Saturday, April 12, 2025

1362 - Café Roundabout

 


Elephant's Child presents 5-10 words for us to use in a creative writing piece.  

This week's words are:

Beauty, Missing, Totally, Roundabout, Belief, Suddenly, Peace, Rose, Calamity, Solve




The Café Roundabout.


It’s a quirky, peaceful place.

An under-stated beauty—

Deep, teal-coloured walls

Flowers, roses, on the tables,

Totally eclectic cutlery and plates,

People drift in.  And out. Or stay.

Coffees are made, consumed.

Nothing happens suddenly.

No panic, no calamity, just calm.

A place for a poet to retreat,

To consume coffee and eggs

To solve the mysteries 

Of the prompts.


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6 comments:

  1. Lies! False advertising! I can see the serviettes. They are clean. You are writing in a notebook.

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    1. Granted. More a metaphor than really writing on the serviettes.

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  2. Brilliant. Thank you for joining us again.

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    1. Just tend to arrive a little late. 🤷‍♂️

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  3. My notebook and coffee mug just high-fived – they agree this poem is a treat.

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    1. Thank you (I suggest you use the serviette to mop up.)

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