Sea of green,
Hard work unseen
Dripping sweat
Effort great
What is grown
What is sown
Never drunk
Never sunk
To those dry lips
Tired, nearly broken hips
Arrival of thousand ships
For places afar, to sail away
With million bags of tea
On the mighty sea
In few days, weeks be
Adorned in a beautiful pack
Delicacy sack, expensive rack
Newest fad, buyers glad
Stamp says, ‘fair trade’
from all that, money made
who benefits, who is screwed
whose children sleep without food
While you admire
the crockery, with utmost glee
along with your afternoon tea

Just look at that…wow.
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Many thanks AD 🙂
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Stunning and vibrant!!
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Many thanks 🙂
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The green is so vivid it reminded my of Ireland.
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🙂 good to know 🙂 Ireland is beautiful 🙂
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It rains every single day or at least when we were there, BUT it is not called the Emerald Isle for no reason.
There are shades of green there that I had never seen before or imaged possible!
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I agree with you completely regarding colours, I had much better weather 🙂
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Where was this one taken?
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Srilanka tea plantations 🙂
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This reminds me of my trip to Munnar in Kerala – incredibly beautiful!
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🙂 I have not been to Kerala, perhaps soon 🙂
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Oh you should absolutely go, there aren’t any words to describe how beautiful it is!
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I understand 🙂 thank you 🙂
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And once you are in India, anyway, don’t forget to visit Srinagar, the place where paradise is supposed to lie … 🙂
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Indeed, however currently the poor city has been devastated by once in a decade floods.
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Though it’s not (so much) the city, but the landscape reflecting paradise …
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Sure, I am sad for them nevertheless.
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Yes, me too.
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Good to know…
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Ah, the leaf from Ceylon ! – meant to be the best there is (well, according to Sri Lankans, anyway).
I used to drink tea in bucketfuls. Not any more. Sighh …
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Cool! Good to see where my current steaming mug has come from 🙂
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When I went out to Srl Lanka I saw some of the tea plantations and was fortunate to go to the tea buying and selling place, I forget now what it was called…. But it reminded me of parliament inside with wooden benches in a tier …
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Their tea factories are amazing places to visit and understand the process and factory shops definitely very interesting places 🙂
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Ahhhhh! I want to drink some…
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Thank you so much Nine 🙂
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Well penned rememberance that things won’t happen from alone.
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Many thanks 🙂
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🙂
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🙂
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Exquisite poem,perspective to ponder about. Regards.Jalal
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Many thanks Jalal 🙂
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What a heartfelt poem, reminding us of the great inequities of the world. Such a tragic global problem…….
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Many thanks for recognising this issue and supportive comment. Much appreciated.
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Hello, “…unseen work…”
however,
the results are proclamated, thanks for your remarked participation
http://differencepropre.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/odp15-resultat/
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Great 🙂 I am really happy to see that 🙂
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It is great for us to have your attention ! 🙂
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Humbled and honoured my friend 🙂
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WE are humbled and honoured, sincerely. 🙂 Your poetry and your pictures are far better than our games.
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🙂 after this all I can do is smile and be extremely grateful 🙂
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😉 that was the way I felt before that . hahaha
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🙂
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Hi, this is truly an amazing poetry 🙂
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Many many thanks Shibu for your appreciation, truly grateful 🙂
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Absolutely my pleasure AB 🙂
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🙂
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Nicely done!
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Thank you Kats 🙂
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You’re welcome sweet human!💜
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🙂
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How interesting!
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Indeed 🙂
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