Sean Borodale

Bee Journal is a volume of poetry, the cycle of poems follows a year round of bee keeping.

On more than 90 pages, the author presents a cycle of poems, some short of just a few lines, and some long. Most poems are written in free verse.

Some descriptions in the poems were quite technical. Interesting to read, but with emphasis on "interesting", not on "beauty".

This was wonderful.
A diary of poems documenting a year and a bit of bee keeping.
Reminded me very much of The Honey Month another bee themed diary.

A bee keeping journal in the form of poems.

20th April

Frost, and frost yesterday
and last night.

Strong little moon picked at your bones.

The pear on the brink
of unpacking it's blossom.

One-bee marquees,
nectar festivities, tents.

One-day-only stalls of druggy sugars,
the beers of flowers.

Everything is dragged awake;
puts on it's music clothes.

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