Poetry and Tea at Summer’s End

-August 2023

Sheltered under the leaves of the Poem Composing Tree we were privileged to witness  the calmness, the peacefulness, and the light  in the faces of participants as they wandered in, sat down on the ground, sipped tea, and wrote poetry. At the end of the day hundreds of poems waved from the branches. Here are a few of them.

Lovely day of quiet tea    
Lovely leaves of poetry     
Flowers, pink , beyond love       

 - Malte                                                                                  

Under the tree branches  
Deep breath, breeze, and now at ease 
Tea, company, sympathy     

- Susana                                              

Light brushes my face    
A  small stroke of calligraphy     
Summers slips away      

 - Yazio                     

Little hidden space     
Where my soul is under cover        
I will come again                     

- Daniel                                          

Light flecks through the leaves  
Into my cup of oolong        
Like joy in the dark                  

- Betta                                                                                                                               

Hidden in plain sight
A canopy of poems
help me find myself

- Logan

Stillness and movement
all is one as I drink tea
No one is a stranger

-Tanui  

Thoughtful and quiet
It can be hard to be still
But I find my joy here

- Nicole

I gave up counting
So many smiles in Prospect Park
Peaceful summer day

- Florencia

Poem Composing Tree
August ends with tea and light
My softer self awakes. 

- Natalia