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Friends of Acadia Poetry Award - 2nd Prize
Apis mellifera
This chilled November morning,
the sun's light, wan and frosted,
finds her head-down
burrowing, legs in slow motion
pumping her tighter
against the lemon heart
of my Chrysanthemum.
Does she hope there to escape
stasis, awaiting her
with boreal patience?
Transparent wings
glued now to her fuzzed back,
will lift her no more into air
gelid with winter's breath.
Yet she has found
a golden resting-place.
May my last bed
be as bright.
- Polly Brody
Polly Brody is a biologist, ornithologist, and creator of seminars
on animal behavior. She is the author of two books: Other Nations, a
collection of poetry; and The Burning Bush, essays with poetry. Pollys
third collection of poetry, At The Flower's Lip, was published in July
2007. Her poetry is widely published in literary reviews.
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