SAW SOME BAD BUNNY
NOT MY CUP OF TEA HONEY
KID ROCK SO FUNNY
Trying to write a limerick
Not my cup of tea
Because my humor isn’t it
No funny bone in me
But I keep on trying
Like a kid riding a bike
The training wheels are off
If it takes my whole life
Splattering dried soil upon my face
Lying on that bed for a space
Space for stars, rainbows, and the moon I plunged my eyes; the sky took me into a room
An inch of fumes and smoke filled my lungs
Drown in how they pierced their fangs
Space by space, acre by acre—work as a trade
My skin, eyes, and hair were cascading.
Treasures like golden quicksand,
Provider at most, even in their command
Midst of the haze, everything seems fine to me
Died at most, thou poorest tree
Let them cultivate their land and squeeze out my skin
Everything looks fine to me; I have no kin
Let them pulp my eyes and scorch my feet
Does not matter when I live in a threat
The gift of their deeds is the scaly land
Uncage the air and mutate the hand.
Living in hell or living in a raging tie
Raging storms, zapping lightning, polluted realm, and it looks fine to thine eyes
Stood a strong soldier with all those mishaps
Hiding my scar and fertilizing all my stuff
When you are all broke and I’m here to embrace you
Complaining is not my cup of tea
The wave of sadness washing over me,
Trying to solve this is not my cup of tea.
To hold in all this turbulent emotions,
I am in the need of some advocations.
Why does everything has to be so hard?
Can't I just let my feelings discard.
No one would be able to attune,
As it is invisible to others almost immune.
Not able to withstand,
Just in the need of a helping hand.
Or maybe I am just imagining all this,
But that false hope, is just a wish.
Every morning it’s my habit not so new
of drinking from a brimful cup,
the piping hot reviving brew,
as from bed I listlessly get up.
I try various types of tea and their progeny,
herbal, green, brown and even spicy,
get the satisfaction of a low degree,
often the sip becomes dicey.
Gaining simple pleasure from concoction,
I get to think is not my cup of tea,
until in the Himalayan hill station,
I taste the famous Darjeeling delicacy.
The aroma of golden liquid delights my sense,
drives me to go on a drinking spree,
turns me into an addict of its pleasure hence,
enthuses me to drink everyday a cup of this tea.
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February 10, 2023
Contest : A Simple Pleasure
Sponsored by : Julia Ward
Be kind to others, greet them happily
It shall set your heart free, believe you me
Good always wins out, as it ought to be
I find that it is so, believe you me
Let little things go, give those up with glee
It shall set your heart free, believe you me
You might as well pay, nothing is for free
I find that it is so, believe you me
Laugh at this life, live less seriously
It shall set your heart free, believe you me
All is for the best, in time you shall see
I find that it is so, believe you me
Our world is a tough place, you may agree
Surely though, some are not my cup of tea
1/28/21
Monorhyme Sonnet
"Believe You Me", thought to be slang phrasing brought to America by Irish immigrants in the 19th century
Oh, this is not my cup of tea!
Woke up yesterday with a foot in agony.
A wheelchair from my Mom, I had.
Luckily for me, as my left foot that was very bad.
My daughter and grandson came over to help.
This aging poetess and drama queen wlo likes to yelp!
Into my bed, I was commanded.
Ice on my foot, I felt stranded.
No weight on that foot could I place.
My face was flushed with silly disgrace.
Maria said, "Give it a few days."
I was distraught and in a case ofundesired malaise.
This morning, the pain is about gone.
But keeping off of it, and grateful I can pen poetic songs.
A special thanks to you who wished me well.
Those wonderful prayers and kind words, made me, of this tale to tell.
Bless all of you,
Panagiota xx
10/16/2020
Opus# 1
An Ode to A levels
I thought I would try A levels, how hard could it be?
Since then I have concluded, it’s not my cup of tea.
Brainwashed into obsessing over grades on a test,
They seem to matter more than the fact I have progressed.
It's no longer about studying subjects I love,
It's about ensuring I reach the level above.
A levels have forced me to work late into the night,
A levels have taught me, my work still won’t be right.
A levels have shown me that, coffee is essential,
To ensure my work is done, to its full potential.
For hours I revise from; quotes, facts, dates and so much more,
Why is it better to study, than it is to explore?
I say no to opportunities, so I can highlight my notes,
With no time for experiences, all I know will be quotes! (Thanks Shakespeare!)
I don’t understand the reason for revision,
Is because going to Uni is apparently our vision.
A levels have forced me to work late into the night,
A levels have taught me, my work still won’t be right.
Yet, A levels continue to make me smile,
As I see if my work pays off after a while.
when cutting the cheese
it was more then just brie
but you can't say
that they exactly
broke the mold
it was blue
hard to say
crumbly
but it
was
one
of
a
kind
the kind i can't
find a pairing
of wines so
i suppose
it's one of
those that
truly does
break the
mold
If I offend,
let the reason be pure
Should my presence spoil your thoughts,
let not a shadow of doubt
be cast secular
When I move against the status quo grain,
fermented feelings of many
stir amber waves of murmuring
I sense the seething wind of dissimulation brewing
Compel not me to follow
the drunken messengers of false hope
Perhaps the imitation flavor of idol persuasion
be not my cup of tea ~ I despise superfluous civility
So please allow this non-conforming offense to unsweetly fall on me
As my tongue refuse to sugarcoat the truth ...
another dawn of darkness arises bitterly,
offering no core value compromising remedy
Twilight time is the fading glow of bauble hoarding lunacy
If I offend,
cast these words to the ground
Let any uplifted eyes of oblivious pride
peer ever unquestioningly down
Heaven is not for me
This world is all I wish to see
Golden streets and crystal oceans
Are not my cup of tea
To be quite honest
A cup of tea is my cup of tea
And though I'll do whatever God asks of me
I just pray that when I die he lets me be
To live forever is way too much
A lifetime here is good enough
I'm only six and twenty
Yet this world still has plenty
Of wonders for me to see
Hell...
Heaven is not for me
Some guys are cut out for retirement
That certainly doesn't apply to me
If I had my druthers, I'd still be working
This is surely not my cup of tea
Used to be such an active fellow
Was hard at work twenty-four seven
Up until virtually all hours of the night
Now I'm lucky if I make it past eleven
This poetry site is my saving grace
Without it, I'd surely go berserk
Well maybe that's overstating my case
But you get it, I thrive on work
Perhaps there's a big surprise in store
I'll inherit a million big ones
From a distant long lost cousin of mine
Seems I'm getting a little too much sun!
microcosm -- a storm in a teacup
12/ 25/ 2017.
Catching snakes has to be done
When they are in the city each one
There is a couple of tattooed people
On television in South Africa showing their mettle
Black mambas, Cobras, Spitting Cobras each done
Would have the potential to kill when their biting is done
Not my cup of tea to do this sort of thing
With nerves of steel that they do bring.
© Paul Warren Poetry
One fine day, when it was too hot
best to sit before a cooler I thought
to sit idle is not my cup of tea
I picked a magazine to see
one recipe just held my attention
let me cook something that all will mention
I found the recipe for a cake
assembled all batter and put it to bake
then I made custard and put it in the chiller
it would be an ideal sweet dish and a filler
then I went back to read
all will be happy with this indeed
all lost in reading and enjoying the cool air
having slogged in the kitchen I thought it was fair
engrossed in the story I lost all track of time
to keep a check on the cake should have been prime
I went in and found the cake burnt
went to the freezer to check the other front
to my dismay the custard had turned into ice
oh no I thought I'd serve custard with a cake slice
now its time for all to come in
have to tell them my efforts are in the bin
got to now order food from a restaurant
the order will be the same , think its permanent
I'll never forget this day
in the hot month of May.
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