Stolen Flowers And The Broken Honeycomb Poem by Bharati Nayak

Stolen Flowers And The Broken Honeycomb

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I rued for the flowers
Stolen from my garden
Cursed the people
Who are careless
About the feelings
Of the garden owner
About the love and care
bestowed upon the flowers.

But one day I found
A honey comb
Hanging from a tree
Had been broken
Thousands and thousands bees
Had been killed
By the men
Who had looted their treasure
Without mercy
Killed them by fire
Since then
I stopped ruing
For the loss
Of my stolen flowers.

Thursday, May 7, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: feelings,human nature
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Inspired by really seeing honey comb broken, thousands of dead bees lying on the ground.How cruel man can plunder innocent's wealth! In comparison, my loss is so insignificant.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susan Williams 19 February 2016

Your choice of technique increased the impact of that savaging of a honeycomb and those thousands of nature's friends and helpers. I wonder how the world will be changed by the indiscriminate killing of bees by men such as these and the use of pesticides. We were supposed to take care of Earth not destroy it.

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Lyn Paul 21 June 2015

The garden brings such simple pleasures to have it damaged and then the breakage of the honeycomb. Your have displayed your heart. Beautifully expressed

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Bharati Nayak 23 June 2015

Thanks for reading and giving valuable comments.

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S.zaynab Kamoonpuri 09 May 2015

Woah thoughtprovoking poem written creatively! Impressive thoughts. Yay we steal much frm nature. Take care pal.

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Bharati Nayak 10 May 2015

I love your comments.Thanks a lot.

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Bill Cantrell 27 October 2016

The bigger picture brings true focus, lovely poetry: -)

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Jasbir Chatterjee 11 June 2016

lovely poem. I recently wrote a short story on the same theme.

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Bri Edwards 21 May 2016

Oops! ! When I typed story, my mate's tablet changed story to stolen, : ( bri

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Bri Edwards 21 May 2016

Of bees.... perhaps. You DID use of in the welcomed poet's note, so I guess just an oversight in the email I may never have used the verb 'rue', though I've heard it used sometimes, so I had to look it up in a paper dictionary to see that your usage was correct. Bingo! A perfect word to use. This brings to mind the stolen of the man who RUED having no shoes. Then he saw a person with no feet. This is another for MyPoemList. Thanks. Bri :)

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Edward Kofi Louis 09 May 2016

Human nature! ! ! Without mercy. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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