Tea
For Ellie Hoovs' Unofficial Wonderland Poetry Prompt Challenge
Pour me a cup of storm
And I will stir what's there
Until it steams its way
Into a transforming elixir;
A tonic plucked from plush green
And desiccated gently just for me.
Until steaming mists meet it dried again
And hotly decanted, with their cloak
Of heated veils, they dance
And swirl it back into life.
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Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Yay Rachel!! I'm circling back to say congrats on honourable mention this week!
"Pour me a cup of storm"- brilliant line!
Cool poem. Love how you describe a cup of tea here.
What a creatively gorgeous poem! I like it despite my distaste for tea.🤣✅
I am excited tea is the first prompt in this challenge. Loved your poem. 💕☕️🫖
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! I'm an every day thrice a day tea drinker and this poem is just sublime! Going to make myself some now! Thank you for the encouragement!
Nothing like a hot cup of tea to transport us to some place magical.
Gotta say I was disappointed because your title is very misleading. I thought you were gonna give me some juicy gossip 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 But your poem did not disappoint. I loved it!
Wow, Rachel... I was sold from "cup of storm"!! The way you painted this picture of a simple cup of tea is definitely not simple, it's exquisite!!
Nicely done, Rachel. You totally sold me on this one. I'll take two cups, please.
Dear Rd - Rita Louise, my Irish-English Wife, would make such a fuss with the traditional cozy and tea pot turned in just the correct direction/with the spoon dripping in the milk so slowly that I just grabbed a cup of coffee to go. Thanks for the lovely memory..! Jk - In fast coffee drinkers @ enormous expense in.l.a.
Save a cup for me! Brilliant.
How you can make a drink sound beautiful, I have no idea! This was a belter Rachel.
makes me want a cup!
So nice, Rachel, I needed this on my break between classes today.
Nice ode to our favorite morning beverage.
Cloak of heated veils is a very evocative image. Wonderfully written!
steaming mists, cloaked veils, a cup of storm - absolutely gorgeous!
Quite evocative and wondrous. Very nice Rachel.
What a wonderful evocation of the aromatic experience of perfectly steeped tea! Loved your poem, Rachel!