Pekoe Poems

Premium MemberTea Time

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Luscious teacakes twirl in white coats,
Meringues do zumba rumba
Naughty nibbles dance bub-to-bub
Orange pekoe snugs the cosy
Petite posies ring-a-rosie...
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Categories: pekoe, food,
Form: Abecedarian

Tea Time

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It's almost half past three
time to cosy up for tea
kettle's on the boil to brew
tea for two me and you
with egg and cress or
cucumber sandwiches
with nary a single crust
(they were ...
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Categories: pekoe, drink, food, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberI Shot The Sheriff: Parody

...'Here-comes-The-She--riff'/'And-his-second-trusted-Deputy'
'They-chea-ted-and-were-shot-de--ead'/'By-the-new-Ma-yo--or'/ 'Bob-Mar-ley'

'If-their-left-foot-takes-an-in--nch'/'And-their-right-foot-...
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Categories: pekoe, analogy, appreciation, humorous, irony,
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberThe Priceless Tea Drinker

...*"A tribute to "Pops" (Joe), (04/23/31-01/20/24) though what pans below mirrored life in the States for me, not Pops, but for two years at The Home before he passed, I'd drank tea cause he's unable t...
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Categories: pekoe, appreciation, beautiful, best friend,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberTea Time All The Time

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I come from a long line of tea drinkers
just plain orange pekoe tea
we went through many tea pots
have you ever seen tea cozies
they were meant to keep the pot warm
my mom was very parti...
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Categories: pekoe, how i feel,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberMaking Tea

...It's styles of a nameless brand pristine day
an exclusive star-sheathed shadow after 
overwhelming luminous glare fainted
a somewhat true-to-life footpath in
a back of structured quai...
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Categories: pekoe, allusion, analogy, blessing, celebration,
Form: Concrete

Premium MemberMonkey Chickadee Kicking Donkey

...madagascar monkey, chickadee and delaware donkey
all three argued about the zesty orange pekoe tea
monkey said on the cover was Crocodile Dundee
chickadee and donkey would not agree
said it looke...
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Categories: pekoe, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Monorhyme

Premium MemberFrog Stew

...My frog calmly has his orange pekoe tea said Stew. 
Remainder of the pot is sitting right next to him too.
Will he share with me? No. But he might share with you.
He is pouting today because I hid...
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Categories: pekoe, animal,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberA Simple Pleasure

...A  Simple Pleasure

A simple pleasure in simple lines

Frosty mornings, that wear fuzzy slippers,
Bundled against the dawning amber chill
To watch the early robins through misted windows
With ...
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Categories: pekoe, happiness, joy, peace,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberDrinking a Cup of Tea

...*Image of Royal Alberts by Antiques And Teacups.

Drinking a Cup of Tea

An outing drizzling visits two,
walking past a depot.
Dashing through the rain they withdrew,
in a dressed ...
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Categories: pekoe, destiny, happiness, meaningful, together,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSoap Making Business

...What kind of soap are you making? I asked the gnomes.
They had many ideas they were sharing with each other.
Their soap-making business outgrew most of their homes.
They began a communal business ...
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Categories: pekoe, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberChickadee Chimpanzee Bumblebee and Little Me

...Sweet merry happy chickadee
was terrified of the old racer chimpanzee
He is not so bad threw in the bumblebee
If you knew him well, you could easily see…

But he has such a loud monster truck-li...
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Categories: pekoe, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Monorhyme

Orange-Pekoe Tea

...A teabag is snug 
in an orange rind as it floats
on the brown sewage;

the spinach leaves swirl
as the drain gobbles and sucks, 
and the brocoli 

florets are hurried 
to the steel beast's g...
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Categories: pekoe, allusion, anxiety, butterfly,
Form: Haiku

How Can It Be

...Eighteen yellow roses arrived today
The forth of September, with walnut tree
leaves Falling like snow, twirling to the ground
Nineteen years ago Rose arrived that may
The eighth of may, with blac...
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Categories: pekoe, absence,
Form: Elegy

Tea Love Poem

...Roses are red
Violets are blue
Orange Pekoe tea sits in my kitchen
While I sip Black Chai Indian tea, my one and only love 
with you

Have A Happy Tea Day!!!...
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Categories: pekoe, love,
Form: Free verse

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