Lawrence Hall, HSG
Bees and Breeze
and Lime-Green Butterflies
How
beautiful the world is
In
the morning cool and clear!
-Anna Ahkmatova, “The Lime-Trees by the Open Door”
Bees and breeze and lime-green butterflies
Follow the little green electric tiller
Bouncing through the turf from clod to clod
Upending roots and sticks and last year’s grass
Fresh soil awakened from its winter sleep
Eager to push summer sunflowers up and up
Sneezes and wheezes follow the tiller too
Pollens in green and yellow, clouds of allergens
But, oh, the earthen scents, perfect skies -
Bees and breeze and lime-green butterflies!
