• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Reading
    • Blog
    • On Writing
    • Interviews
    • Famous Authors
    • Stories
    • Poetry
  • Writing
    • Writing Tips
    • Writing Inspiration
    • Playground
    • Writing Prompts
  • Publishing
    • Publishing Tips
    • Literary Magazines
    • Book Publishers
  • Promotions
    • Book Promotions
    • Promoting Tips
    • Classifieds
    • Newsletter
  • Submit

Every Day Poems

A Poem A Day

  • Poetry of the 1500s
  • Poetry of the1600s
  • Poetry of the 1700s
  • Poems for Kids
  • War Poems
  • Every Poem

Coffee by Tim Heron

August 20, 2012 by Every Writer

Coffee

by Tim Heron

He rolls off the sofa
Stumbles into the kitchen
The table’s a riot

Cigarette butts macerate
In yesterday’s drinks
He stares blankly
His stomach empty
His skin sweaty
In yesterday’s clothes

He swallows a cup
Of coffee
Cold
Glances
At the clock
Hands
Locked
Will tomorrow
Never come

###
Born in Belfast the year of the Chernobyl meltdown, I was raised on red wine and dusty books in France.
Since then I’ve been searching for myself and stumbling through life, at times amazed by beauty and symmetry, at times intrigued by the dark and profane.
I publish my poems on the following blog :
http://justtheash.tumblr.com/tagged/poem

 

Filed Under: Depression Poems, Inspirational Poems

Primary Sidebar

AD




Search

Latest

Because We Steer by Dead Stars by Claire Scott

Claire Scott is an award winning poet who has received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations. Her work has been accepted by the Atlanta Review, Bellevue Literary Review, New Ohio Review, Enizagam and Healing Muse among others.

I’ve Set Out All of the Traps for Us by Kiara Nicole Letcher

I start to miss you right after you leave
and then at night I feel a deep ache
in that need spot.

The Shaman by Larry D. Thomas

Larry D. Thomas, a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, was the 2008 Texas Poet Laureate. He has published several award-winning and critically acclaimed collections of poetry

Copyright © 2023 · Metro Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in