This tea, this cup of tea, made of leaves,
made of the leaves of herbs and absolute
almond blossom, this tea, is the interpreter
of almond, liquid touchstone which lets us
scent its true taste at last and with a bump
in my case, takes me back to the yellow time
of trouble with bloodtests, and cellular
madness, and my presence required
on the slab for surgery, and all that mess
I don’t want to comb through here because
it seems, honestly, a trifle now that steam
and scent and strength and steep and infusion
say thank you thank you thank you for the then, and now.
From Procedure by Jo Shapcott
That is a very poignant poem. It just goes to show, tea IS the answer to all life's problems. Do you drink all of these tea varieties that you have shown us this week? A fine one to end on - your negative space works exceptionally well here.
@helenhall I do! And more. I do believe there is a tea for every occasion. Since the 14th was perfectly midway through the week, I tried to build symmetry for my photos this week. 😊 While I like my flower mug, I will be happy to move on to other things next week.
