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Honey bee in poetry

 

Veroljub Vukašinović  

A  FLIGHT  OF  A  BEE

To a heavenly beehive

When a bee flies

 

Does it remember

Terrestrial signs

 

Does it recollect

Its experienced days

 

While with light among

Constellations it flames

 

Into swarms of stars

When it once flies

 

What is left with

From earthly weight and width

 

 

Transl. Jadranka Veličković

“Relations” 5-6/1999. 1-2/2000. Belgrade

 

 

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Predrag Cvetković

(haiku)  

 

 

In the large town

a honey bee on the flower -

the dearest meeting.

 

 

(Moira Campbell, USA, 9/25/11)

Autumn

Summer's birds flock and spiral away
while one or two valiant bumblebees swoon
to the light in the window-pane,
resisting their destiny to winter's haven.