Colony Collapsed
Colony Collapsed
To bee or not to bee?
That’s a question
we seem to have answered here
where there is no sting,
where our victory is
so grave and where
we buzz buzz buzz.
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Sadly my computer is on the blink (or not blink–it’s dark) so posting from iPhone. Luckily, the challenge is to write something with less than 140 characters excluding spaces–micro-poetry for a macro photograph. This is for Shanyn Silinski at dverse poets pub. Shanyn has beautiful pictures of bees which I could not get to load on my phone so I’m using one of my own pics. Check out dverse for Shanyn’s beautiful albums.
PS Poor bees.
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March 11, 2014 at 10:07 pm
hopefully the bees are around for a bit more.
though dangerous…my wife is allergic…
death where is your sting? smiles.
nice play on that and with the use of grave…
March 11, 2014 at 10:54 pm
while I don’t much care for there stinger…they are a precious little creature that let’s me know spring is in the air. I like the opening line…quite perfect really.
March 11, 2014 at 11:22 pm
to bee or not to bee…i will remember this all summer me thinks..ha…cool… and i heard that the number of bees dwindles seriously…not good for the balance in nature..but we’ve damaged lots of things already…ugh
March 11, 2014 at 11:44 pm
Lovely photo…helps us to “bee” aware of their plight…we need the bees for pollinating crops, fruit trees…not to mention honey!
March 12, 2014 at 12:12 am
there is a wild hive near here, may they live long and prosper
March 12, 2014 at 3:00 am
Poor bees indeed. Sorry about your computer problems – I hope they’re soon fixed.
March 12, 2014 at 4:26 am
This photo is good though, and the message serious through the word-play.
March 12, 2014 at 4:35 am
Completely agree with you – I am very fond of bees, would ideally like a whole mountain plateau filled with flowers and forests for a few hives of my own. Amazing what you’ve managed to do despite the technological challenges!
March 12, 2014 at 7:12 am
When I see a bee I smile..we need them as they maintain balance in nature and they do make some sweet honey.
March 12, 2014 at 8:12 am
Nice, Karin. I hope your troubles with your computer get better.
March 12, 2014 at 8:37 am
no bee, no honey, that stings 🙂
This was a fun poem
March 12, 2014 at 2:33 pm
We have many in our yard…we have many flowers and they seem to completely ignore us…no stings…so far. Hate to think of a colony collapsing…
March 12, 2014 at 3:01 pm
The prescensce of bees is a great reminder that we will also have cherries or apples later on.. and I’d like the bee to be…
March 12, 2014 at 7:06 pm
I love your words, and that is a cool shot. Bees are so important, I long for them each spring. Thanks for joining in, and doing so in the face of tech challenges! 🙂
March 12, 2014 at 8:53 pm
Hey Karin, absolutely enjoyed the fun effect you created in here. Smiles.
March 13, 2014 at 12:13 pm
This “bee” wonderful. I like all your classical allusions. Such fine short verse!
March 13, 2014 at 1:43 pm
lovely words and pic! Nice compromise form the phone- thank God when one tecnology fails we are held up by another, eh? 😉