if bees no more
April 5, 2009
Apricots
Almonds
Apples
Alfalfa
Blueberries and
Buckwheat
Cantaloupe and
Clover
Cucumber
Cranberry
Peaches
Pears
and Plums
Raspberry
Strawberry
and Pumpkin
Watermelon
Sunflowers
Squash and
Zucchini
all no more…
forever
qazse 
April 5, 2009 at 4:11 am
Perfect. I wasn’t with you til the end. I was enjoying the cornucopia, bountiful harvest and then it was gone and I remembered the bees. Brilliant piece of work.
April 6, 2009 at 2:14 pm
a wonderful poem about a terrible situation.
you the man, q.
April 7, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Paul and clacyjane – thank you both. I wrote this about a year ago. I did an internet search on what produce we might loose if there were no bees to pollinate in this country. I am assuming my sources (which sadly I did not save) were correct. The poem pretty much wrote itself from there. I am not totally happy with my endings’ articulation, but the point is precisely that which I mean to convey – the stark reality of it is bitter. Add to that the issues we are having with other critters such as bats and frogs, and we begin to see the tip of our undoing.