the prowling Bee

Apology for Her Be rendered by the Bee — Herself, without a Parliament Apology for Me.      -F959, J852, 1865 The poem enacts the very probl...

I stumbled across this fantastic halloween mystery from 20 years ago in the Lawrence Journal-World. Below is the transcript. Italics mine. ...

Absent Place — an April Day — Daffodils a-blow Homesick curiosity To the Souls that snow — Drift may block within it Deeper than without — D...

When the Astronomer stops seeking For his Pleiad's Face— When the lone British Lady Forsakes the Arctic Race When to his Covenant Needle...

Her Grace is all she has— And that, so least displays— One Art to recognize, must be, Another Art, to praise.       -F956, J810, sheet ...

I sing to use the Waiting My Bonnet but to tie And shut the Door unto my House No more to do have I Till His best step approaching We journe...

The good Will of a Flower The Man who would possess Must first present Certificate Of minted Holiness.    -F954, J849, sheet 20, 1865 This p...

Just as He spoke it from his Hands This Edifice remain— A Turret more, a Turret less Dishonor his Design— According as his skill prefer It p...