- by Emily Dickinson
Like trains of cars on tracks of plush
I hear the level bee:
A jar across the flowers goes,
Their velvet masonry
Withstands until the sweet assault
Their chivalry consumes,
While he, victorious, tilts away
To vanquish other blooms.
His feet are shod with gauze,
His helmet is of gold;
His breast, a single onyx
With chrysoprase, inlaid.
His labor is a chant,
His idleness a tune;
Oh, for a bee's experience
Of clovers and of noon!
Just Flowers Hiding
To Bee,
or
Not to Bee...
With nothing else to say,
That's all you'll be hearing from me.
Except...
My photos being a wee bit smaller,
the details are a wee bit smaller, also.
An experiment, I'm not fond of,
but perhaps your cup of tea.
Reminds me of how much detail is actually working in my gardens, but lost
when I view it as a whole.
Love all your bee photos! I guess Emily Dickinson didn't know that all worker bees who collect pollen are female.
ReplyDeleteI love when you visit. I think in her time, people used male pronouns to describe things of non specific gender, so a bee flying among the clover would automatically become a he. Lovely poem, just the same.
Delete...what a great collection, buzz, buzz!
ReplyDeleteI really like these creatures! I think they are the only creatures that produce food for humans (and other creatures).
ReplyDeleteThe photos are beautiful! I like bees, but I don't really like to look at them in detail. 😊 I don't like to look at any insect in detail - I feel a little uncomfortable.
I wish you serene days! ❤️
A terrific marriage of Emily Dickinson and wonderful images of bees. I wonder when we are going to stop destroying them and realize that they are vital allies in our daily survival. Not any time soon, I suspect.
ReplyDeleteSadly, I fear you are right. They are such lovely creatures, always busy saving the world. Too bad not many humans follow their example.
DeleteYour photos are beautiful, I love the flowers and the bees. Lovely poem.
ReplyDeleteTake care, enjoy your day and have a happy new week!
Your lovely photos are very befitting to the words of the poem. Our sage plant this year was full of bumble bees. I had to dodge them occasionally while laughing at their enthusiasm.
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Emily Dickinson never disappoints. And neither do your beautiful photos! (This is Jeanie from Marmelade Gypsy -- blogger won't let me log into google or add my own url.)
ReplyDeleteA wonderful poem by Emily Dickenson accompanied by photographs of your beautiful flowers! I have many different types of bees on my home grown lavender plants this year and I know they are making delicious honey from the plant nectar, as I bought a jar of lavender honey one year from a local bee keeper and it was so fragrant and good!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are always so amazingly beautiful, Yvonne.
ReplyDeleteLoved the poem.
Hugs and blessings!
We must be afraid of our bees, they are important for the survival of our planet's ecosystem. Nice photos of hard working bees :)
ReplyDeleteYour photos are beautiful, I love the flowers and the bees.
ReplyDeleteThe bees are really very important for our survival.
Greetings Irma
Excellent photos of these pollinators.
ReplyDeleteHello Yvonne,
ReplyDeleteYour photos look beautiful, I love the bees and the flowers. We do need to keep the bees happy and alive. Your garden must make the bees happy. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great new week!
your pictures are really lovely and the tiny bees so pretty and so necessary for our gardens. i have been seeing more of them lately in my gardens and i am so happy about that. i enjoyed the poem, it has been ages since i have read a beautiful poem. have a wonderful sunday!!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant poem Yvonne, and beautiful photos are excellent.
ReplyDeleteI love your post! The bees are very nicely photographed on the pretty flowers and I love the poetry! I'm going to read everything again! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteHello Yvonne, :=) A delightful array of beautiful captures of bees on the lovely flowers.,and a joyful Emily Dickinson poem.
ReplyDeleteAll the best.:=)
Gorgeous nature photos of the 'bee' ~ thanks for your sweet comment about my loss of Angel ~
ReplyDeleteLooking to the moment and hoping to see the good,Xo
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Your bee photos are wonderful; you've planted a bee-friendly garden and we need more of those! enjoyed the perfect Emily poem which was not a familiar one. There was one word I had to pause to look up and I bet you can guess which one. Do you think that beautiful green stone was familiar to everybody back in her day or did she just search the dictionary until she found the perfect word! (I wonder about odd things like that. I know it's annoying!)
ReplyDeleteWith her description, I really don't know which bee she is writing about, but it does sound beautiful. I'm always searching the dictionary to find the perfect word :) Curiosity is never annoying, sweet lady. Adventures never start without it.
Deletebeautiful words and photos....
ReplyDeletegreat shots