This one’s for you Del

From Darya & me. Threw one over the fence and someone caught it.

Winner | Poem of the Week Contest

Kevin Swanwick of Walden, New York for “Tell the Bees”

New Millenium Writers Journal - Poem of the Week Contest

Tell the Bees

for Darya

Let the bees know.
Stay for a while
and place a cup,
his ginger ale,
beneath their frames.

Ask them to build a bridge
from here to there.
Tell them he found
their wing beats Blessed
and now sees them
in endless array.

Ask them to carry on,
and tell the winter bees
he is waiting
in the slant light of the sun.

Tell them he’ll be there in spring
to watch their waggle dance
while he helms his ship of Light.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Urged to write poetry by his 11th grade English teacher, Sally Littlefield, Kevin Swanwick returned to the abandoned craft after many seasons.

Swanwick lives in the Hudson Valley where he closely observes nature. His first poem, “Goshen,” appeared in Onager Editions. Other early poems appear in Chronogram, La Presa (English & Spanish), Unleash Press, Canary (Hip Pocket Press),& Triggerfish Critical Review. His short fiction has appeared at The Strange Recital podcast and Prometheus Dreaming.