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WORLD POETRY DAY: “Pay w/ a Poem” @ Urban Solace Cafe

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Bangalore’s Urban Solace Cafe (https://www.facebook.com/UrbanSolaceCafe) does something cool, and kind to poets, for World Poetry Day. They have a “Pay with a Poem” event allowing people to buy a cup of coffee with an original poem today. So, if you’re in the Ulsoor Lake neighborhood, show them some love. My submission is below.

FOR THE LOVE OF COFFEE

It’s said we each have one true love.
    I fear I may have two.
  Oh Coffee, dearest black coffee,
    I love your rich brown hue. 

I love your lava-like hotness, 
    and how you energize.
  Some have said you’re bad for my heart,
    but that’s a pack of lies.

I’ll consume you in the morning, 
    but cautiously at night.
  For if I take you in the eve,
    there'll be Aubades at first light.

Pink & Blue [Haiku]

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pink trumpet flowers,
 in dense clustered spheres,
  break up spring’s blue sky

Tidal Islands [Haiku]

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high tide sweeps
 around the beach rocks, 
  and then they’re islands.

DAILY PHOTO: Chandni Chowk / Russell Market

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Open Road [Haiku]

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open road mural
 triggers wanderlust;
  i stop to look.

Train Scene [Haiku]

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from a speeding train, 
 i see a fresh-plowed field
  in which nothing moves.

Gold [Haiku]

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golden trumpet
 lives up to its name
  when sunrise strikes.

DAILY PHOTO: Rangoli

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DAILY PHOTO: Tűzoltó & Bokréta Streets, Budapest

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Silent Wailing [Sonnet]

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I saw the lips move, but no sound came out.
 The message could not cross from air to brain.
  With reddened face, next an attempted shout,
   but silence suggests words weren't true but feigned.

You'll think me deaf, but I heard other sounds:
 a ticking clock, a fan, and distant horns.
  Maybe, barrier glass made unseen bounds?
   Perhaps, but what bars only sound that mourns?

I know of nothing that would fit the bill,
 but start to suspect nothing stopped the scream
  from reaching me, but rather force of will
   did stick that voiceless face within my dream.

But am I sure I'm having a nightmare?
 I can't say for sure that I'm even here.