Barry Stebbings Poet Sonnet

The Bumble Bee

The Bumble Bee

		Value the industrious bumble bee
		Working all of the teeming daylight hours.
		Fertilising crops for you and for me,
		Taking pollen from the sunlit flowers.
		Flying on the season's warm, scented breeze
		Unlikely pilot of the summer sky.
		Your antennae navigating with ease
		The paths by which your queen, and we, rely.
		How long without the bee would we survive?
		Seeker of ambrosia where you alight,
		Collecting nectar for your busy hive,	
		Tunefully humming on your fertile flight,
		Working all of the teeming daylight hours,
		Taking pollen from the sunlit flowers.

		20/09/16

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White Wolf October 12, 2016 at 7:48 AM What a lovely poem about bees! In the Druid tradition, the bee represents community, celebration, and organization. Just thought I'd buzz by /|\ Barry Stebbings October 12, 2016 at 12:59 PM Thank you, Rick. Interesting comment; I can see why the Druids would think that. Barry.

Sandra Haight September 25, 2016 at 8:12 PM Barry, this is such a nice tribute to the bee and how hard they work and how they go about it and in helping us it all inside this fourteen-line Sonnet! Well done, and best wishes for the contest. Sandra Barry Stebbings September 26, 2016 at 7:59 AM Thank you very much, Sandra. The Bee is so important for us. Barry.

Eve Roper September 24, 2016 at 4:56 PM Barry, thank you so much for entering my contest :) congratulations on your win! Hugs Eve Barry Stebbings September 26, 2016 at 7:57 AM I enjoyed writing this poem, Eve. Thank you very much for my win. Barry.

Beautiful Scars September 24, 2016 at 2:52 PM Barry, lovely sonnet :) congratulations on your placement :)-luloo Barry Stebbings September 26, 2016 at 7:55 AM Thank you very much, Laura. Barry

Phyllis Babcock September 23, 2016 at 4:41 PM yes thank goodness for the little bumble bee. Nicely written on our hard working little insect. love phyl Barry Stebbings September 24, 2016 at 8:43 AM Thank you for your comment, Phyllis. Barry.

Probir Gupta September 20, 2016 at 6:16 AM Very pleasing sonnet ... Barry Stebbings September 21, 2016 at 5:04 AM Thank you Probir. It is a re-write of my earlier poem 'In Praise of the Bumble Bee' for the Contest Sonnet 4 by Eve Roper. Barry.