Christmas Lake


The bees fly
And Daisies
Sun
On the hillside
Overlooking Christmas Lake

      Rippling blue.


Oaks, Lilacs, Willows
And Cedars sing
Wind blown songs
With a Dove
And two lawnmowers

      Roar.


Anticipation
Of flowers
Pleasured by bees
Plants quiver in
The air

      Like love.


A bee enters
Lightly
With beating wings
The perfumed
Center of a flower

      One.


Pollen from another
Scented center clings
Softly on stamen
Brushed by a bee

      Thrust.


Nectar is sipped
And the hive
Hums honey as
Pollen mixes in
Flower sex

      Two.


Flowers sex
And bees feed
On the hillside
Overlooking Christmas lake

      Rippling Blue.





Stephen Morse 1989