Short Teaspoons Poems

1-cup
some boiling water
2 heaping teaspoons of sugar
1-bag of chamomile tea 
Pour a cup of this for you and me
Taste good, good for what ails you


5/21/18
written words by  James Edward Lee Sr.
Copyright ©  2018...

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one cup questions
two tablespoons of faith
three teaspoons of love
a smidgen of heartbreak
one part truth
sift out the lies
stir the feeling
a tear from my eye
set the oven
see what it makes
when it is done
it is still half baked...

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I am the master poem. 

I express a clear and genuine emotion 

using a fine vocabulary. 

I am the product of a moment of clarity 

and several teaspoons of pretense. 

I have no flaws, unlike the trash heaped around me. 

Give me five stars, slut....

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Hovering bees gather
Heavenly blooms’ nectar;
Hive's sweet home – honeycomb!
Harvesting their gold means
Healthful happiness from
Heaped teaspoons of it in
Hot tea for my HONEY!

Feb. 20, 2017 for Kim Merryman's  Pleiades H Poetry Contest...

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1 1/2 cup of pigfeet broth
1 cup of diced apples
1/4 cup of cooked celery
1/4 cup of candied ginger
1/4 cup of cooked red peppers
1/4 cup of cooked onion
3 tablespoons of garlic
2 tablespoons of vinager
1 teaspoon of soy sauce
2 teaspoons of honey
1 tablespoon of Cayenne
2  tablespoons cherry juice
2 tablespoons of port...

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1 1/2 cup of pigfeet broth
1 cup of diced apples
1/4 cup of cooked celery
1/4 cup of candied ginger
1/4 cup of cooked red peppers
1/4 cup of cooked onion
3 tablespoons of garlic
2 tablespoons of vinager
1 teaspoon of soy sauce
2 teaspoons of honey
1 tablespoon of Cayenne
2  tablespoons cherry juice
2 tablespoons of port...

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