TEA PAGE

2 Poems

Tea leaves ;

Over straineth                            

 

When novelties

wear waffery thin,

the lame, lifeless,

dregs, of ideas,

and hopes, are

strained through

a wire mesh,

of desperate,

seething stress,

screwed up, then

chucked forth,

just missing the bin,

behind the desk,

in a hostile mess,

fuming, like

fatigued guests.

 

A Half Decent Brew

          When tea bags of opportunities

are perforated with mystical conceptions,

you seek asylum with a warmed up

cup of reason, rich and flavoursome,  

as you sip, gulp and

slurp from the tannin stained rim,

                     tantalising your taste buds,

briskly burning your lips,

allowing your dentures to take a swim,

countering your lethargy with

earthly ginseng energy,

satisfying  a ferocious  thirst

             with a fresh brew of self worth,

dribbling new goals to conspire,

of subterranean desires,

           that wasn’t half, a decent Cuppa!

Reviews

[Paul Seaman]

there is an analogy of a spent tea bag to something that can not be covered in a family friendly web site, a reference to a pejorative to the male condition, I have always noticed. Especially if the tea bag was saved to be used again, and then forgotten for a time. Steep is the path of lfe and steep in the path of tea..

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Hello Mr Paul Seaman, 'the pejorative of the male condition', my my, I did not think that I was crossing gender boundaries or creating any such provocations for that matter, however, I am pleased to hear from you again, take good care.

[riskrapper]

PS: did that tea bag moldering behind the desk ever get picked up?
here in the states teabaggers have a similar connotation....
heap of molding garbage in desperate need of disposal...

[SHEEMA HUQ]

They were a squashed bundle of tea leaves, flung from out of the strainer.....your comments are much appreciated :)

[riskrapper]

nice sheema...
tea time in London...
they say theres more to a cup of tea then meets the eye
is that one lump or two?
lemon or cream?

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Nice to hear from you again, thanks for your humour and engagement, Riskrapper!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Really down to earth analogy. The metaphor is one we can all relate to and as we know tea can be a calming healer, a comfort amnd a quencher of thirst!

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Thanks for this complementary review John :0)

[Hotwater]

Twobrews Lautrec... well "painted" Sheema... lots of smiles in there, and of course, quality.

*bird*

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Well hello, Sir Hotwater, thanks you so much for popping in and reviewing, you words are always gladly received!!

[Bobbie Coelho]

Very good. I really like the way you have put it especially the last verse "you seek asylum with a warm cup of reason"

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Thank you so very much Bobbie for dropping by and reviewing this page, always lovely to hear from you and much appreciated!

[Great Aunt Astri]

Two very good poems using tea as a metaphor, in the first poem, for things we discard,
And the second, well Teabags of opportunities, with a fresh brew of self worth. I thought they were both very clever.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

I blush, I am very flattered by your kind gestures, Great Aunt Astri, and thank you so very much!!

[Tai Ryens]

How brilliant this is as food for thought, well done! I quite enjoyed this.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Glad that you found, quite enjoyable, thanks kindly for taking the time out to, write such a flattering review , much appreciated :)

[L.Edward]

Ha ha. Brilliant. A subject very worthy of contemplation. Swimming dentures. Only you could come up with something as crazy-cool as that. I'll never look at my cuppa the same again.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

So glad to have amused you and thanks a million for this review :)

[L.Edward]

Oh yeah. I dig your warped free-thunkin stylins. Keep em rollin.

[Mark]

Love the imagery. I love tea. The dregs and leftovers are discards though. Love the bit about steaming like fatigued guests. LOL whay a visual. Nice job on both.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Hi Mark, thank you so very much for your most encouraging words ;)