Poetry Friday...

Mona had Gary choose this word perhaps because he makes such beautiful, unique teapots, mugs and various other pottery. You just gotta check out his sight!
Mine is a little random today...the old Stream-of Consciousness I love so much! Always seems to give rise to a fractionalized poem, which might be called a Fragile poem without the magazine cut-out phrases.

Much Ado About Tea!

have a cuppa dear

in my fancy bone china cups

fragile

almost transparent

Spode, Royal Albert and Doulton

made in England

or Bridal Rose from Poland

and if you're lucky

Occupied Japan

embossed on the bottom

some hand painted French Limoge

delicate cups stand tall

on gold pedestal legs

a lovely flowered demi-tasse

and even smaller -

a child's pink

doll size tea set

she tells us to choose

but grandma

we both want the one

with the solid daisy handle!

we take turns

as we enjoy

using the family sterling silver tea service

and feel like rich princesses

as we daintily take out sugar cubes

with the etched silver tongs...

grandma has collected

the whole set of mini figurines

and all the bird cards

from Red Rose -

we share those too

and years later

we shall think of her

as we enjoy tea

in her fancy cups

and savour her

renowned butterscotch squares

neatly arranged

on her 3-tiered flowered plate

I do have many of my grandma's tea cups and I have a huge collection of tea cups with the solid flowers or butterflies for handles. They are very rare and most are expensive, but I just love them!