dark roast

dark roast

i spilled coffee

all over my good jeans

blemished buckle

now dark gold

caffeine poems stained

i am writing now

in uncomfortable slacks

too many holes

in my older dungarees

they let in too much white space

less words

better fit?

maybe they just shrink

with more washings

or refined grounds.

erin-cilberto

9/30/22

Reviews

[Lorry]

There is nothing like a well worn comfortable pair of jeans, or a good cuppa coffee, but add them together and you got the basic ingredients of a bad day.
I do hope your dark roast didn't roast anything you have become too attached to Jacob. 😊

[jacob erin-cilberto]

ha ha, thanks, Lorry,
j.

[Gee]

You must drink an awful amount of coffee if drinking whilst composing Jacob as you seem to have a non stop supply of freshly inked words, do you sleep!
I miss coffee, real coffee, as have been put on decaf by the quack due to blood pressure that likes being in the 200's :))
Hope you are keeping well Jacob

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Hi Gee...so funny you would say that about coffee...I had one sip in my life when I was 12 years old and spit it out...never touched it again.
Oh yes, I sleep some...
I take blood pressure pills as well....isn't aging great?
thanks
j.

[Gee]

Lol. My 60th birthday present from the doctor was no coffee, little or no alcohol and a stress free work place. I've managed to kick coffee, working on the other two:)

[Coyote Poetry]

Coffee spilled and needing new pant. I need new pant now. I am gaining weight. I liked the honesty in the poetry and I do love my coffee. Thank you Jacob for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Coyote...appreciate your visit,
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Jacob.

[Ted Kniffen]

Nothing quite like those tatty old jeans and a well worn tee-shirt. The wife keeps wanting me to toss them out and get new ones ... but that would be like throwing out old words and phrases that fit the lines so well.

Good one j.

Been away for awhile dealing with this writing course ... so far so good ... but need to get back to the cafe.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

sure good to see you again, Ted...glad the writing course is going well.
and thanks for your words,
j.

[softlyfall]

You create an illuminating allegory; you wear your heart on your sleeve in this poem because the clothing is a concrete image of your poetic process, trial and error, working through discomfort at times, bringing it all together conceptually.
In a way, you remind me of a modern beat poet... their " authentic, unfettered style"
I can imagine you in a smoky café by the window, head bent over the paper.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that is such a compliment, softlyfall...I love the Beats....was weaned on them when I started writing poetry.
j.

[softlyfall]

Me too! We are contemporaries, certainly.

[Sami Khalil]

I know a good dry cleaner's shop sir Jacob if you need one, or a good washateria for wet cleaning. Either way you are waxing poetical. By the way, vintage jeans are the best.
Marvelous!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, vintage jeans....I had an old pair of levi super slims...maroon colored and stick to the skin tight.
thanks, Sami,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe. You are welcome sir Jacob.

[redd Brick Keshner]

dark roast, burnt toast
eye lifts, scans the coast
among chasms and rifts
spasming ink pulse lifts

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i like your poem better than mine.
thanks, Frederick...
j.

[redd Brick Keshner]

Well, I like your poem! There’s room enough for articulate expression. What’s awesome is the poetic dynamic only possible in the meeting of separate yet united poetic processes for it to cycle full circle!

[keith]

'too much white space' .. i feel ya

drawer full well worn tattered jeans ... i plead guilty
have another cup o joe jacob ... show 'em who's the boss!
another great write for the unpublished

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thanks, keith,
j.

[Ken e Bujold]

spilled coffee, pants papers poets. I can live with these three being stained or burnt. But try spilling it on your laptop. Now there's a nightmare for certain

ken

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh damn, it shorted out...and the keyboard is really sticky...
thank you, ken
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Coffee spills on papers. Yes, I have had my share of that. Seems that you write your best when you are wearing your good jeans. They seem a better fit and much more to your liking. Quick get them washed and dried and get those slacks and dungarees out of sight. They are your past. Your good jeans are the present and the future.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your comments on my wardrobe---I have to get jeans that fit better.
Your metaphoric review gave me a smile, Chris.
j.