Work For The Night Is Coming Poem by Marianne Reninger

Work For The Night Is Coming

Rating: 4.8


Workers of the world unite
Before the nectar-laden world takes flight
And shreds our delicate web of life
Into Oblivion...

Forty Five Days is all you've got
To feed the flock and pollinate the lot
Of Sweetest bee balm, lavender, and forget-me-not
For sacred honey...

Stingerless, dreaded Drones
Just lie around and groan
In ecstasy waiting for their turn
To pleasure the Queen...

She, the omnipotent one, spews her eggs,
Commands the hive, creates the drive
To Ensure the lives
Of her colony...

They tell me little worker bee, that if you cease
And night descends, and you and your sister's
Production ends, we Humans have but
Four more years...

Our world turns lonely in this vast universe
Homo-sapiens but a dot in Time's bio-diverse
Of creatures large and small.

But cease your life's work Ms. Worker Bee
And the world might retreat to the edge of the sea,
Revolve to the beat of stingray's tails and jellyfish swales...

Work For The Night Is Coming
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: insects,nature
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Sorry, swivel to the right; went in sideways; see its dyptic pair, The Fourth Generation...marianne
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kelly Kurt 29 October 2015

Marvelous poem, Marianne. Truth wrapped in lovely writing

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Dr Antony Theodore 22 November 2015

Our world turns lonely in this vast universe Homo-sapiens but a dot in Time's bio-diverse Of creatures large and small. liked these lines very much. worker bee and the world of the bees and the dependence of the humans. thought provoking poem. a new vision. thank you very much. tony

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Pamela Sinicrope 23 November 2015

Wow. This is a beautiful, thoughtful, well crafted poem. I was lost in it for a moment... Doesn't happen too often. I really enjoy the way you write. I look forward to reading more of your work. The opening stanza had me captured in your verse. I couldn't wait to see what would happen next... What workers... The bees! Oh so important....so many ways to bring our short time on earth to an end, but your sweet poem, belies the danger. Thanks for sharing this!

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Daniel Brick 06 December 2015

Amazing! You take the largest possible subject matter and treat it with the intimacy of a family gathering Your poem illustrates the perfervid quality of life, how can its maintainence not be an intense struggle It'sthe Ouroborus biting its own tail; it's T.S.Eliot telling us IN MY END IS MY BEGINNING and WE MUST ALL BE VOYAGERS.

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Seamus O Brian 21 September 2016

Love this poem, and the collage is fabulous. I am fascinated by the intricacies of living things, so this work really speaks to me. Thank you! :)

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Igwilo Vincent Somto 14 July 2016

Lovely poem you got there, you made the unsignificant significant by you intricate use of words, thanks for sharing

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Terry Collett 13 March 2016

Interesting poem. Enjoyed.

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Edward Kofi Louis 02 February 2016

Respect to nature! With the muse of the bees. Thanks for sharing.

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Anil Kumar Panda 15 January 2016

But cease your life's work Ms. Worker Bee And the world might retreat to the edge of the sea, Revolve to the beat of stingray's tails and jellyfish swales... is very nice. Loved it.

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Marianne Reninger 15 January 2016

Thanks Anil; Check out the artwork where this poem is embedded. Sold its mate in the fall that was about Monarch butterflies. Marianne Larsen Reninger

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