I don't feel I amount to much,
Just an ordinary white china mug,
Passed around in this cafe
Where people come to drink coffee
And work on the computers.
But today I feel special.
I'm sitting here on the computer table,
Still just an ordinary white china mug
Like tens of thousands of others.
But a woman is writing a poem about me
On the computer! On Allpoetry,
the famous poetry website.
I hope she wins the contest
Or at least gets honourable mention.
Even if she doesn't, it's an honour
To be picked to be a subject.
I'll be sure to tell the other mugs
Back in the kitchen when we're being washed.
We talk about the customers all the time
But none of them will have a tale
To top my literary life. I'm now a muse.
Author notes
I enjoy coffee so much that any mug I drink from is important to me, even an ordinary white mug in a cafe
A contest entry
- Inanimate Objects... by surface--tension.
600 points, ended May 21, 2008, 28 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Spill Ink by pattyann4500.
900 points, ended June 22, 2008, 18 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Personification ! Come One ! Come All ! by Anu-Nataraj.
450 points, ended October 20, 2008, 16 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - silver I by Salty Hibiscus.
450 points, ended February 6, 86 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
So, what's your opinion of this?
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that mug of coffee is what i want at this moment. you did a great personification. thank you for sharing and good luck in the contest.
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HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
i loved it dear poet !!!
Good Luck In The Contest !!!!!!
much love,
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I like the chatty character of the mug, it shows how we polish our self-esteem with the details that make us a little different. We may go a little too far at times, but someone has to recognize our individuality.
This is a sweet idea.
Congratulations for your bronze trophy!
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Hmm. Strange...I commented on this, but it doesn't show, so I'll go at it again. Sorry.
I love this piece. You have brought to life a lowly little mug so well that I imagined myself as the mug looking admiringly up at you. What a lovely little piece. Thank you for your entry. Patricia
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Excellent
Wonderful descriptions. So very well done. Best of luck in the contest.
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I liked this piece, actually very much. hahaha I like computers, coffee, and cups hahaha the whole works and your poem, it is a good one and you should be proudlol good luck in the contestlol
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every cup has its fifteen minutes i suppose lol - is allpoetry site famous? let's just hope the cup doesn't let the poem get to its head and it goes out on the town and gets smashed
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hahaha lol at getting smashed hahaha you are so cutelol
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I really liked this, all things should inspire. I am a tea drinker myself, but enjoy an occasional cup of coffee. Loved the personification, that old cup is a real celebrity now.
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