Today's challenge is to find inspiration in sweetness. It can be something sweet like candy, or anything else that feels sweet or like an indulgence.
I also went for today's Shadow Poetry challenge: the tri-fall. I usually shy away from these because they're hard! But after stating yesterday that I wanted to push the envelope this year, I figured I might as well get started. My rhyming isn't spot on, but I had fun figuring it out.
Afternoon's delight
an afternoon's delight
taking tea
marks the break between day and evening
looking forward to night
to be free
with a sigh fall into dreaming
release the day with ease
letting go
cake or cookies an indulgence
kitty naps on my knees
sipping slow
my mind reviews the day's nonsense
day after day, for years
this sweet time
anticipated regardless
clouds of joy, tides of tears
come what may
to relinquish tea is heartless
Nice job on the tri-fall! I could picture the kitty napping and feel the warm mug in my hands as I read your words.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I was dreading it, and it ended up being fun.
DeleteTea is the best! I am so in agreement. Although I typically have my very old doggie sleeping on my feet! A lovely poem... thankyou!
ReplyDeleteI am such a lover of tea! Making it and drinking it connects me with so many past teatimes. The ritual of it is very important to me.
DeleteLovely poem, my daughter and I have just begun this ritual of afternoon, mostly evening tea. We are enjoying it very much. :)-
ReplyDeleteThanks! I hope this new ritual brings you both many happy memories.
DeleteAwww...Christine, this poem makes me want to have a kitten.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's way easier to make a cup of tea than to raise a kitten! ;-)
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