It is the perfect tea spoon
small
slender
stubby handled
like the pen
I write with
snug as a haiku
in my hand
ready to stir
the sullen brew
to life
- have you a special piece of cutlery or a small everyday item that is dear to you?
The Perfect Tea Spoon
John Malone 
Snug as a haiku in my hand – such a great line!
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yes, it is the stand-out line ; thanks 🙂
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i wish I could hold a haiku in my hand.
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hahah; not sure where that line came from but it shoved its way onto the page when I had declared the poem finished; pushy haiku 🙂
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Love this one! That “snug as a haiku” line is brilliant. I have a favorite bowl and coffee mug, maybe I’ll be on the look our for a spoon next.
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hahaha; it is good sometimes to celebrate the small, ordinary things in our life, like coffee mugs — I have a favourite one too; maybe my next poem 🙂
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Look forward to it!
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i like it! my fav is a small seafood fork that for some reason, i love to use )
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I love small forks too: good, for eating muffins and pavlova 🙂
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my daughters get a huge kick out of it
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🙂 what irritates me is you go to ‘Muffin Break’ for a coffee and muffin and you get a HUGE fork!!!Can’t they afford smaller ones ????
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The sort of instrument one holds on to, I would imagine. Delightfully witty.
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yes, it’s the only spoon I use for my coffee; funny how we grow attached to small, ordinary everyday objects 🙂
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I get it, as I grip my favorite pen in my favorite comfy pants.
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I have a bottle opener that I like a lot. It’s green, shaped like a foot, and has five “toenails” at the bottom.
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wow ! I am trying to picture this; maybe one day, Neil, you’ll find a way of working it into one of your posts, picture included, of course 🙂
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That sounds really intriguing.
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yes, I want one of those 🙂
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Stirring the sullen brew to life is such a fun thing to do!
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yes, a good stirr makes all the difference 🙂
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Yes, skilful too to mix the ingredients. To stir out a blend
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indeed: you need a ‘happy’ teaspoon to do it right 🙂
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My cleaver. I love sharp knives and it’s versatile and fits well in my hand.
Your spoon sounds like the perfect fit for you. 🙂
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all honor to the snug, the cozy, the cuddly 🙂
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I LOVE this one John. I’m a huge tea lover 🥰
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