tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post4621735793979911481..comments2024-01-19T01:06:56.347-08:00Comments on Steph's Cup of Tea: Poem in Your Pocket Day (and Giveaway!)Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753205572837649406noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-70966719040300564442014-04-30T21:46:16.127-07:002014-04-30T21:46:16.127-07:00A favorite quote to provoke my thoughts each morni...A favorite quote to provoke my thoughts each morning is....<br /><br />"The lotus flower opens and closes every day in a ritual of renewal"marthaenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-37359679961900165212014-04-29T08:50:40.087-07:002014-04-29T08:50:40.087-07:00May I offer:
"Drink your tea slowly and reve...May I offer:<br /><br />"Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly and evenly, without rushing toward the future.<br /><br />Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life."<br /><br />Thich Nhat Hanh<br /><br />Have a happy day, Steph!<br /><br />Hugs,<br />Mary Janeamherstrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770869900528472512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-67782710503630269462014-04-28T07:36:00.835-07:002014-04-28T07:36:00.835-07:00Nothing in my pockets today, but in my mind two li...Nothing in my pockets today, but in my mind two lines running through the day. They're from Edwin Markham's LINCOLN:<br /><br />The grip that swung the ax in Illinois<br />Was on the pen that set a people free.<br /><br />rachelRachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-82187883572908201732014-04-25T06:43:22.737-07:002014-04-25T06:43:22.737-07:00'The moon's the North Wind's Cookie, h...'The moon's the North Wind's Cookie, he bites it day by day...' <br /><br />Always been my favorite poem.UmbralQueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13203642284406048931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-18715296774768012162014-04-25T06:33:05.071-07:002014-04-25T06:33:05.071-07:00Oh! I love poetry! Here's mine:
If you think ...Oh! I love poetry! Here's mine:<br /><br />If you think that<br />You'll find true understanding<br />After you die<br />It's a bit too late, isn't it?<br /> - Mitsuo Aida-Ronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13808189021467228914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-42838179483847386792014-04-25T04:57:42.493-07:002014-04-25T04:57:42.493-07:00J said ...
Thanks for choosing this beautiful piec...J said ...<br />Thanks for choosing this beautiful piece of wisdom to share, Steph. I had not thought of it as a poem but I guess it is! My poem is: "Grow old along with me / The best is yet to be." --Robert Browning I like its optimism.Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753205572837649406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-34124116995021040102014-04-24T18:02:30.302-07:002014-04-24T18:02:30.302-07:00By happy coincidence, I recalled this line: "...By happy coincidence, I recalled this line: "We had a kettle: we let it leak ..."<br /><br />I'm more excited about the new poem to be constructed than the giveaway!Angela McRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10928913868086900802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-40547939225742551502014-04-24T12:59:02.566-07:002014-04-24T12:59:02.566-07:00Wow! These are GREAT! Thank you all!Wow! These are GREAT! Thank you all!Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753205572837649406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-49197977879871963222014-04-24T12:30:22.592-07:002014-04-24T12:30:22.592-07:00From friend K
Green Tea
by Dale Ritterbusch
Th...From friend K<br /><br />Green Tea <br />by Dale Ritterbusch <br /><br />There is this tea <br />I have sometimes, <br />Pan Long Ying Hao, <br />so tightly curled <br />it looks like tiny roots <br />gnarled, a greenish-gray. <br />When it steeps, it opens <br />the way you woke this morning, <br />stretching, your hands behind <br />your head, back arched, <br />toes pointing, a smile steeped <br />in ceremony, a celebration, <br />the reaching of your arms.Friend Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-90501536355205510842014-04-24T12:23:10.746-07:002014-04-24T12:23:10.746-07:00Give up sighing for what might have been,
...Give up sighing for what might have been, <br />Yesterday's gone, never more to be seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-86505473095864420422014-04-24T12:00:35.238-07:002014-04-24T12:00:35.238-07:00I will not play at tug o' war.
I'd rather ...I will not play at tug o' war.<br />I'd rather play at hug o' war,<br />Where everyone hugs<br />Instead of tugs,<br />Where everyone giggles<br />And rolls on the rug,<br />Where everyone kisses,<br />And everyone grins,<br />And everyone cuddles,<br />And everyone wins.<br />Shel SilversteinInspired but Tiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943676568048483554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-66907637998890201442014-04-24T11:58:59.668-07:002014-04-24T11:58:59.668-07:00Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the d...Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.<br />Shel SilversteinInspired but Tiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943676568048483554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-18917076786495009882014-04-24T11:56:37.682-07:002014-04-24T11:56:37.682-07:00You have brains in your head. You have feet in you...You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...<br />Dr. Seuss - Oh The Places You'll GoInspired but Tiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943676568048483554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-50997692945617742072014-04-24T11:54:44.038-07:002014-04-24T11:54:44.038-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Inspired but Tiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943676568048483554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-73955010442113984212014-04-24T11:54:02.012-07:002014-04-24T11:54:02.012-07:00Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
N...Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,<br />Nothing is going to get better. It's not.<br />Dr. Seuss - the LoraxInspired but Tiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943676568048483554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-74720828651816019032014-04-24T11:02:36.981-07:002014-04-24T11:02:36.981-07:00Coincidentally, my friend at work gave me a poem o...Coincidentally, my friend at work gave me a poem on a little slip of paper yesterday! I'll carry it around, now that I know about this great holiday. :) Thanks, Steph!<br /><br />The first line:<br /><br />"The only way is"David Gallihttp://cryku.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-77630144240479409152014-04-24T08:16:49.186-07:002014-04-24T08:16:49.186-07:00"We, who with songs beguile your pilgrimage a..."We, who with songs beguile your pilgrimage and swear that beauty lives though lilies die." --James Elroy Flecker, "The Golden Journey"<br /><br />I can't wait to see the result!Rhett Aultmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127221504319330630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-87831141650963731072014-04-24T07:52:40.447-07:002014-04-24T07:52:40.447-07:00Oh, yay yay!
"Once, upon a cool path I did t...Oh, yay yay!<br /><br />"Once, upon a cool path I did tread... the ferns, they spoke to me"Teafannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-6184123037344779632014-04-24T07:51:45.188-07:002014-04-24T07:51:45.188-07:00"And the day came when the risk to remain tig..."And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" author unknown<br /><br />Love your poem in a pocket.Marilyn Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115440271615593122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-72199822456097545552014-04-24T07:30:37.547-07:002014-04-24T07:30:37.547-07:00"I thought that I would never see a poem as l..."I thought that I would never see a poem as lovely as a tree"...<br /><br />Lovely post, Stephanie! I especially LOVE the top photo! It speaks to my heart.La Tea Dahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138624485398178242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-75500526598175432042014-04-24T06:30:34.609-07:002014-04-24T06:30:34.609-07:00Happy Poem in your Pocket Day--Rapidly becoming my...Happy Poem in your Pocket Day--Rapidly becoming my favorite holiday!Amy Cnoreply@blogger.com