Sunday, July 11, 2010

metamorphosis...


amid the magnified 
and amber golden dusk
a particulate miscellany  
in ecstatic suspension
swarms the hot summer air;

in slow, agitation bees
creep the echinacea torpid
too besotted to fly home
sunset steeped pollen
has stolen their senses;

winding blindly they anchor,
feet in flowers to slumber
till dawn kisses dew encrusted eyes
and they awaken transformed, 
gleaming, like sugar candied violets…


lucy meskill

2 comments:

  1. the drunken bee sleeps / in the echinacea patch / small bit of heaven ... #haiku <3<3<3

    you've captured the spirit of this phenom, sweet lucy! we've see it so many times and you've embraced it with bee-u-ti-ful words!

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  2. what a fantastic image you have created - through photo and words. i love walking in our yard at the cottage in the early morning to watch the bees and dragons wake up, slowly shuffling off their sleepiness.

    xoxoxo!!!!!!!!!

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