The aroma of tea

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While sipping on a cup of Lipton tea;
When lamps were lit and curtains drawn.
I remembered the words you said to me.

Around month of May four years ago;
In what seemed to be a crowded room
Began soon a passionate ebb and flow.

Perhaps to himself that moment he said;
Could go for a cup of tea in kitchenette,
I remember because that’s how we met.

Oh pleasure made the cheeks grow red;
His smile was something like sunset.
The kind which you don’t soon forget.

While sipping on a cup of Lipton tea;
I remembered the words you said to me.

 

 

Form: Terza Rima

Posted for Poetics @ dVerse Poets Pub

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38 thoughts on “The aroma of tea

  1. Grace says:

    This is a sweet recollection of the first meeting ~ I specially like the line:
    His smile was something like sunset.

    Happy New Year Sanaa ~

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Grace,

      Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.

      PS: Happy New Year 😀

  2. Mary says:

    Sounds like a wonderful experience, Sanaa. Having him look at you with a smile like sunset – what more could one wish while one was drinking that Lipton tea!

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Mary,

      Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, lots of love 😀
      xoxo

  3. Kelly Letky says:

    This made me smile, especially because I almost wrote about the smell of tea… When I stepped out my door into the snow I had a cup in my hand and the two scents were just perfect together.
    I love the way you sort of wound this up and back down again, all around your cup of tea.

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Kelly,

      Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.

  4. ghostmmnc says:

    Beautiful! That cozy room, with tea and bread. I hope those two stayed together for many wonderful years.

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Ghostmmnc,

      Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, lots of love 😀
      xoxo

  5. Kathy Reed says:

    Nicely written. Tea has qualities of varied tastes, warmth, and carries with it tradition. Morning, afternoon, or evening, it goes with scones, bread, sandwiches…especially good is the memory with the boyfriend.

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Kathy,

      Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.

  6. Gayle Walters Rose says:

    I love tea too, and loved your telling of how you met a certain someone with tea and bread. Seems like such a warm memory.

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Gayle,

      Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, lots of love 😀
      xoxo

  7. Bjorn says:

    How sweet tea can be, even if you don’t add sugar… If I smell tea my hands get warm from the memory of cradling a cup…

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Bjorn,

      Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.

  8. sreeja says:

    So sweet….something that can’t leave your memory soon….!

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Sreeja,

      Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.

  9. Sabio Lantz says:

    Very sweet.

    (would you like some critical comments?)

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Sabio,

      Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.

      PS: Naah I’ ll pass 😉

      1. Sabio Lantz says:

        cool — yeah most people don’t want critical comments. I get it.

        1. Sanaa says:

          😛

  10. Polly says:

    Nice to see a form employed – and specifically Lipton’s tea 🙂

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Polly,

      Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, lots of love 😀
      xoxo

  11. Marina Sofia says:

    Natural flow to this terza rima – slides down your throat as smooth and warm as a cup of tea…

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Marina,

      Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.

  12. I am smiling that something so mundane as Lipton tea could still nurture poetics, rather than make the tea more exotic. In this day of Starbuck’s concoctions, it would be like waxing poetic about Folger’s coffee (which could work in the hands of a clever poet).

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Glenn,

      Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.

  13. Summer’s
    tea.. refreshing
    drink.. family
    sings sun iN
    refRain..
    noon’s
    warm
    way..
    briGhter
    eYes come..
    oh.. yes they
    do.. Tea
    bags steep
    aWay cLouds..
    connecTinG
    hUman Ways..:)

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Katie,

      Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.

  14. Bryan Ens says:

    Nice take on the prompt. Indeed, a familiar aroma or taste can bring back a wealth of memories.

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Bryan,

      Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.

  15. vivienne blake says:

    A touching memory of a special moment, sparked by the aroma of tea.

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Vivienne,

      Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 😀
      Highly appreciated, lots of love 🙂
      xoxo

  16. Lynn says:

    What a great cup of tea and such a sweet memory.

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Lynn,

      Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.

  17. Nice use of the form for this prompt. What a sweet memory and one you can ponder every time you have a cup of tea. 🙂 Peace, Linda

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Linda,

      Thank you so much, so glad you liked it 😀
      Highly appreciated, lots of love 🙂
      xoxo

  18. Ava Hypatia says:

    Knowing the smell of Lipton tea and thinking what a memorable event marked that standard cup of tea makes me smile, thank you!

    1. Sanaa says:

      Hello Ava,

      Thanks for stopping by, so glad you liked it 🙂
      Highly appreciated, have a great week ahead.

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