At Three Word Wednesday (AKA 3WW), the words were affinity, fidget, and mention. I’ll also post another after this one. Busy girl today!
Affinity for Coffee
My affinity for coffee is legend, Jack.
Since the age of 12 I’ve sipped it black.
My blue-eyed sisters said, with presumption,
My eyes turned brown ‘cause of my consumption.
(Of course, friends know the cause is less:
My brown eyes are from my B.S.)
And did I mention that without it,
I fidget during church? I doubt it.
© 2011 Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil
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RJ Clarken
Bwaaaaaaah! Cough cough eeeeeeee! (I just spit figurative coffee all over my computer monitor.) Amy – you rock!
Sharp Little Pencil
Java! Java! I like coffee, I like tea/I like the Java Jive and it likes me
Coffee, tea, the Java and me/a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup!
You rock right back!
Anthony North
Enjoyed that, even if I am a confirmed tea drinker.
Sharp Little Pencil
Heard from lots of tea folks. Lex and I were once “he loves tea and she loves coffee,” but now we split down the middle… coffee for both in the morning, a soothing decaf tea at night!
Kim Nelson
I have an affinity for milky tea
The rare morning without it gets the best of me
You and I’d be in trouble, my friend Amy
If I lacked Camellia sinensis and you, coffee,
And we tried to be reverent.
Christine
This was great. I take a little notebook to church now and write the words that float in my head when I should be listening. This helps with my fidgeting.
Sharp Little Pencil
Oh, Christine, I’m never without scribbling implements. If I forget my mini-journal, I write in the margins of the order of worship. Some pastor’s wife, huh? (wink) Amy
Debbie
Just love it Amy. My how you can work those word prompts! 🙂 I always feel so privileged to get to read your work. Thank you!
Sharp Little Pencil
The prompts are what keep my poetic muscles flexed, I think. Good exercise, keeps me from dwelling on same stuff, especially the Wordles and Three Word Weds.! Thanks, Debbie, and I went over to see you as well. Amy
Nanka
Hahaha!! I have that affinity too and I didn’t think of it!! Now I know why my eyes are dark brown and I am so fidgety 😀
Super read for me and my coffee at breakfast today!!
Sharp Little Pencil
Hey, timing is everything, right? Thanks so much for admitting yourself to the Sisterhood of the Traveling Mug!!! Amy
Madeleine Begun Kane
Funny! And good use of the prompt!
Sharp Little Pencil
C’mon over, hon. I’ve got a french press and fair-trade beans fresh ground!! Thanks, Madeleine. Amy
Jae Rose
You have lovely eyes..judging by your profile pic! Another wry, dry-roast poem..do love to indulge..Jae
Sharp Little Pencil
I had a feeling we were sisters in the bean…! Thank you for the eyes comment. In the sun, they go all ‘cowboy’ on me! Amy
ladynimue
Am almost the same for tea .. though i started having it after joining my first job !!
Sharp Little Pencil
Actually, we are tea at night, coffee during day, half-caff after noon. Lex didn’t like coffee and I didn’t like tea… somehow, it’s worked out that we converted each other! My favorite is African Bush Tea, which I found out about reading The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novels! Thanks, nimue! A
ladynimue
I always love to have coffee when out on my own. Coffee and my book make the perfect time out for me 🙂
Sharp Little Pencil
I do the same! Just me, my mug of java, and a journal, scribbling away…!
ThomG
this is a whole French press full of fun. I’m with you here.
Sharp Little Pencil
Hey, I never took you for a French Press guy, but I know you love your coffee. Thanks, Thom! Amy
Sheilagh Lee
so humourous.I love what you did with the prompts
Sharp Little Pencil
Same back at you – just sent you an email with comments. Wow, we are a lot alike!! Amy
booguloo
Fitting tempo!
Sharp Little Pencil
Thanks. Was hoping for not too jittery!
Gwendolyn Alley aka Art Predator
haha, very funny!
uponthewingsofnight
I never liked coffee until I got to college. Naturally, I started drinking it when I was a dj at the campus radio station. I guess I took after Johnny Fever on that one. Brett