Afternoon Tea with a Friend Who Mistook Me for a Vanity Mirror
I do desire we may be better strangers.
— As You Like It, Act 3 Scene 2, Line 254; Orlando to Jacques
She called it venting;
I called it theater.
On a loop, it was non-stop tragedy
with no intermission.
When I spoke of my dreams,
she'd flinch, as if I had farted
during her soliloquy.
So,
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Categories:
afternoon tea, absence, abuse, art, conflict,
Form: Free verse
A Girly Afternoon Tea
Milly and Jilly played afternoon tea
With delicious cakes and fine pottery
Both looked pretty with flowers in their hair
And faces aglow, such a happy pair.
They drank all the tea and ate all the cakes
Not a crumb was left, they had cleared their plates
Happily they sang their favourite songs
Their mommas joined in with the sing-along.
Soon they were
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Categories:
afternoon tea, childhood, friendship, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Stirring My Afternoon Tea
Sitting here stirring my afternoon tea. Earl Grey is my favourite, so that it must be.
With the fragrance of Bergamot filling the air, recollections at Grandma's house take me right there.
She'd brew up a pot, serve cookies and cake, or sometimes a Cadbury's chocolate flake.
So that's why Earl Grey is my first
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Categories:
afternoon tea, drink, grandmother, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Vickys Afternoon Tea
Ms. Ogre Moose was happy to come to afternoon tea
She enjoyed Victorian Vicky who was lovely to see.
They did not speak the same language but got along fine
Laughing at their men who were silly on cranberry wine.
It’s a great day for a walk, Ms. Ogre Moose told her host.
I’d love to come along, except you
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Categories:
afternoon tea, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Afternoon Tea
It was a day of jubilation when
The alligators came to tea
Though I didn’t quite like
The way they looked at me
A Jungle Jazz Combo played
Do Wap free and loose
As we all celebrated the day
Of the inter species truce.
The chimps played the brass
A gorilla sang deep bass
While the giraffe conducted
Them to a cracking pace.
The lion sat
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Categories:
afternoon tea, fantasy, fun, how i
Form: Rhyme
Afternoon Tea
My
Two
Dearest
Friends
and me
Shared a scrumptious
Afternoon Tea
of
Sandwiches
Scones
Cakes
and Cream
a more delicious tea
we had ne’er seen
So much there to eat
at this afternoon treat
Washed down
with a nice cup of tea
An English tradition you see
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Categories:
afternoon tea, appreciation, food, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Afternoon Tea
Strains of chamber music fill the air
Invited guests have come to share,
Cozied pots filled with steeping teas
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Categories:
afternoon tea, celebration, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Musing Over Afternoon Tea
Whatever happened
To afternoon tea
Served around four o-clock
It used to be a daily ceremony
Out came a pretty cloth
From an old sideboard drawer
To put on a small table
Used many times before
On to this table
Doylies and napkins placed
Precisely and carefully
There was no need to race
Then came the china
A person's very best
Teapot and cosy
And an antique spoon rest
Fairy cubes
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Categories:
afternoon tea, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Afternoon Tea At the Szechuan Palace
Assuaging our thirst drives us in from the street,
shoppping fatigued; a welcome retreat
as a menu of delights rewards us with tea,
Black Yunnan for you and Silver Tips for me.
Smooth liquid sunshine kisses Ruby Woo lips,
puckered to perfection; taking delicate sips,
savouring the euphotic zone where the flavour is mellow
deliciously steeped to an exquisite yellow.
Anecdotic tales
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Categories:
afternoon tea, drink, sensual,
Form: Quatrain
Cockleshells and Muscles On Mussels At a Grand Afternoon Tea
Balloons can be rolled like balls in halls. But only halls that measure over sixty feet in diameter would ever please a pamplemoose. Pample mooses are appetisers in buffets so they must all run and hide in the cave now. And they can take that great big cow with them. All she does is moo
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Categories:
afternoon tea, allusion, beautiful, beauty, betrayal,
Form: I do not know?
Afternoon Tea
Afternoon tea at three, oh what a delight
The table was set - it was an incredible sight
Laden with sandwiches, cakes and tea
What a fantastic treat this was going to be
We tucked in with relish, each mouthful a treat
Deciding which delicious food we should eat
Sandwiches with beef, prawns and tuna too
So much choice my appetite
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Categories:
afternoon tea, food, humorous, thank you,
Form: Rhyme
Afternoon Tea
Have a cup of tea
Invite who you may in
Provide some cake as well
Stored in that Christmas tin
An afternoon well spent
Some friends around for tea
Sharing the worries and joys
Not even costing a fee
How the time’s gone
Where the company’s so sweet
The last thing to remember
A time again to meet
An afternoon just spent
Brings comfort to some poor soul
Who
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Categories:
afternoon tea, community, drink, nice,
Form: Rhyme