After Honey Bees
Myers, Joan Rohr
Joan Rohr Myers After Honey Bees These zebra-skinned hummers will go to great lengths for food in a petal soft place. I'm never looking for more than clear color and a flutter of fragrance, so...
...I'm never looking for more than clear color and a flutter of fragrance, so they shock me, roaring in like the New York Central through a tunnel of softness...
...When I'm finally alone my hands fold 'round the stem with a tentative trust, I close my eyes and inhale whatever sweetness is left in this world...
...Commonweal: 170...
...It's dangerous to speak, or lean with aggression into their circle, so I wait for the signal common in nature, of leaving behind what you've already used...
Vol. 112 • March 1985 • No. 6
