Tanka · Peace

Morning Tea

by The QuillOak Editors

Reading room

1steam off the green tea

2curls once, considers the room,

3then is gone — the cup

4warm in both my hands, the slow

5unhurried gift of morning

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Poem: Morning Tea
Poet: The QuillOak Editors
Length: 5 lines
Form: Tanka, Short Poems
Themes: Peace, Nature, Short

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Tanka Short Poems Peace Nature Short

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