Twelve Hokku on a Canadian Theme 9
Five o’clock! You pause ... Handle frail, old cups, pour tea, And become grande dame.
Louise Morey Bowman
Five o’clock! You pause ... Handle frail, old cups, pour tea, And become grande dame.
At five o’clock, a familiar moment of tea becomes a small transformation. The speaker watches—or perhaps addresses—someone who pauses over delicate old cups, then pours the tea and slips into the role of a grande dame.
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