If We Were Having Coffee Today #VerseLove

 I am participating in Ethical ELA's #Verse Love where we write a poem a day for the entire month of April to celebrate National Poetry Month.  Thank you to Kim Johnson for today's inspiration--Weekend Coffee Share Poem.  

This poem is for all of the writers and teacher writers that have touched my life.  

If We Were Having Coffee or a Diet Coke

If we were having coffee today,

I would stand up to hug you, 

but ask if you were a hugger first;

my excitement would be palpable.

If we were having coffee today,

I'd tell you I've been building

a new nest over the past three years

out of pens, morning pages, slices, and verse.

I'd tell you 

it has been sad and lonely

at times

but your words

are filling the spaces

between the twigs.  

If we were having coffee today, 

I'd say thank you

for this community of writers;

it has changed my life.