Art by Mark Harm Niemeyer

Saturday, October 10, 2026

茶道 Tea Ceremony Wisdom

The flavor of new green tea
Is flowery, somewhat sweet,
Then blended over time,
Tastes more complex, complete,
But later, when fully mature,
It embraces astringency, 
Becomes deliciously bitter,
And like the tea,
So are we...

(Note: This is a revision of a poem I wrote on 1/9/2011)

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