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January Poetry Prompt: Coffee or Tea? Hallelujah, Rosie Lea!
Welcome to a new year here at Tweetspeak Poetry. With this new year comes a new series of Monday poetry prompts to help you get your week started right! If you’ve been with us for a while, you know the...
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Tea Conversion: My “Come to Rooibos” Moment
Add this to the list of things science can’t explain, like the Taos hum or Naga fireballs. I’m an insurance adjuster. We’re a jaded, thick-skinned lot, and no matter what names you call us or legal...
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How Do You Take It? (A Coffee Poetry Prompt)
There is a man who beats me to the local coffee house at least once a week. He’s rugged, wears flannel and combat boots. His beard, unkempt and longish. His eyes, deeply inset. The barista asks him...
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Battle of the Beverages (Another Coffee Poetry Prompt)
There is no doubt, we are becoming a coffee culture. Across America, soccer moms have traded Diet Coke cans for paper cups of their favorite double-shot lattes. Working stiffs pull single servings of...
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Writing Rituals: Starting with Tea
I do drink coffee — first thing in the morning. It’s basically an excuse to bitter up my dark chocolate almond milk. If I’m at my dad’s, I’ll have one of his lattes (which are better than anyone...
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We walk in the door, we’re met with the smell of roasted beans and smiling baristas. There’s comfort in the familiarity of our favorite coffee shop, whether it’s a well-known chain or a small,...
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Artist Date: Black Cow Coffee Company
On a busy Thursday, my mom and I took time off from everything and went to the Black Cow Coffee Company. We passed through the glass door to see a large counter full of baked goods. To the left of the...
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Poetry Prompt: Starbucks
Coffee is the lifeblood of many Americans. In fact, about 83 percent of adult Americans drink coffee each day. The U.S. is the biggest consumer of coffee in the world. The National Coffee Association’s...
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Tea Quest: Anchor and Anvil Coffee Bar
Anchor and Anvil Coffee Bar might be the only place in Pittsburgh (or the world) where you can drink a parking chair. Any native knows that a parking chair is the chair you leave on the street to hold...
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Poems From the Coffee Shop: Earl Grey and Loch Ness Weariness
The first rule of motherhood is this: as soon as you create a plan, it is almost sure to be disrupted by your children or the weather. That is why I am not writing to you from the attic today, even...
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