mostly on Sundays and with cream as a bonus


Today they call it caffe latte or cappuccino

	Amer...

Table For One

...mellow just chilling
sitting back
listening to
coffeehouse tunes
sipping a tall americano
at a table for one
set by the window
in the far corner
winding down
doodling pen in hand
jotting ro...

A Cup of Coffee

...Alluring aroma

Calls us over
Uplifting bean
Pulverised to make us keen

Olfactory sense starts to excite
Firing up with delight

Caffeine or caffeine free
Oh what a pleasure to taste and s...

The Costa Coffee I Earned To Drink

...A stammer has been mine all my days
in recent months therapy again did take
but fear ruled through many a situation
what's to do? zero as it couldn't even shake

Many branches of Costa coffee sh...

Caffeine

...A tribute to the amphetamine of day
Caffeine in all its glorious forms
It’s legal it’s potent
Nobody hounds you
Scrutinizing your intake
Be it social or on your own time
Beyond espresso and the...

Drowned Out

...That noise
The overwhelming noise
Mechanical impersonal
Drowning out
My inner voice
In a much soothing manner
I may be deaf when
I leave this roastery coffeehouse
But till then
I am thorough...

Coffeehouse

...
coffeehouse soundtrack
americano in hand
muse with pen all set



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