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| Gervase |
The Bee CarolThe Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, introduced some new contemporary carols in the Guardian this weekend. Some were good, some were dire, but I was really taken with one of her own, The Bee Carol. I thought it was beautiful.Silently on Christmas Eve, the turn of midnight's key; all the garden locked in ice – a silver frieze – except the 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. |
| judith |
Thanks for posting, that was lovely. |
| mochyn |
It is, isn't it? Tears in the eyes here. |
| dpack |
sweet |
| Gervase |
The others are here, but none is as good as Duffy's. |
| chez |
Beautiful. |