Poems by Rachel Harty From her upcoming book, Coffee, a Sip of You and Me

Poems by Rachel Harty

From her upcoming book, Coffee, a Sip of You and Me

Rachel Harty is the coffee poet, a girl who is nothing short of caffeine. As a six-year-old, she often would be found stealing coffee from her parents, and as you might have guessed, she quickly became fascinated by caffeine. Much like all the other things she was exposed to, such as writing, ballet, volleyball, school, etc. Given her curiosity, she set her eyes on writing and documenting her travels and big city adventures, anything that was quite the opposite of her small hometown of Deland, FL.

In her adolescent years, she ultimately pursued volleyball as her primary passion, and secured a Division 1 scholarship to Campbell University. There she studied Trust and Wealth Management, tactically, with hopes of landing a job that would afford her with the opportunity to move to New York. Rachel did just that, living life in the fast lane, accomplishing much in a short amount of time. Her coming of age came with many emotions, some that she couldn’t quite articulate, so she reverted back to her favorite things, caffeine and writing. 

With so much to say, she wrote her first book, Coffee, a Sip of You and Me, which will be released in the Spring of 2023.

Here she exclusively shares some of the poems from her book.

VALUE

you may have dipped your spoon

into my mug

once

or maybe

a time

or two

but remember

i don’t let everyone in

and not everyone can

feel what they have

with me

as i did with you

 

CONNECTED

my sister: she’s bold like your grandmother’s black coffee

my brother: he’s smooth

like the foam on the top of a commercial cappuccino

my mother: she’s calm like a drip coffee

patiently tending to my needs

my father: he’s always on like an espresso

never missing a minute

a beat

my sister my brother

my mother        my father

my this

my that

all our exaggerated differences are out on the table

yet we are somehow brewed the same

For more information, please visit: https://www.rachelharty.com or https://www.instagram.com/rachelharty

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Category: Contemporary Women Writers