Coffee Circles
a collaborative poem of one liners
Sometime, she said
into the wind, she stirs suddenly yet subtly
any time, he said, any time you wish
she nodded softly, uncertain, not wanting to hurt
he smiled, shifted in his chair, mulled the heat of his cup
her hands found her eyebrows, caressing doubts
he put his cup down, hot to the touch, brushed her strands
she brushed her long hair aside, the cup rose to her lips
and they drank in, some time — of forever
Time passes in circles, the faded gold rings of coffee cup stains
but nothing passes him, of her, nothing he shall forget
— motionless. Not exactly steady, but
endlessly drifting, from past to present, tense
With authors names:
Sometime, she said (Dewi)
into the wind, she stirs suddenly yet subtly (Ernio Hernandez)
any time, he said, any time you wish (Thomas R. Barton, JD)
she nodded softly, uncertain, not wanting to hurt (Indira Reddy)
he smiled, shifted in his chair, mulled the heat of his cup (Thomas R. Barton, JD)
her hands found her eyebrows, caressing doubts (Jason Stelzner)
he put his cup down, hot to the touch, brushed her strands (Thomas R. Barton, JD)
she brushed her long hair aside, the cup rose to her lips (Thomas R. Barton, JD)
and they drank in, some time — of forever (Carolyn)
Time passes in circles, the faded gold rings of coffee cup stains (Tamyka Bell)
but nothing passes him, of her, nothing he shall forget (Dewi)
— motionless. Not exactly steady, but (Madison Werner)
endlessly drifting, from past to present, tense (C. Duhnne)
To join in, check the latest comments for any new lines that hasn’t been added and continue the poem by commenting on this post with 1–12 words in one line free verse and we’ll add it under the current poem.
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