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Tea Time Poetry Contest Sponsored by Natasha L Scragg

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I once had thirty nine brothers and sisters
now I’m all alone in the world
Probing fingers
viciously tore me apart from my twin.

My white dress
is speckled with dark dust…
it’s all that remains of my siblings.
I was tossed back into my carboard box home
and left in solitary confinement

I know my days are numbered
as my captor mercilessly
dips her hand in and grabs me.
I do not struggle as she pulls me out
but I can hear a hiss and see a steaming monster

I’m popped into a pretty bone china container
It’s lovely and warm, I feel quite relieved
Until my captor says to me,
“Gran always said I should warm the teapot first”
Then the stark reality of my fate smacks me in the face

All of a sudden the floral china lid is raised
My captor is standing in front of me 
I see the steaming monster towering over me
Now I know the fate of my relations …
they were all boiled alive!

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 2/10/2024 6:58:00 AM

Congratulations on your "Tea Time" write. I enjoyed reading your creative /fun story with the pretty picture. Have a blessed day with a cup of tea.............

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 2/8/2024 9:43:00 AM

- Well deserve a top spot on the list, Jan ... congratulations on your win in the contest :) - hugs

Duke Beaufort

Date: 1/22/2024 3:25:00 PM

Funny to take the point of view of different object and things we deal with for our own pleasure. There's food for thought in all of this!

Charles Messina

Date: 1/20/2024 3:50:00 AM

I love your take on the contest, Jan. The last live was a definite killer, literally-(lol) Best wishes in the contest. Hugs Charlie x

Paul Callus

Date: 1/19/2024 6:09:00 AM

A delightful offering of humorous (and sad) personification, Jan. ~ I still have a couple of cups from my grandmother's teaset, slightly cracked but otherwise so beautiful; glad I saved them extinction! ~Hugs // paul

Jan Allison
Date: 1/19/2024 3:06:00 PM

Thanks so much Paul, it certainly was fun to write. the tea cups sound like family heirlooms - precious memories even though they are no longer pristine:-) hugs Jan xx

Anisha Dutta

Date: 1/19/2024 4:12:00 AM

So creative. Non parallel. I am charmed. Love.

Jan Allison
Date: 1/19/2024 5:48:00 AM

thanks so much Anisha:-) hugs jan xx

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 1/19/2024 2:29:00 AM

I love the way you combine images with such precision. Hugs.

Jan Allison
Date: 1/19/2024 5:47:00 AM

thanks so much Victor:-) hugs jan xx

Joseph May

Date: 1/18/2024 7:16:00 PM

A very creative perspective Jan, Well done, hugs

Jan Allison
Date: 1/19/2024 5:47:00 AM

Thanks Joseph, not sure if its what the sponsor is after but it was fun to write from the teabag's perspective lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 1/18/2024 3:58:00 PM

Om y goodness ! this is too cute, where do you get them Jan, :) gl in the contest dear friend

Jan Allison
Date: 1/18/2024 4:47:00 PM

Goodness knows where it comes from Vie lol:-) hugs jan xx

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 1/17/2024 2:09:00 PM

Lol. It's a winner. I love it. Poor teabag.

Jan Allison
Date: 1/18/2024 12:15:00 PM

thanks so much Hilda, not sure if i've thought too much out of the box for the tea contest lol:-) :-) hugs Jan xx

Lin Lane

Date: 1/17/2024 11:16:00 AM

Forty tea bags in a box. At first, I thought you were a sugar cube. Boiled alive like a lobster! Good fun at the end, and quite charming throughout.

Jan Allison
Date: 1/18/2024 12:14:00 PM

we actually buy bigger boxes maybe 80 or 160 but they are joined together in twos so I thought 'out of the box; for this contest lol:-) hugs Jan xx

Sam Kauffman

Date: 1/17/2024 9:36:00 AM

Oh dear, Jan! Well done! The story is filled with suspense and a great array of feelings! Will never look at my tea bags in the same light again!!! Maybe I'll gently warm the pot from now on! Health and happiness to you in 2024.

Jan Allison
Date: 1/18/2024 12:13:00 PM

Lol yes Sam, gently warm the pot and maybe use single tea bags in the sleeves with the string on them lol:-) :-) hugs Jan xx