Tanka Tuesday 309 — taste twirl

resized tea and cinnamon 022823 (2)

when loose leaf
tea blends need pizzazz
splinter of
cinnamon
twirls in just right flavor dance;
taste bud pirouettes

Shadorma form

Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday.  Colleen says:
🌶️ This week’s challenge is The Spice of Life: Choose a spice from your kitchen cabinet, and relate its flavor to an event that recently happened in your daily life. Write your syllabic poem! Bonus—if you share a photo of the spice in your post. 🌶️

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  1. mizuv's avatar Paula Light says:

    Yum! Pirouettes! 🤩

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  2. This is awesome, it is really fun to read, and very calming. I feel like you were able to make me taste the cinnamon. Thanks.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Damien, thanks and happy about that!

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      1. Me too, love reading other people’s work. I like your style. Keeps me grounded.

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  3. Carol anne's avatar Carol anne says:

    Oh, yum!
    I love cinamon tea! xo

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  4. Sadje's avatar Sadje says:

    Cinnamon does add just the right touch.

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  5. Suzanne's avatar Suzanne says:

    What a sensory poem. It makes me want to get up and make a cup of tea. :)

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  6. Beautiful. Its all about cinnamon today.I just read that if you blow cinnamon at your front door today that it will bring money to your home. 😆 Its worth a try I suppose😄

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      I bet if I throw a whole stick at the door, I’ll win the lotto! Yes! If I win we’ll split it 50/50 :)

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  7. SelmaMartin's avatar SelmaMartin says:

    I can attest to this: “splinter of
    cinnamon…
    taste bud pirouettes”

    That’s how my mom prepared tea every day. A stick of cinnamon. Divine! Now, I drink my two cups of morning coffee with a dash of cinnamon. Divine! My taste buds pirouette. Thanks, this is lovely. xoxo

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Thanks for sharing your personal connections to the spice of the goddesses, cinnamon!

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  8. memadtwo's avatar memadtwo says:

    Even the smell of cinnamon is delicious! (K)

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Yes it is! Everything about it is delicious.

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  9. Badfinger (Max)'s avatar Badfinger (Max) says:

    I love cinnamon

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Me too! The taste, the smell, the color.

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      1. Badfinger (Max)'s avatar Badfinger (Max) says:

        and………..on toast!

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  10. love this hot fiery spice dance Lisa

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Thanks, Cindy! Good way of describing it.

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      1. You’re welcome… 💗

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  11. WildChild47's avatar WildChild47 says:

    most wonderful word choice “splinter of” …. fabulous!

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Thanks, Child!

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  12. randydafoe's avatar randydafoe says:

    I don’t drink tea, maybe that’s why I haven’t had any taste bud pirouettes ! Great stuff.

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      I’m sure you’ve had cinnamon toast? Non-tea tasting is not exempt ;)

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      1. randydafoe's avatar randydafoe says:

        Oh yeah I’m all over that!!

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  13. Luanne's avatar Luanne says:

    This is lovely. Cinnamon sounds great!

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Just a hint is perfect. Thanks, Luanne!

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      1. Luanne's avatar Luanne says:

        I will be cautious!

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  14. I love this poem (and the picture), Lisa! I have almost cinnamon every day.

    Yvette M Calleiro :-)
    http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Happy to hear you’re a cinnamon lover, Yvette. It feels healthy every which-way.

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  15. Jules's avatar Jules says:

    Do cinnamon sticks go bad? I have some – I ought to try a splinter in my next tea cup! :D

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  16. I love cinnamon! I’m a tea drinker too. My dream was to plant a “tea garden” full of spices to add to add tea. It’s still a dream, but how cool that would be if I lived where the rabbits didn’t eat everything I plant. LOL! :D

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      Glad you are a tea drinker and like cinnamon. Yes, the rabbits (and the deer) love to nibble don’t they. The deer have nibbled my new witch hazel over the winter but it looks like it is designed to thrive despite that.

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      1. Excellent. Our front yard is a disaster… we will have to get some help reseeding. Last summer it was so hot. The grass struggled.

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  17. Truth! It dances on my tongue <3

    ~David

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  18. judeitakali's avatar judeitakali says:

    excellent take. Ahh, those dancing tastebuds!

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    1. Lisa or Li's avatar msjadeli says:

      :) Thanks, Jude!

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