steam rising
through a band of light
winter tea

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Sondra J. Byrnes

Sondra J. Byrnes, relatively new to writing poetry, writes haiku, senryu, and tanka. Her poetry has been published in Frogpond, Prune Juice, tinywords, A Hundred Gourds, Ribbons, Modern Haiku, The Heron?s Nest, Moongarlic, among others. Along with short form poetry, Byrnes is interested in ikebana and chanoyu. Byrnes is a retired law and business professor from the University of Notre Dame; she lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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  2. ___ Each evening, Kathy and I have tea "to settle into" as Jan has said; the calm. Sometimes… there is an outside answer to that kettle's signal. _m

    evening tea
    as the stove owl signals
    two cups

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  3. Absolutely interesting. Interesting also because it conveys the meaning in the best possible way. On similar lines something like this is possible.

    A morning filled with bright white light
    Day seems clear
    Silence everywhere
    Enjoying my cup of tea.

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  5. .
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    steam rising
    through a band of light
    winter tea

    —SONDRA BYRNES

    A magical middle line making the mundane mystical.
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    deep into winter
    the sun measured
    in kettle clicks

    Alan Summers
    Publication Credit: Presence issue #55 2016
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