May 21 is International Tea Day! Pop a bag of your choosing into your favourite mug and show the class while Mel demonstrates how to make the perfect cup of tea (British-style). This will be followed by some tea-inspired poetry and prompts, leading to the chance to steep and share some stanzas infused by your own food and drink traditions and rituals.
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MEL EDDEN is a British poet based in Maryland and a 2025 Best of the Net nominee. Her poems feature in Gargoyle, The Loch Raven Review, FotoSpecchio, Welter, Washington Writers Publishing House, and elsewhere. Mel runs the Manor Mill poetry reading series in Monkton, MD and edits their anthology Poets of Manor Mill. She is currently working towards her first collection. Learn more about Mel at www.meledden.com.