Tea houses make me nervous-
only as far as ordering the right one.
I will have what you have,
is the easy way out
right from when the timer(thought it was sugar) is placed,
tea leaves jumping inside their captive bowl.
I have never seen the mechanism of it
a tryst with fancy named brands.
The teapot sits on the cup to clutch it
with distilled tea sprinkling in.
This was so new to me, I pretended
I knew it all well before, savouring the slightly bitter
the name and pedigree of the leaves canopied
in autumn whisked away from the sun
the underside of the leaves sylvan slithering
exotica, right from north north Indian hills.
When in local Chai shops, in Kerala,
I was comfortable with tea and poetry in a garage
the youth storming in, two benches
words were nadan, kattan, ghazalled from Captains.
Imagination was on the spot poetryfying
if Shashi Tharoor can get away with chutneyfying.
The Lloyds Tea House
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Re: The Lloyds Tea House
I like this, the contrast between the tea house and the garage, as well as the imagery.
Liked this a lot:
tea leaves jumping inside their captive bowl.
and this:
the underside of the leaves sylvan
and these 3 lines esp.:
When in local Chai shops, in Kerala,
I was comfortable with tea and poetry in a garage
the youth storming in, two benches
The closing 2 lines are awkward for me...esp. poetryfying...chutneyfying...maybe close on a scene of everyone sharing tea from marred bowls, the steam as warm as the company, a detail or two of the garage
Liked this a lot:
tea leaves jumping inside their captive bowl.
and this:
the underside of the leaves sylvan
and these 3 lines esp.:
When in local Chai shops, in Kerala,
I was comfortable with tea and poetry in a garage
the youth storming in, two benches
The closing 2 lines are awkward for me...esp. poetryfying...chutneyfying...maybe close on a scene of everyone sharing tea from marred bowls, the steam as warm as the company, a detail or two of the garage
Re: The Lloyds Tea House
I like the N's pretending to know.
I like the tea jumping inside the captive bowl and then the contrast with the poetry in a garage.
I assume Shashi Tharoor is a poet.
I like the tea jumping inside the captive bowl and then the contrast with the poetry in a garage.
I assume Shashi Tharoor is a poet.
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Re: The Lloyds Tea House
Thank you Bob and Billy. Very helpful.I will try changing it.