Over the balcony the cool moon shone bright The fence gate was still ajar in this young night Strolling lantern through the woods ushered my guest Rising smokes from the bamboo bush responded to my tea request Scattered dog barks accompanied falling meteors from the Autumn sky Whiffs of wind carried melancholic tune from distant [...]
Steam rises from a cup of tea and we are wrapped in history, inhaling ancient times and lands, comfort of ages in our hands. ~Faith Greenbowl
The first cup moistens my lips and throat; The second cup breaks my loneliness; The third cup searches my barren entrail but to find therein some thousand volumes of odd ideographs; The fourth cup raises a slight perspiration-all the wrongs of life pass out through my pores; At the fifth cup I am purified; The sixth [...]
I have glanced into tea leaves, and found a forest. Tea is all in a moment, and a way of life. It is recollection, and attention to Nature. A murmur of the breeze through the trees of Autumn, and the warm of the hearth. Silent mornings at home, when rain streaks the windows’ panes. If [...]
Dan Chiu was an Immortal Who cared nothing for rich foods. But, after picking some tea & drinking it, he sprouted wings, And flew to the Abode of The Immortals, To escape life’s emptiness. Now he lives among the clouds In a palace unknown to humans. His tea is brewed in a golden teapot By [...]