- Non-Erotic Poetry
- A bumblebee of poetry
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velvet wings
too small
to lift above
the page
grammar weak
and cliché built
too small
too trite
for screening
scholars
but you're
a bumblebee
of poetry
so you don't care
and soar
because
that is you
and all you know
I watch you rise
defying
common sense
and gravity
and fly
with other
bumblebees
to make love to
the reading roses
- COMMENTS
tazz317almost 12 years agoloading up for the return to the hive. TK U MLJ LV NV
Amyfriendabout 17 years agoimages spring forth after reading the words... different. Nicely done.
LeBrozover 17 years agoThis poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 34,000 poems.
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duddle146over 17 years agoReading Roses ~ what a lovely metaphor for us readers. Loved the bright images.
LeBrozover 17 years agoLeave still all
Critics and experts at poetry;
Despite those naysayers
A bumblebee of poetry can fly!
echoes_sover 20 years agoand you painted this one beautifully.
Rybkaover 20 years agoFirst time I have seen the bumblebee's flying conundrum used so appropriately as a metaphor. Congratulations! I agree this deserves an "E" for structure as well as originality.
(For those who don't know, many years ago aviation engineers were puzzled because, according to their calculations and wind tunnel tests, the bumblebee should not be able to fly. Their problem was that their theoretical formulations were based upon a fixed wing model.)
Maria2394over 20 years agothank you for letting me be one of your reading roses. this is so lovely, shoulda got an E.
