HAIKU

That sound when you wake

When you stretch and your joints click:

That's Time's abacus.

FIRST CUP OF TEA

the leaves are dancing in the bag

which dances in the cup

the boiling water's done the trick

and now it's time to sup. ☕

HAIKU

In my dream I saw
Gandhi play pool against God:
And they both cheated!

HAIKU

All poems have legs

Some stride purposefully so:

Others. Like this. Don't.

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The tinkling of teaspoon on china - there's nothing that sounds any finer. ☕

HAIKU

A haiku beckons,

"Come, sit with me for a while"

And reader, I did.

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You are now entering Sipping, population 1, twinned with Supping. ☕

HAIKU

Sunshine through the blinds

Casts Day's barcode onto me:

I stand to be scanned.

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Like driving down a pothole-free road (if you're old enough to recall such a thing). ☕

HAIKU

Society dreams:

Voices lost to glowing screens,

Folks just stare at them.

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In a blow to the news, scientists have discovered that drinking tea reduces your head-lines. ☕

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A concierge for the soul. ☕

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words. 

Don't have nightmares...

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Both confidant and sounding-board, take a seat in the silent confessional. ☕

HAIKU

The zebra crossing:

The road's very own barcode

Might be abstract art.

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 if all the teas in all the world

were laid out in a line 

they'd all go cold

so all be told

let's stick to yours and mine. ☕☕

HAIKU

Snoring keeps the dreams

From falling out of your head:

Noisy gatekeepers.

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The quotidian with just a dash of the quixotic. ☕

HAIKU

Now dawn's light first breaks,

Thoughtful, racing baby steps

Through bejewelled grass.

HAIKU

Some Argy-bargy, 

But the Spanish flamenco

Wins the final dance.

HAIKU

Where do shadows hide 

When the light goes out at night?

They hide in plain sight.

HAIKU

A thought is stirring

When this heatwave is over

Who'll miss fans whirring?

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And we all sipped happily ever after. ☕

HAIKU

It grew up right here

But don't stand by the front door,

It's not coming home.

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Same time, same place , tomorrow? ☕

HAIKU

Birdsong on the breeze,

The distant motorway hum

Of Monday grumbling.

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I am in esteamed company. ☕

HAIKU

Mirrors never lie

They only reveal the truth,

Upon reflection.

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I sit down, and much like England, I find the tea bag is still in the cup. ☕⚽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

HAIKU

A single crow caws

Or do two crows each take turns?

Yes. Of caws they do.

HAIKU

Time's concertina:

Squeezing and pulling us all

Into songs of life.

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where have all the teapots gone

now we make tea in mugs?

we dunk our tea and carry on

like tea-bag litter bugs.

HAIKU

AI has language

Like Elon Musk has money:

Launch them into space.

HAIKU

We're Red Riding Hood,

In a word forest, looking 

For our grammar's house.

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The Swiss Army knife for the ponderer. 🤔☕

HAIKU

I hardly dare breathe

The warm stillness of the air

Is watching, waiting.

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Always good in a heatwave - tannin the soul. ☕

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"All human life is here." - Brews Of The World. ☕

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I'm lying, it's about my fifth - I haven't yet been to bed. 

🫩🫩🫩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽📺☕☕☕☕☕

HAIKU

When the England fans,

Their long dark night of the goals,

At last see the light. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿☀️

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There isn't really a set time for your first cup of tea, but it's always best to have it before your second. ☕🤔

HAIKU

Wrapped in our duvets

Cocoons of transformation:

Sunday flutters by.

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Today I'm pondering...do left-handed people, such as myself, always stir their tea clockwise, and do right-handed people always stir it counter-clockwise? Tea - here to ask the big questions. ☕

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Able to both excite and calm at the same time - a magical thermos flask for the emotions. ☕

HAIKU

Freshly painted blue,

The sky canvas is pulled tight 

Across the morning.

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August Rodin couldn't start his day without a cuppa.