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Stirring Tea

Wearing my best dress, Stirring tea with a fine spoon, I will mind my manners well And be a success. Tonight I adore the moon While my disappointments swell. Everyone will smile A proper sociable grin And ask about each other. All will speak awhile About how great time has been And who is now a mother. We used to wear jeans And disdain the grown-up ways. We sought out different lives. Now it surely seems Reaching our own grown-up days Reveals us as standard wives. Teenage malcontent Seeks a newer, better world Than what modern adults view. Seems teenage time spent Grows a woman from the girl Who conforms to ways held true. ... CayCay January 3, 2016

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 1/28/2016 9:05:00 PM

Hi Sweet CayCay,, Congrats on your interesting win. Love LINDA :) ;) :)

Sara Kendrick

Date: 1/25/2016 1:20:00 PM

Some change and some don't..Enjoyed reading your winner..Congrats..Sara

Dan Cwiak

Date: 1/20/2016 3:33:00 PM

You did it again, CayCay. Congrats on the win. I wasn't quite sure how to write this form, so I passed.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/19/2016 3:53:00 PM

you put SO much work into yours. a really well deserved win this was.

Sandra Haight

Date: 1/19/2016 8:10:00 AM

Hi CayCay, I am back to congratulate you on your fine win in the Sedoka contest. Hugs, Sandra

Skat A

Date: 1/18/2016 10:32:00 AM

CAYCAY, Congrats on your "SEDOKA FORM (Rhymed) winning poem." love SKAT**

Lu Loo

Date: 1/18/2016 10:00:00 AM

CayCay, Congrats on your top placement in my contest! I loved your poem :) *smiles* -luloo

Caycay Jennings
Date: 1/18/2016 10:06:00 AM

Thank you, Laura, for sponsoring the contest. I think everyone enjoyed the form, I know I did ... CayCay

Sandra Haight

Date: 1/11/2016 12:52:00 PM

Love this, CayCay! So well done with a message most of us can identify with. All the best for the contest. Hugs, Sandra

Caycay Jennings
Date: 1/18/2016 10:06:00 AM

Thank you, Sandra ... CayCay

Cecilia Macfarlane

Date: 1/10/2016 8:47:00 PM

This is awesome Caycay....well done, good luck in the contest. Hugs

Caycay Jennings
Date: 1/11/2016 9:11:00 AM

Thank you very much, Cecilia - I do appreciate your comment. All the best ... CayCay

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/9/2016 5:42:00 PM

this is SO cool, Caycay!!! I love this style of poetry she had us do. (though mine is not posted yet) I think yours is one of the better ones I have seen. It's very complete!

Caycay Jennings
Date: 1/11/2016 9:23:00 AM

Me, too - I also love the form, it was fun. Many thanks ... CayCay

Joseph May

Date: 1/9/2016 4:21:00 PM

Very nicely penned ...best wishes

Caycay Jennings
Date: 1/11/2016 9:25:00 AM

Thank you, Joseph ... CayCay

Dan Cwiak

Date: 1/9/2016 2:15:00 PM

Nice start down memory lane...but I always liked those teenage malcontents. Seems they grew up to be "Tea age" malcontents smoldering under the surface. Nicely done for the form and none too easy I'm sure.

Caycay Jennings
Date: 1/11/2016 9:26:00 AM

Love your comment, Dan, and seeing you here. Thank you bunches and bunches ... CayCay

Janice Canerdy

Date: 1/9/2016 12:30:00 PM

I really love this poem. It's skillfully-written and moving; it speaks the powerful truth so well. Janice

Caycay Jennings
Date: 1/11/2016 9:27:00 AM

Such wonderful and uplifting comments! Thank you, Janice ... CayCay

Eileen Manassian

Date: 1/9/2016 11:08:00 AM

Lovely, my dear. I know the feelings you've penned so well. However, I still have a bit of the rebel in me. Unable to completely conform! ;) Hugs, and good luck in the contest.

Caycay Jennings
Date: 1/9/2016 11:58:00 AM

Ditto! I am an individualistic individual and plan to stay that way! Thank you for commenting. Blessings ... CayCay