"The Little Bee" and "An Epitaph For Mr. Bee" - two poems
Posted: Wednesday, March 04, 2009
by David Pekrul
Well, Spring is just around the corner and with Spring comes the bees. So here are a couple light-hearted poems about our favourite pests.
The Little Bee
While working in my yard one day,
I saw a little bee,
It hovered there around my head,
And made me want to flee.
I tried to brush the thing away,
It didn't want to go,
And then I took off on a run,
But I was just too slow.
It stung me once; it stung me twice,
But wait! - That cannot be,
I thought a bee could sting just once,
Not twice - "Oh, my, oh me!"
It circled for another bite,
And targeted my butt,
And then, as if that weren't enough,
It headed for my gut.
But it was just a little bee,
And it would soon exhaust,
But then I looked at it again,
My Lord! - It was a wasp!
An Epitaph For Mr. Bee
So here now lies our Mr. Bee,
While making honey in a tree,
He tried to harvest Maple sap,
But it was sticky and a trap.
So he was caught inside this goo,
His life was over, that he knew,
Before he died, he made a burp,
It tasted just like maple syrup.
If this article is used in any publication, please send a copy of the publication to David Pekrul at
E-Mail:dpekrul@gmail.com
While working in my yard one day,
I saw a little bee,
It hovered there around my head,
And made me want to flee.
I tried to brush the thing away,
It didn't want to go,
And then I took off on a run,
But I was just too slow.
It stung me once; it stung me twice,
But wait! - That cannot be,
I thought a bee could sting just once,
Not twice - "Oh, my, oh me!"
It circled for another bite,
And targeted my butt,
And then, as if that weren't enough,
It headed for my gut.
But it was just a little bee,
And it would soon exhaust,
But then I looked at it again,
My Lord! - It was a wasp!
An Epitaph For Mr. Bee
So here now lies our Mr. Bee,
While making honey in a tree,
He tried to harvest Maple sap,
But it was sticky and a trap.
So he was caught inside this goo,
His life was over, that he knew,
Before he died, he made a burp,
It tasted just like maple syrup.
If this article is used in any publication, please send a copy of the publication to David Pekrul at
E-Mail:dpekrul@gmail.com
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)David, hahahahahahhahahahaa, this was great, both of them.....a burp? hahahahahahaaha maple syrup, hahahhahaaha, this is so great. The one about the wasp actually happened to me....they hurt. And I stepped into a underground nest of hornets, and they can keep stinging, I was stung over 50 times before I was able to out run them.....boy the hurt. But get this, as a lad, I worked for a bee keeper...imagine that....Great laugh, and made me smile type of article, your friend and fan in pen........Gary.....these were greatThanks, Gary, glad these brought a few chuckles your way.I've been stung by wasps a number of times, but not 50!! Ouch!!
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