Poem the owl and the pussy cat.

[Curly green fingers]

https://www.poetryfoundation.org I've just been reading Collins beekeepers bible and found this in there the owl and the pussy cat by Edward Lear, 1871 what a lovely poem takes me back to my child hood

 

[alldigging]

I like 'When I Am Old' by Jenny Joseph.

 

[madasafish]

https://www.poetryfoundation.org I've just been reading Collins beekeepers bible and found this in there the owl and the pussy cat by Edward Lear, 1871 what a lovely poem takes me back to my child hood

I remember reading it when it was first published. I was younger then.

 

[charlievictorbravo]

I remember reading it when it was first published. I was younger then.

We all were younger then!

How about this one -

The Bee Carol
Carol Ann Duffy
-
Silently on Christmas Eve,
the turn of midnight’s key;
all the garden locked in ice –
a silver frieze –
exceptthe winter cluster of the bees.
-
Flightless now and shivering,
around their Queen they cling;
every bee a gift of heat;
she will not freeze –
within the winter cluster of the bees.
-
Bring me for my Christmas gift
a single golden jar;
let me taste the sweetness there,
but honey leave
to feed the winter cluster of the bees.
-
Come with me on Christmas Eve
to see the silent hive –
trembling stars cloistered above
and then believe,
bless the winter cluster of the bees.

CVB

 

[Hivemaker.]

We all were younger then!

Okay for you older guys, 147 years ago was a bit before my time, well quite a lot really.

 

[Curly green fingers]

Okay for you older guys, 147 years ago was a bit before my time, well quite a lot really.

Your as old as the woman you feel hivemaker

 

[Curly green fingers]

I like 'When I Am Old' by Jenny Joseph.

https://www.barbados.org/poetry/wheniam.htm


I hope I've got the link right I like the bit about storing stuff in boxes collecting beer mats ect... This sounds all to familiar

 

[madasafish]

Okay for you older guys, 147 years ago was a bit before my time, well quite a lot really.

I wondered who would notice

 

[enrico]

We all were younger then!

How about this one -

The Bee Carol
Carol Ann Duffy
-
Silently on Christmas Eve,
the turn of midnight’s key;
all the garden locked in ice –
a silver frieze –
exceptthe winter cluster of the bees.
-
Flightless now and shivering,
around their Queen they cling;
every bee a gift of heat;
she will not freeze –
within the winter cluster of the bees.
-
Bring me for my Christmas gift
a single golden jar;
let me taste the sweetness there,
but honey leave
to feed the winter cluster of the bees.
-
Come with me on Christmas Eve
to see the silent hive –
trembling stars cloistered above
and then believe,
bless the winter cluster of the bees.

CVB

Like that one, would go well with a jar of honey for a Christmas present. Thanks

 

[Curly green fingers]

I wondered who would notice

Can you be my mentor then somebody of that age would no a thing or two about beekeeping

 

[madasafish]

Can you be my mentor then somebody of that age would no a thing or two about beekeeping

At that age I would be senile...

Oops I am already..

 

[charlievictorbravo]

Like that one, would go well with a jar of honey for a Christmas present. Thanks

That's exactly how I used it - on the back of a few gift labels for Christmas presents.

CVB

 

[Swarm]

Very nice too, CVB.

 

[charlievictorbravo]

Very nice too, CVB.

I've found the The Bee Carol by Carol Ann Duffy set to music here by LiTTLe MACHiNe. I don't see it as a Christmas No 1 but of interest to beekeepers.

CVB

 

[Curly green fingers]

That's exactly how I used it - on the back of a few gift labels for Christmas presents.

CVB

I feel a bit jealous I can't wait to be able to give my honey as a Christmas present to family and friends I love the idea with the poem. .