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