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Best Afternoon Tea Poems

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Premium Member 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...

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Categories: afternoon tea, food, humorous, thank you,
Form: Rhyme



My Mother Thinks I'M a Doctor
My mother thinks I'm a doctor
I just don't have the guts
To tell her I spent all my college doe
On beer, wine, women and such

So after...

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Categories: afternoon tea, funny, humor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Day I Had Tea With the Queen
I’ve got a secret to tell you, so gather round to hear
I had afternoon tea with the Queen in May this year

Her majesty was wearing...

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Categories: afternoon tea, fantasy, humorous, poetry,
Form: Couplet
Lee Ramage-Our Random Plea
My Dearest Lee…How we miss thee!
Please come back…here is our plea…
If you’d come back, we agree…
To eat cold Brussels sprouts and a pea
To swim across...

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Categories: afternoon tea, devotion,
Form: Monorhyme
Rose Petals On My Table
early morning dream
a butterfly on my eyes
tiny fingers' touch

an innocent face
eagerly waits with closed eyes
daily breakfast kiss

rush hour traffic jam
flower girl at the window
dew drops...

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Categories: afternoon tea, life, time,
Form: Senryu



Tea Party For Four
Tea Party For Four

Two girls partake of afternoon tea
Under willow trees and pleasant weather 
Dolly’s join them, splendid gowns, sentry ready
Social graces with porcelain clean...

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Categories: afternoon tea, adventure, celebration, childhood, children,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dead Crush
"Dead Crush"



Oh uplift me woman
if we were to have a 
conversation would 
bees fly out of your mouth
or just mewling, simpering 
watered-down honey
not so pristine,...

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Categories: afternoon tea, courage, freedom, women,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Little Girls and Kittens
It seems that saucy little girls are rather smitten,
By the playful antics of a cuddly, furry kitten!
Whether she teases it with a tantalizing feather,
Or when...

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Categories: afternoon tea, animals, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Remember Remember Mum
Remember remember Mum when we were small.
Holding hands as we learnt to walk,
Teaching us how to talk.
On the swing you'd push us high
Till our feet...

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Categories: afternoon tea, age, birthday, daughter, happy
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Teen Passion
TEEN PASSION 

As we walk along the path of a nearby valley, 
Teenagers in love, where the laden fruit trees shake out 
Their shadows onto...

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Categories: afternoon tea, teen love,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Wait Until You Meet Lucinda Shaw
Wait until you meet Lucinda Shaw
Curious how many said this to me.
People reported her with a bit of awe,
Forecasting maybe I would fully see.
Depth of...

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Categories: afternoon tea, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Chant Royal
Premium Member Vashon Memories
Vashon Memories

A song to sing itself –
A birthing voice,
Shouting then whispering
Of fields and quiet harbors
Of blackberries and sunlight on smooth waters,
Of boredom, rest and restlessness
	In...

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Categories: afternoon tea, beach, summer, tree, vacation,
Form: Free verse
A New Football Season
A New Football Season


Fall football season has finally come upon us,
It’s time for wives across the nation to raise a fuss.
This usually happens once each...

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Categories: afternoon tea, football,
Form: Rhyme
How To Get On In Society

Original version:

Phone for the fish knives, Norman
As cook is a little unnerved;
You kiddies have crumpled the serviettes
And I must have things daintily served.

Are the requisites...

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Categories: afternoon tea, family, food, me,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Caution - This Poem May Contain Some Humour
When my husband was in hospital, he was given an afternoon tea
Scones and cake and sandwiches, simply delicious as you can see
The final treat was...

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Categories: afternoon tea, food, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

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