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So good I had to SHOUT ABOUT IT. ☕

HAIKU

We are reflections

Held fast in every mirror,

Trapped at our oldest.

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I'm lactose intolerant, but I don't want to milk it. ☕

HAIKU

Whisper it quietly 

But my clock's two minutes fast.

Hi, from the future.

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I haven't found Dr Livingstone but I've found the source of the smile, I presume. ☕

HAIKU

Walked to the haiku

To find all that I wanted.

Well, I say all...

HAIKU

The Artists palette 

Parked in neutral. The sky smudged

Like a lost excuse.

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Boilit, Sippit and Looseleaf - Dickensian tea merchants. ☕

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Brigadoon. Every morning. ☕

BE MY VALENTINE

Be my Valentine:

Even though he was beaten,

Stoned and beheaded.

For nothing says love

More than a stoned, headless saint,

And forecourt flowers.

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I've travelled oceans of tea to arrive at this one small cup. ☕

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It is far from a coincidence that the words 'first' and 'thirst' sound so alike. ☕

THE PLOUGH

Here's to every furrowed groove 

That’s marched across my brow,

Proof I’ve lived, I’ve laughed, I’ve stressed

Behind Time's skin-deep plough.

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Giving the Imagination muscles a workout. ☕

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I glance briefly at a cupboard full of cups and saucers as I pull out a mug. I can almost hear an audible sigh from the posh china as once again expediency overrules decorum. ☕

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The sun rises as I sup - and I'm only 99% convinced that the two things are not related. ☕☀️

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I'm tickled pink

I love this drink

It keeps the blues away.

Earl Grey or not

It hits the spot

It colours all my day. ☕

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Grateful to the Tea Gods for holding up Now for the briefest of moments for the longest of looks. ☕

LIFE'S A JIGSAW

Life's a jigsaw. Many don't get to finish the puzzle, even less appreciate the picture. Everyone's picture is different. Everyone's box is the same. 🧩🧩🧩

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the contents from continents, afar,

whose contents, content us, thus far. ☕

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Time takes a moment's break while Memory

plays its greatest hits and gives a

shout-out

to the Future 

(who neither have met but have heard great things). ☕

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Every sip is a small negotiation with impermanence. ☕

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Perfect for those days full of choice - whatever the whether. ☕

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First ponder of the day; someone, somewhere will be having their first ever first cup of tea, and someone, somewhere will be having their last. 🤔

Therefore, the key to a long & happy life is to always stay ahead of the first person and to always stay just behind the second person. ☕

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From a steaming pot

or a steaming kettle

just the one first cup

and the day can settle. ☕

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Welcome to Ponder - Population, 1. ☕

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the first sup's always too hot

the last sup's always too cold

the art is to find that Goldilocks spot

then the rest of the day can unfold. ☕

WHICH COFFEE?

It's better to order flat white

An espresso but kept out of sight

You can trick all your mates

But this drink equates 

To a pacifist wanting a fight!

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Tea related songs you could sing to yourself as you make your tea.

Love Is The Mug by Roxy Music

Sip Slidin' Away by Paul Simon

Anything by The Sweet(ner)

Sugar Sugar by The Archies

Smells Like Tea Spirit by Nirvana

Bohemian Rhapsotea by Queen

Stir It Up by Bob Marley

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I sip around the chip

And sometimes even glug

"World's Best Dad"

It's quite the brag

But it's my favourite mug. ☕

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When brew becomes one. ☕

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There may be trouble ahead

But while there's moonlight

And music and love and this cup

Let's face the music and sup! ☕

THE SWEETIE JAR

Returning from Birmingham Airport this morning at 5:30am: 

the large crescent moon

hangs low in the sky

hesitant to touch

the frosty horizon

like a small child's slender

finger 

which has been told to stay away from

the sweetie jar.

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Thar he blows! 

Well, it is hot.🌬️ ☕

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Tinkle the teaspoon 

slurp the drink

take time to enjoy

take time to think

there's gold in them hills 

there's gold in that sup

there's gold in the thrills

of every first cup. ☕

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It's a fortunate stroke of serendipity to seren-sip-a-tea. ☕

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You might mash the bag

You might stew the leaves

You might have it black

(it's hard to believe)

You might have a mug

You might have a cup 

You might have a glug

You might have a sup

You might drink alone

You might drink in pairs

There's only one drink

And nothing compares. ☕

THE LAND THAT MIME FORGOT

If language were to disappear 

And we were left with mime

Would we turn into Una Stubbs

And Lionel Blair in time?

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Time to tinkle the teaspoon. 🥄☕

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Strictly come dunking. ☕

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While a picture may paint a thousand words, the taste of that first cup of tea colours in the whole dictionary. ☕

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The hand bone's connected to the sip bone. ☕

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The simple act of brewing up

Of taking teabag, spoon and cup

It brings such joy

It brings such pleasure

There's that rainbow 

There's that treasure. 🌈☕

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Supping and pondering,

though sometimes I ponder and sup.

I can't help wondering,

what magic is there in this cup? ☕

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I came, I sipped, I conquered. ☕

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Teaching a juvenile January how to start the morning. ☕

REFRIGERATED RESOLUTIONS

My fridge is stuffed with trays of leftover party food covered in tin foil. I thrust a hand under the foil into one of the trays, hoping for a fat sausage roll. I pull out instead a rather tired looking carrot stick. 

Is my fridge now making new year's resolutions for me?

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Just 358 more first cups until Christmas. ☕🎄