Humble Bumblebee

About the life and times of of a bee.

Humble Bumblebee

 

I’m a tiny humble bumble bee.

I don’t know all that there is to see

using this small brain that limits me

though I make the honey in your tea.

 

There are secrets that I’ll never know

as I help my hive to thrive and grow,

but these secrets I shall never miss

each night when I give my queen a kiss.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i see this allegorically...not just about the bee, but all of us as we drift through life from flower to flower...we thrive and grow in the richness and sweetness of life...and some secrets we learn others we don't...but either way we taste that sweet nectar of existence.

[Aethereal]

Thanks for expressing the allegory that I embeded into this poem, jacob! You're somewhat of a master of allegory yourself. Your review motivated me to write this tiny play on sound:

We See

Who else may a bee be,
for all of life is such.
See all you need to see,
yet that's not very much.

[NeiL ArandA]

The Bee has small brain that limits them to pursue other passions and task other than finding and collecting more nectars to convert them into juicy and sweet honey to feed their growing colony.
Some archeologist discovered and uncovered honey inside a pharaohs tomb buried and sealed for hundreds of years and remain fresh and unspoiled. How do they really do it without applying preservatives ?
If they have small or narrow mind then I like to be like them. Perhaps I could invent something that is similar to fountain of youth ...

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your review, Neil! If bees needed larger brains to survive they would have evolved larger brains. Evolution only supplies life forms with those survival traits that they need. Honey is a natural germicide. I feel sure that there are life forms within our galaxy whose brains are to our brains as our brains are to the bee's. High intelligence may also reside within machines created by life forms. Then there would be more advanced machines created by less advanced machines. Gods evolve from a simple set of rules, and then they release their potential of useful energy in the form of another expanding universe that builds up the same god potential once again from the same simple set of rules. Hear we have Cycles of endearment where creation takes place simultaneously from everyplace on the circle. Every point on this circle is a Creator; every moment is a gem..

[Lisa Bland]

Great poem. very inspiring.

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your review, Lisa! Ah, the wonder of Spring: To be a bee in a sea of flowers.

[Benita-Staebell M - Kin..]

pure Genius I love this and
I love bees and honey.

Thank you for your lovely review.

I love every word I can't pick one
I love the Whole poem.

Thank you for sharing. Blessings. Kindred poet

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your review, KindredPoet! All those bees should be coming out to play among the flowers soon.

[Benita-Staebell M - KindredPoet]

It is spring but practically summer here so they are out. you're very welcome. Blessings. Kindred poet

[Patricia Wedel]

Now that April ends, our blueberry blossoms
bloom. I saw a very large bumble bee gathering
nectar...so I know that we are still experiencing
life as it is intended to be. Your poem is penned
with the sweetest nectar. truly... Pat

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your review!

Nature gathers amber powers
all around awaiting flowers.

[Micheal Firth]

More often then not we tend to stay very linear in our thinking about the small. I like that you have given the idea of ignorance towards beauty a fun flip and allowed a broadened perspective that was short and subtle, yet powerful and effective.

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your detailed review, Micheal! We must have empathy for the small since all large things have small beginnings. Didn’t our universe begin as an infinitesimal speck. Ah, the mind of a mustard see!

[Micheal Firth]

No problem at all! It was a nice change of pace not to have to read about how depressed someone is for a change haha! You write so many reviews for the same subject eventually it gets so jaded. Thanks again!

[Aethereal]

You're welcome!

[Pryde Foltz]

Fantastic love poem about a bee.

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your review of this love poem, Pryde! A bee finds love in her hive above.

[Chidoriflower]

Heh. This is so sweet. :)

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your review, Chidoriflower! Bees are always into sweet things.

[Charlotte Ann]

That is such a cute poem. I absolutely adore it!

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your review, C. Ann! I'm happy that you enjoyed it, though from reading one of your poems I think that you would want me to find a name for this bee, one that would match his face and make him larger than life. Perhaps his queen would have a name too so that courtly intrigue would develop within her hive. Dare we project the complexities of our human psyche onto a simple bee who‘s just out to enjoy sunshine, flowers, and the buzzy love of his life.?

[Ghost of Jupiter]

This is a sweet and whimsical poem, I am so glad I stumbled upon it tonight... Makes me long for the summer days stretched out on a green expanse watching the insects move about in a tiny choreographed dance... Bumble bees are my favorite of them all, too! Thank you for sharing this and letting me escape into a beautiful thought :)

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your detailed review, K! Your review has inspired me to write another poem for you:

Summer

Summer isn't far away
as Spring stumbles into May.
Butterflies and bees shall play
where my lovely flowers stay.

[Ghost of Jupiter]

You are awesome!!! Thank you, I love it :)

[Aethereal]

This is what a humble bee loves to do,
It flies, and produces honey for friend, and foe,

To reach his queen, in working suit;
He'll have to fight, and bring some fruit,

And by so many other stalker bees
She choosed him, back on her knees...

LOL see what you do?
Just a beautiful funny piece my dear friend.
Keep on bringing them! ;)

- Elisa

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your detailed review with its lovely busy bee feedback poem, Elsa!

My pleasure! dear friend! ha ha! :) smiling!