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wisps of steam un-
from the intimacies
of porcelain and water
a pot’s curves embrace
infused petals and leaves
until the outpouring of
sweet jasmine
served from the heart.
Kim M. Russell, 27th April 2020
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads NaPoWriMo Day 27 Play it Again in April 2020: The Way of Tea
On Wednesday, April 27, 2016, Rommy made her prompt debut on her birthday. Happy birthday, Rommy!
She brought us the Japanese tea ceremony, its history and poems about the practice of tea by Sen No Rikyu, a poet and tea aficionado. Rommy chose seven of his poems to serve as our inspiration to create new poems. The first time around, I wrote a poem of five lines. I decided to revisit it and rework it into a new shape poem.
I’m merging this prompt with Kerry’s Skylover Wordlist, sourced from Dylan Thomas’s poetry collection Deaths and Entrances, from which the twenty-seventh word is ‘intimacies’.
writing in north norfolk 
Oh, I adore the shape of your poem. So well done!
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Thank you, Kerry!
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Byoo-tea-fully captured, KR. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks so much for reading, Ron!
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Fantastic shape to this poem, Kim 😀 I love; “intimacies of porcelain and water.”💝💝
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Thank you, Sanaa! ❤
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I love the shape of your poem and the words❣️I can feel the intimacy in the act🌹🙏
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Thank you, Linda.😊
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“Served from the heart,” from you I would expect this. Like the poem, liking the shape.
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Thank you, Jim! 🙂
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This is lovely .Krisjtaan would like this.He left a post for us today
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Thank you, Rall, and thanks for letting me know about Kristjaan’s post, which I’ve just read.
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I love the shape of your poem Kim, and the stunning words!
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Thank you, Linda!
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To do concrete poetry is so creative… love the result.
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Cheers Björn!
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