Thursday, December 07, 2006

Poetry that makes reference to coffee

T. S Eliot even made reference to coffee.


T.S. Eliot (1888–1965). Prufrock and Other Observations. 1917.

1. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock


'For I have known them all already, known them all:—

Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;

I know the voices dying with a dying fall

Beneath the music from a farther room.

So how should I presume?'

Well The Latte Days would suggest 2 teaspoons of decaff would be better than caffeinenated, if you're feeling a little vulnerable.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

An ode to coffee

everything is fuzzy, i cannot think
i've had too much of the demon drink
i need caffeine with plenty of froth
to lift me from this state of sloth
in just 2 sips i'm no longer tired
it's like my whole brain has been rewired
by the time i've drunk to the very end
i realise that coffee is my new best friend.

The latte days in North London said...

WOOOOOWWWWEEEEE WHAT POETREEEEEEEE.

I know this guy who has just SELF published his book of poems. Do you want his number?

Anonymous said...

ooh, a guy who has self published a book of poems, he sounds like a motivated intellectual - has he a bod to die for too?