COFFEE By Bobbie Saunders

Gift

of the

gods,

rescuer

of a

mediocre

night’s

sleep,

uplifter

of tepid

moods

and

negative

perspective,

savior

of dreary

mornings

and lonely

afternoons--

Born in Cincinnati, Bobbie Saunders is a graduate of Emory University, B.A. in Psychology and Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, B.F.A. in Painting & Drawing.  Her interests include running, baseball, swimming, playing with dogs.  Her poems have appeared in HAIGHT ASHBURY LITERARY JOURNAL, TALKING RIVER REVIEW, WESTWARD QUARTERLY and others.  ILLUSIONS is her collection of poems.