An die Bienen

Bienen! Immen! Sumseriche!
Wer sich je mit euch vergliche,
der verdient, dass man ihn töte!
Dass zumindest er erröte!
Denn, wie ihr in Tal und Berg schafft
ohne Zutun der Gewerkschaft,
ohne dass man euch bezahle,
ohne Streik und Lohnspirale,
täglich, stündlich drauf bedacht,
dass ihr für uns Honig macht,
ihr seid 's wert, dass man euch ehre!
Wobei vorzuschlagen wäre –
ob nun alt ihr, ob Novizen –
euch von heute ab zu siezen!

Na, wer erkennt den Verfasser dieses Gedichts?

#poet

An excellent bio piece on the poet, W.H. Auden.

https://youtu.be/4IClrLmItos?si=sgBM1jYnl7wV02Q3

#poety #poet #biography #WHAuden

W3 Prompt #207: Wea’ve Written Weekly

Intro

Dear friends,

Welcome to our W3 Poetry Prompt, which goes live on Wednesdays at The Skeptic’s Kaddish.

You may click here for a fuller explanation of W3; but here’s the ‘tldr’ version:

Part I

The main ingredient of W3 is a weekly poem written by a Poet of the Week (PoW), which participants read before participating in the prompt.

Part II

The second ingredient is a writing guideline (or two) provided by the PoW. Guidelines may include, but are not limited to: word counts, poetic forms, inclusion of specific words, and use of particular poetic devices.

Part III

After five days, when the prompt closes, the PoW shall select one participant’s poem as the W3 prompt for the following week, and its author becomes the next PoW.

Simple enough, right?

Okie dokie ~ Let’s do this thing!

I. The prompt poem:

‘Serenity’ ~ a poem by Sally

II. Sally’s prompt: Inspired by a poet

I invite you to spend some time with the poets who stay with you—the ones who shape how we read, write, and see.

Choose one or more of the following:

Keep your poem to 20 lines or fewer.

Let yourself play a little—echo, bend, or reimagine what inspires you.

III. Submit: Click on ‘Mister Linky’ below

In order to participate and share a poem, open up this blog post, outside of the WordPress reader. At the bottom, just below these words, you will see a small rectangular graphic with the words ‘Mr Linky’. Click on that to submit.

Submissions are open for 5 days, until Monday, Apr. 20, 10:00 AM (GMT+2)

Last week’s W3 poem

This week’s W3 prompt poem (above), composed by Sally, was written in response to last week’s W3 prompt poem, which Nigel wrote:

‘Layered’ ~ a poem by Nigel Byng

#quotes #love #writers #poem #quote #writerscommunity #writer #quoteoftheday #poet #writers #poems #art #words #writing #bymepoetry #writingcommunity
Mi sono ammalato in viaggio.
I miei sogni vagano
per i campi spogli.

Tabi ni yande
yume wa kareno wo
kakemeguru
Matsuo Bashō

🔭 Caccia agli esopianeti: con PoET il Sole diventa un alleato nelle nostre ricerche! Spingiamo oltre i limiti della scoperta! #EsplorazioneSpaziale #PoET🌞

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