2 ways to poach an egg.
1. put a knob of butter in a cup, put in microwave 30 secs to melt.
crach open egg and put into cup, prick the yolk with a fork to stop it poping. Cover with kitchen roll.
putback into microwave for 1 minute.
option 2. Put about half an inch of water in a pan, add some salt, bring to boil.
crack open egg , put into boiling water.
leave untill done, be carefull when lifting out the pan to stop yolk from breaking.
you could also buy an egg poaching pan , this allows to do 4 at a time, just put about half inch water in bottom pan , bring to boil, meanwhile grease each of the 4 small egg pans(cups) open the 4eggs and put 1 in each cup, put lid on and leave untill done, you will know by the colour when done. And as someone mentioned above smoked salmon goes well with poaced egg