From our food editor, Verla Burrell-Bordelon:
Wake up and read the coffee -- this February (or FeBREWary, as we like to call it).
That's right. Every day in FeBREWary we will post a coffee poem by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request). You can catch all of the poems HERE.
No poet has written more poems about coffee than Emmett Lee Dickinson, Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request. Of course, all of Dickinson’s poems about coffee inspired third cousin Emily to pen poems of her own – though not about coffee. Emily Dickinson did love coffee too, but only if it had room for brandy. Lots and lots of brandy.
Wake up and read the coffee -- this February (or FeBREWary, as we like to call it).
That's right. Every day in FeBREWary we will post a coffee poem by Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request). You can catch all of the poems HERE.
No poet has written more poems about coffee than Emmett Lee Dickinson, Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request. Of course, all of Dickinson’s poems about coffee inspired third cousin Emily to pen poems of her own – though not about coffee. Emily Dickinson did love coffee too, but only if it had room for brandy. Lots and lots of brandy.
| Here’s an excerpt from a letter from Emily Dickinson to her brother Austin when he had traveled to Boston in the fall of 1853: "I’m waiting for sleep, dear Austin, and thought I would write. I watched you until you were out of sight Saturday evening and then went to my room and poured myself a coffee with heaps of brandy. Even now my coffee is almost gone, and the toddy has lifted my spirits wonderfully. I am quite at leisure – such a delirious whirl – thanks to the brandy, I am sure. Vinnie has commenced snoring, the saucy seraph – like a drunken bee. The brandy has done fine work on her. A long sleep eludes me though. Perhaps more brandy, less coffee? I’ll be staggering toward the sun in the morning. Write soon to me, dear brother. You dearest Emily." Pictured at the right: Emily Dickinson's 1853 letter to her brother Austin. |  |
Join us throughout the month of FeBREWary as we post poems about coffee throughout the month – but you will have to provide your own brandy!
Read 28 coffee poems from 2013 HERE; 28 coffee poems from 2014 HERE, 28 coffee poems from 2015 HERE; 29 coffee poems from 2016 HERE; 28 coffee poems from 2017 HERE; 28 coffee poems from 2018 HERE; and 28 coffee poems from 2019 poems HERE.
THAT'S 197 POEMS ABOUT COFFEE -- plus we'll post 29 more this FeBREWary. That should keep you caffeinated.
THAT'S 197 POEMS ABOUT COFFEE -- plus we'll post 29 more this FeBREWary. That should keep you caffeinated.
Although no poet wrote more poems about coffee than Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request), we do come across other poets' works about coffee from time to time. One recent work we stumbled upon on Twitter was particularly blunt and honest, full of personal turmoil and self-reflection -- so we thought we'd share it.
Below: "A Poem for Mornings" by @maddox7746:
A POEM FOR MORNINGS
Coffee, coffee, coffee,
Coffee.
Coffee, coffee,
Everyone shut up.
Coffee.
Below: "A Poem for Mornings" by @maddox7746:
A POEM FOR MORNINGS
Coffee, coffee, coffee,
Coffee.
Coffee, coffee,
Everyone shut up.
Coffee.
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