Thoughtful Thursday: Bees and healing

17 November 2011 by Zöe Lynch

My bees - can you see the honey comb and propolis they have made on the frames?

An extract from Last Night As I was Sleeping

"Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures."

Antonio Machado

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Tattie Weasle 17 November 2011 at 20:09

Truly wonderful!

Jane Alexander 17 November 2011 at 22:19

I love this in both media, Zoe. The picture of the bees is humbling...such incredible creatures.We need them so much and pay them such little mind. The poem is equally wondrous - and full of hope - that something so sweet can come from such sadness. For really, don't you think, that the sweetest honey comes from the furthest fall?

Esther Montgomery 28 November 2011 at 01:27

Maybe no error.

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