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Sipping Tea In the Mist

See the misty drizzle falling on the ocean Tea steaming on your bungalow stove Free particles of vapor evaporate Tree limbs bow ‘neath raindrops as to shore you rove Be at peace as you open your umbrella Lee are the winds as they rock boats in the harbor Ye who live a modest life are wrapped in thoughts of He who dwells on the distant island castle, object of your ardor Tea still releasing steam adds to the haze Three tiny sips of chamomile put you at ease Glee fills your heart on this dreariest of days Wee crabs scurry forth, your toes to tease *Entry for Rick Parise’s “Lento Poetry” contest

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Barbara Gorelick

Date: 8/14/2011 1:04:00 PM

Smiles to you LNC...lets have tea sometime. congrats. BG Hope your having fun..

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 8/13/2011 8:28:00 PM

I really like this write I think it just wasn't exactly what he was looking for? but a most excellent and unique work! Congrad's Light & Love

Jack Horne

Date: 8/13/2011 4:01:00 PM

Please excuse hasty congrats - I'm posting before I got logged out again. Many congrats on all your wins : ) Hope your holiday was great fun, love

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 8/13/2011 1:45:00 PM

Congratulations on the win in the contest of Rick, Carolyn

Lee Ramage

Date: 8/13/2011 11:02:00 AM

That is a lovely poem and nice story. Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Congratulations on your HM, it deserved it. Lee

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 8/13/2011 9:56:00 AM

Congratulations on your well deserved win in this contest sponsored by ^Rick Parise "Lento Poetry" Carolyn. Love, Carol

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 8/12/2011 11:59:00 PM

Congrats on your HM Carolyn in Lento Poetry contest.. also Rick asked me to pass along his congrats to u and all other winning poets tonight ...

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/12/2011 11:46:00 PM

Carolyn, congrats on the HM. I had really liked this one from the first time I saw it!

Kash Poet

Date: 8/12/2011 9:59:00 PM

Congratulations Carolyn on your HM in Rick's contest.

Bob Quigley

Date: 7/25/2011 1:29:00 PM

Beautiful verse. Loved it. Good luck in the contest.

Jslambert Mister Roboto

Date: 7/24/2011 1:42:00 PM

After reading this I miss Florida. Writing was so different then. I will be down to visit my parents soon enough. Although they live in Orlando, so things were pretty hectic with all the news/media everywhere. They live just blocks away from the where Kassey A. lives. They tell me it was awful with all the rubbernecking and hub bub. wOw! where did I dig those two words up from, grandpa's thesaurus? Ha. Hub Bub Rubbernecking! I'm a nerd!

Jack Horne

Date: 7/23/2011 3:13:00 PM

I've tried chamomile but it didn't seem to work on me! And it was tasteless. Maybe I made it wrong, somehow, LOL. Bowls is a little like bowling but the idea is to hit a ball, not bowling pins.

Robert A. Dufresne

Date: 7/23/2011 2:56:00 PM

ah yes Chamomile, a tea most genteel. I forgot about it's soothing properties . cool poem Carolyn. This poem lives in the moment. I am continually learning to do that and I actually have succeeded a time or two ...but no more than that! Enjoyed it.

Daver Austin

Date: 7/23/2011 10:56:00 AM

Beautiful, yet something so lonely about this piece. Hope I am wrong. Love, daver

Sara Kendrick

Date: 7/22/2011 12:51:00 PM

Good luck in the contest..Reads like winners' circle work to me..I can see the scene if only having seen the scene in pictures..Thanks for your time at my work...Very greatly appreciated..Sara

Samir Georges

Date: 7/22/2011 11:24:00 AM

steaming tea on a misty day. beautiful.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/22/2011 11:12:00 AM

ok, I am kind of getting this form now. But does it have to use monorhyme or can each stanza change to a new rhyme. I need to study this out. GOOD one, Carolyn. cool idea.