Seven Teapots
I opened the door that morning to a knock,
And four women, holding seven teapots.
I had to laugh, surprise and then understanding hitting me at once.
I welcomed them in and cleared a place on the kitchen counter.
There they sat. Seven teapots, quirky and colourful.
Every shape and size. Some plain. Some themed.
One shaped like a cottage. Another
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Categories:
teapots, bereavement, community, death, funeral,
Form: Free verse
Teapots' Romance
The square teapot designed like a wood stove
Admired by the delicate painted rose teapot
When his water comes to steam in the alcove
Rose sings soprano harmonizing on the spot
Such a friendship cannot be forgot
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Categories:
teapots, romance,
Form: Quintain (English)
I Love Teapots
I love the shape of teapots
Their beautiful bulbous curve
And how they can then brew the brew
That quickly calms your nerve.
I love the simple handle
Colored brown or black or white
And I love the little lid they have
That holds the heat in tight.
I love the steam from the spout
When you fill it to the top
And I love
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Categories:
teapots, best friend, friendship, happy,
Form: Quatrain
Tempests In Teapots
I'm not out to change my world
or yours,
but I do believe we are in this world together
to refine our collective regenerate health status,
to resolve our climate therapies
for healthier economies
and politics of mind and body ecologies.
I am thinking of not even being in any more
for those who only have a yearn for climate change,
as this is
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Categories:
teapots, change, culture, health, political,
Form: Political Verse
Brewing Sunsets In Teapots
I brew sunsets in teapots
I drink the dawn from a mug
and in my bicycle basket I have seduction in a jug
so now and then I take someone clean shaven home to my obliging bed
when I guess I should sit quietly pristine,
with my legs crossed instead
but each day is so fragile
they black out every evening
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Categories:
teapots, celebration, freedom, happiness, life,
Form: Rhyme