Wednesday 23 June 2010

Bee Haiku

buzzing bees -
their knees match the colours
of the roses

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

love the haiku. the patches of colour on the 'knees' are pollen they have collected. Each plant has its own colour and you can tell which plants they have been collecting form. I have a pollen colour chart like a paint chart.
Sally E

Anonymous said...

love the haiku. the colour on the "knees" is pollen. you can tell which plants the bees have been to by the colours. You can get a pollen chart like a paint chart.

Mistlethrush said...

Well observed.

Crafty Green Poet said...

Thanks Sally, yes I know what the knees are, i have a biology degree.

Thanks Mistlethrush.

Dianne said...

I love the assonance, buzz and bees, kneess, colours and roses.
well done.

ramblingwoods said...

Juliet..I'm sorry..I tried to change the link for your post for Nature Notes and I deleted the wrong one. Would you mind re-entering your link please.. I am sorry about that...Michelle

Bill said...

You're the bee's knees, Juliet. Also the cat's pajamas.

agreenearth said...

What a beautiful haiku, made more poignant by the demise of bees around the world.

HKatz said...

I like this - I'd never given much consideration to the color of a bee's 'knees' until now.

Anonymous said...

Sweet and cute. I really like it!

Megan Coyle said...

I love the sounds in this :)

short poems said...

Very well written haiku. Love your blog, great work :)

James said...

I didn't know bees had knees. I thought it was a just an expression. Wonderful haiku.