tea cools
the conversation
heats up

 

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Joanne Morcom

Joanne Morcom is a writer, social worker and certified laughter yoga leader in Calgary, Alberta. She is the author of two poetry collections, A Nameless Place,available from Sam's Dot Publishing, and About the Blue Moon, available from magpie productions / Inkling Press. Visit her at www.joannemorcom.com

9 thoughts on “”

  1. Such a unique poem, but oh so universal. Reminds me of one in my collection, cricket song.

    exhausted mother

    the steam of the tea kettle

    again and again

    Thank you for your poem, and for inspiring conversation.

  2. Ha! I read it as iced tea was having a cooling effect on a heated discussion in Ls 1&2 – 'tea cools/the conversation' so 'heats up' was a surprise in L3, then I realised the tea itself was growing cold because of an argument. Clever senryu :)

    marion

  3. .
    Ah, nothing like a brew (slang for tea) to help along conversations, even if the tea is soon forgotten. :-)

    tea cools
    the conversation
    heats up

    —JOANNE MORCOM

    In this case the reverse has happened and the conversation boils while the tea goes cool to cold to stale. I hope it was only a storm in a teacup and did not escalate?
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    Ganesha's moon
    the cabbie’s last customer
    smells of mint tea

    Alan Summers
    n.b. The brass bell haiku journal did a brilliant series on Tea Haiku / Haiku Tea issue November 2014
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