Monday 11 March 2019

Darling Coffee

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'Remember the brazen world?'
A good Monday poem - remember to look out for those 'small happenings.' 


Darling Coffee - Meena Alexander


The periodic pleasure

of small happenings
is upon us—
behind the stalls
at the farmer’s market
snow glinting in heaps,
a cardinal its chest
puffed out, bloodshod
above the piles of awnings,
passion’s proclivities;
you picking up a sweet potato
turning to me  ‘This too?’—
query of tenderness
under the blown red wing.
Remember the brazen world?
Let’s find a room
with a window onto elms
strung with sunlight,
a cafe with polished cups,
darling coffee they call it,
may our bed be stoked
with fresh cut rosemary
and glinting thyme,
all herbs in due season
tucked under wild sheets:
fit for the conjugation of joy.


2 comments:

  1. This is so good. Meena Alexander died a few months ago, I believe. I should become better acquainted with her poetry. Thank you for providing the incentive!

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