Thursday 2 October 2008

Bees' Knees

pollen
bright yellow
on the knees of the bees

the secret
powering
flower to fruit

golden harvest

the quiet
humming
at the heart

of our world


for Read Write Poem

Co-incidentally, Melissa, Poet with a Day Job had a poem about bees (and two others) published recently in this Joy and Ride, why not pop over and read them here, you'll be glad you did!

More Bees Knees here and here.

15 comments:

polona said...

this is quite wonderful...
i remember the previous bees posts :)

Anonymous said...

OH the bees, the bees! how we need them!

Great work and thanks for the link!

Lucy said...

Lovely bees!

Philip Thrift said...

Really gave me a buzz!

Catherine said...

I love "the quiet humming at the heart of our world"
It worries me to think the bees might be disappearing

Anonymous said...

There's such beautiful music here. A wonderful job.

Anonymous said...

This is so gentle like the bees are humming their praise as they work in the fields.

Anonymous said...

Sweet and gentle flow here..

locked in the attic

Kill word Verification

Inside our hands, outside our hearts said...

This is sweet. Although I am allergic to those wonderful buzzing critters, I do so love the idea you have laid here.


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stu said...

Nice poem, and a good link as well.

Anonymous said...

ah. bees' knees. :) nice. :)

holly said...

the last four lines are especially wonderful! beautiful poem.

ren powell said...

I am not a bee buff. I should meditate on your poem. ;-)

Ana said...

this poem humms beautifully

Anonymous said...

i like how this softly and gently builds--from the very very small specks of pollen on the very small bees knees to harvest to heart to world...