You rich and gleaming precious beans <br />So sleek and flawless and fine <br />To bar you from me would be mean <br />To ban you would be a cruel crime <br /> <br />I cannot express the joy you bring <br />Your aroma, flavor and beauty <br />Above all hot liquid you are king <br />Grand champion over lowly tea <br /> <br />From afar I hear the refrain <br />Of miraculous perculation <br />I pause and listen to the strain <br />In lover-like adoration <br /> <br />At any party you are my delight <br />In the morning you are my salvation <br />I drink you no matter day or night <br />My afternoon cause for celebration <br /> <br />Oh, this my ode to coffee so dear <br />Whose very name is deep and divine <br />I now say thank you and wipe a tear <br />To this lovely drink so very sublime<br /><br />Beth Culley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-ode-to-coffee/
