Fill the kettle,
click the switch.
take the mug
(with the words:
‘Some people make the world
more special just by being in it’),
and steep a lemon, ginger
and manuka honey teabag
in boiling water. Don’t sip
yet, just breathe its
aromatic hug.
Kim M. Russell, 28th January 2019
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille: Steep
This week Mish is hosting the Quadrille with the word ‘steep’ and today would have been my dead father’s birthday. I’m celebrating with a cup of lemon, ginger and manuka honey tea and a poem about what happened this afternoon.
writing in north norfolk 
It is good that one doesn’t have to do any more than be in the world.
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Just be with a cup of tea!
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Aromatic hug… oh that is a great taste… I love ginger and did myself some ginger shots the other day.
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Ginger is a real warmer. 🙂
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Very sweet. Rich image and great pause, before the sip, forcing us to smell and enjoy. In Zen Archery, you hold the bow and don’t release quickly, you abide in the tension — like this poem — it is called “Kai”. You poem pleasantly reminded me.
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Thank you, Sabio.
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Lovely hug in a lovely mug. Sometimes that’s enough.
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🍵
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love the mug caption, some people can do that, and they are the ones that usually give the best hugs – a cup for dad!
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😊
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Relaxing, the tea-making ritual, with the “aromatic hug” before the commencement of the sipping. I love this.
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Thank you, Jade.
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You are welcome, kim.
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Like an Asian tea ceremony, this bundle of loveliness mellows me to the core. Your mug is all aces. That’s the way I feel about all the poets from the Pub.
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Cheers Glenn. 🙂
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The tea sounds delicious! Really lovely Kim.
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Thank you, Linda.
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the pause before the sip – savoring, being. Wonderful poem Kim. I love the smell of honey as it curls up in steam.
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Thanks Toni! I like that tea so much I’m running out!
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It sounds lovely! Many times I will grate a bit of ginger, add some lemon and locally sourced (my back yard!) honey to hot water. Sometimes just to sit and smell.
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🙂
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An aromatic hug sounds lovely! ❤️ Such an exquisitely woven quadrille, Kim 😀
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Thank you so much, Sanaa! 😉
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You actually made me fancy ginger and honey tea. That is praise 🙂
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High praise indeed, Jane. Thank you! 🙂
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One of my daughters swears by it, but I’ve never been tempted before your poem 🙂
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As a tea-lover, I thoroughly enjoyed this, especially the insert of gratitude and then of patience, inhaling the fragrant aroma first. Aww…
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Thank you, Mish. 🙂
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I just bought some lemon and ginger tea for my later at night tea. I like all the sensory details here. I can almost smell your tea–and love that mug!
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Thanks Merril!
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I can feel the warmth, sweetness, and gentle ginger bite of this tea hug. You’ve inspired me to make a cuppa.
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Thank you, Nora. I have a cup of tea right beside me.
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A cup of tea is soothing to the soul and so are your words.
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Thank you, Truedessa.
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This poem made me suddenly want another cup of tea, especially with my cold. Thanks for sharing.
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I’m drinking one right now – in the same mug!
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I like your descriptions.
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Thank you!
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That sounds really good, Kim. I’ll be right over, lol
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If only I could ‘beam you up’!
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Lol
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This a very hearty warm poem !
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Thank you!
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It’s nice to have those reassuring messages re-served to us each morning with tea inside them as a bonus!!
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I need just that in the winter chill! Oh yes….the aroma and the hands warmed by the mug itself…all wonderful precursors to the first sip,
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Thank you, Lill!
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What a wonderful cup of tea Kim! Thank you for sharing… 🙂
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Thank you for your kind comment, Rob! 🙂
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Your whole poem feels like a restful pause.
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“Don’t sip
yet, just breathe”
So much to savor in this moment. Love.
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Thanks De!
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I have a cup that says “world’s okayest Doctor.” Makes me smile, keeps the hubris barely in check. Liked the gentle rhyming and lilt of this Kim.
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Thank you, Lona.
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