Music &Poetry Entropy | 07 Jul 2009
If Bach had been a beekeeper
If Bach had been a beekeeper
he would have heard
all those notes
suspended above one another
in the air of his ear
as the differentiated swarm returning
to the exact hive
and place in the hive,
topping up the cells
with the honey of C major,
food for the listening generations,
key to their comfort
and solace of their distress
as they return and return
to those counterpointed levels
of hovering wings where
movement is dance
and the air itself
a scented garden
on 07 Jul 2009 at 12:13 pm 1.Michele said …
I have always loved bees—even when they weren’t stressed out and “suddenly precious”.
I’ve always loved the almighty Bach and how quaint to put these two together…
on 10 Jul 2009 at 5:23 pm 2.Nimesh Dadia said …
This is beautiful poem.
There is a musicality in the poet’s words. I can hear the Fugue composed in the buzz of the bees.
NImesh