Best Bumble Bee Poems
On my walk I chanced to see
An elephant with a bumble bee.
It was such a peculiar pairing,
And they had ice cream, which they were sharing.
The elephant was holding the ice cream cone
For the bee was on his mobile phone,
I thought wow, this is really *****...
I never get a signal here !
Hi dear friends, I’m back after a bad shingles attack and straight after that bronchitis verging on pneumonia.
Little Robin red breast bobbing up and down,
Would take away with glee, anybody’s frown
And friendly buzzing Mr Bumble bee delights,
Us one and all, he does not sting, it’s not his thing.
He visits flowers , red, yellow purple , pink and blue,
Which attract him, loves their pollen and alluring hue.
One day bumble bee and little robin decided to be human,
So prepared for tea and pancakes, without the gluten,
They saw Katy the caterpillar crawling on the lawn,
And invited her to join them, the following morn at dawn,
They all met for this fun occasion by the nearby river,
But an uninvited visitor arrived with shiny wings, such a diva.
A Hadeda elegant and loud of call thought she was an opera
Singer, had one thing on her mind, which was Katy Caterpillar,
She slowly walked on her stalk like legs towards this prickly
Little insect, wanting to swallow Katy who was so wiggly,
Down her gullet, but Robin red breast said no no, no,
And Bumble bee agreed and said, I think you ‘d better go
So with his wide spread wings the Hadeda flew away,
Leaving Bumble bee and little Robin to enjoy their day,
How wonderful was their idea for pancakes and tea.
Another visitor arrives, so famous, known to you and me,
Can you guess who.
He wears a top hat, mutters crazy sayings,
And carry’s a full tea pot , ‘do you want a cup of tea,
Oh dear, oh dear, my or me, he or she or maybe you.
He takes his watch out of his waist coat pocket and says,
‘I’m late, I’m late for a a very important date, no time to
Say hello goodbye I’m late I’m late I’m late’
‘It’s time for me to go,
Au revoir from your dizzy beau.’
It was the Mad Hatter, of course,
An Alice in Wonderland source.
What happened to Katy caterpillar, well fearing
For her life, Katy crawled under a nearby bush,
Did not intend to be a snack, or mealtime mush.
NB – THE WORDS UTTERED BY THE MAD HATTER – are both from the book Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and some of my own.
HADEDA IBIS - referred to in South Africa as only Hadeda.
The Dilettante Diaries: "The Bumble Bee Big Blue Sky Boston Two Step on Love Street"
She said, "Pffft Bumble Bees Rule,
No Bees, no World
Shy Little Hearts
Big power
freedom wings
realised
dreams into reality
unfurls
Who’s to write that story?
She’s just a girl
In a Boston Two Step World"
He said, "Stung, once bitten twice shy..."
She said, "The Devil’s in the Details -
the real deal is swallowing
“The Whole Beautiful”
Big Blue Sky
and opening mouths
tongues speak
transfer a lush kiss
shared wealth
Icarus flies out
Sun in his mouth -
It's a sinch..."
He said, "Lady Bird! Lady Bird!
Your House is on Fire!"
She said, "Long ago maybe,
the Empire now strong in unified minds
unfurls to The Town Crier
A new Kingdom
Love
Power
rising higher and higher
Ok tiger, maybe a spark now,
Not yet into bonfire"
For a Woman
that once was a
Butter would melt
in mouth Girl
dreaming unreachable
bigger blue skies
She irreverently
turns keys
in hearts
A Fire opens latches
Lacquered Chinese
puzzle boxed
pheromone trials
and strange
very odd matches
Carniolan whispers, “Bring it on”
She now smiles
and captures...
Judges 14 buzzzing bees 8
Air thick with flying honey
All Along the Watch Tower
She opens the Gate
Hendrix’s Bumble Bees speak,
in hushed reverent
unified tone,
"It’s never too late..."
(Lovejoy-Burton/September 2018)
1.
https://genius.com/The-jimi-hendrix-experience-all-along-the-watchtower-lyrics
2.
"If the doorbell rang in her apartment, she would say, 'What fresh hell can this be?' — and it wasn't funny; she meant it." You might as well live: the life and times of Dorothy Parker...
3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus
4. hmmm, interesting, ah that Dark Bee...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carniolan_honey_bee
5.
Secret "Bee Spell", a riddle, inserted into this Chinese Puzzle Box. Much Love, LUX VITAE x
The Blue Stones/Be My Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znOA3xCtHfk
Buzzy the busy bumble bee
Has his sharp sting on aim at me.
"If you want my honey
Then show me your money.
Buzzy the bee does not work free."
For Carolyn's and John's bug contest
Tied for no.3
Bumble-bee on fruits
The silly me
The silly bumble-bee
Bumble-bee buzz in ears
Bumble-bee hovers on flowers
Flowers in Ikebana
Flowers spread fragrance
Fragrance of petrichor
Fragrance of coffee
Coffee with cream
Coffee with beloved
Beloved sent a greeting card
Beloved left to work
Work is worship
Work in a team
Team spirit wonderful
Team of hockey
Hockey is India's national game
Hockey stick is not a bat
Bat is a mammal
Bat and cricket ball
Ball is in your court
Ball room dance so captivating
Captivating sense of humour
Captivating talent show
Show your skill
Show of bike
Bike ride jolly
Bike with great capacity
Capacity to climb a mountain
Capacity to convince people
People make democracy possible
People gather to protest
Protest against atrocities on women
Protest in a peaceful way
Way to enlightenment
Way to waterfall
Waterfall largest is Victoria
Waterfall amidst nature
Nature so enchanting
Nature has answers
Answers so spontaneous
Answers witty and brief
Brief legal statement
Brief summer holiday
Holiday in a beach resort
Holiday tasting tropical fruits
Fruits of hard-work is success
Fruits so tasty and pulpy sweet
Sweet
Success!
©Anulaxmi Nayak, 2015
Be like the little bumble bee
The humble little bumble bee
The bumble bee does not fret
About how much nectar to collect
The bumble bee approaches each flower
With an anticipation of success
The bumble bee does not worry
If another bee gets the best
The little humble bumble bee
Simply flies toward another quest
Be like the humble bumble bee
Work together until the job is done
Meeting the needs of many
Not just the only one
Then without a backwards glance
Celebrate with a humble bumble bee dance
bumble bee kisses
flower with a sweet nectar
in the rainy day
3-27-2016
Bumble Bee Stings And Singing
Bee sting
Bumble is here
With fear
Fearsome
Generating
Real pain
Painful
Targeting you
To run
Running
Faster on wind
To wait
Waiting
Then get stung
Get wet
Wetter
In water sink
Hold breath
Breathless
For bee to leave
Then pray
Praying
Bee goes away
Then rise
Rising
To see it gone
Be calm
Calmer
Than the soft wind
Then sing
Singing
Is better than
Bee stings
Created on 12/01/14 for- "Mussetle Train" Poetry Contest
2 4 2 non rhyming
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
Syllables checked with PoetrySoup
and Howmanysyllables.com
In Praise of the Bumble Bee
Taking pollen from the flowers,
Working all the daylight hours,
Praise the humble bumble bee,
Fertilising crops for you and me,
Humming on your productive flight,
Busy, busy, busy where you alight.
Without the bee would we survive?
Collecting nectar for its hive,
To keep its brood, and us, alive;
Working all the daylight hours,
Taking pollen from the flowers.
Barry Stebbings
2/07/2016
Bumble bee on
the move, from
flower to flower,
seeing red clover,
it stops for a while.
Humming it's way
around this
nature palace
so free, to take
pollen back to
hive.
Nectar so enchanting
to draw each one
to the colorful flowers
in the fresh outdoors.
Knowing that
all flowers would
soon fade away,
if not for the bumble
bee's hard work.
wrote 9-4-08
Hello, I am a buff-tailed bumble bee,
But in this fair and pleasant land, I’m dying.
Intensive farming methods, can’t you see ?
Do not provide the flowers for which I’m sighing.
The meadow’s gone, and were that not enough
The butterflies and moths are suffering too –
So many native plants you’re killing off;
Make no mistake, this will impact on you !
When you see me, ‘dozing’ in a flower,
I’m helping to produce the crops you need –
I zig-zag flower to flower and hour by hour
Transport the pollen to produce the seed.
Be friendly, plant bee-friendly plants for me –
I’ll buzz and be a hive of industry.
Sitting on the green grass
A cute little bumble bee
Approached my spot
Sat and began spying me
I kept his gaze
We were eye to eye
or is it eye to eyes?
Either way, this contest we did try
Not One movement
This starring game
Even though we know
It quite lame
No buzzing around
Not a single shake
But i sat in the grass
While he sat on a stake
But in this moment
That we did stare
A new feeling came
I began to care
This little bumble bee
Did catch my heart
But as i went to hold him
He left, he dart
As my heart dropped
The love i did lack
Came whizzing by
He did come back
Landing on a flower
I did dare to hold
This cute bumble bee
So fuzzy and bold
And when my hand reached
To catch the bumble be stud
He stayed in my hands
My new bumble bee bud
work
DODOITSU
BUMBLE BEES WAX ©
Bumble bee hums a tenor
Fixated on honey mead
Wax walls honeycomb the young
Wings cool masses throughout!
truth
EXPLANATIONS ©
Explanations vary in voice
Questions without doubts marry
Answers close moments in time
Truths betwixt the minds!
truth
TRUTHS HOLD NO CERTAINTIES ©
I don’t brand deals jokingly
I take credence for myself
But the silky lined path fibs
My schemes ‘perch’ nowhere!
spell
NEVERLAND WITHIN ©
This ‘Neverland’ is all spell ©
Circling around nonsense turns
Giants and trolls open wide
Wallowing at the hillside
No entrance keys needed!
There was a lovely child named Elle Lee
whose very best friend was a bumblebee.
They met one day in a field of clover
Bumble Bee buzzed and flew right over.
He was surprised to see Elle Lee's wings.
She said, "Faeries have wonderful things."
But Elle Lee didn't like her curly red hair
and covered it up so no one would stare.
Bumble Bee said, "Your curls are divine.
the same color as strawberries on a vine."
She took off her scarf and set her curls free
Shouting happily, "WHOOPEE! WHOOPEE!"
March 24, 2021
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