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‘Bees offer honey far more readily than they sting.’
Write a poem that begins with this line. What themes can this metaphor reflect?
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Bees offer honey far more readily than they sting.
The choir’s chats about dinner far more readily than they sing
My mothers offers her hands to hug far more readily than to slap
Peasants offer bread far more readily than the king
Royalty offers forgiveness far more readily than the sling
The point is we sing
Far more readily than we scream
Who people are is not what they seem
We ar...
Bees offer honey far more readily than they sting,
You say as we watch
Their fuzzy bodies flit from flower to flower
In the same clover.
_Trifolium repens._
They’re not native though nothing in our yard is.
The bees don’t care,
The same way we extend our soft skinned arms
Through the blackberry thickets
With the juice of our labors to show,
When we come back out.
I get older, my ski...
Bees offer honey far more readily than they sting
People must rather dance and sing
Just like the bees
We like to float among the breeze
Although some are scary
Many others are quite merry
Just like the stingers wrath
There are bad people along your path
But just like the honey sweet
There’s better people you will meet
More people will help you on your feet
Than will revel in your defeat
Just like...
Bees offer honey far more readily that they sting.
like a wasp with the sting they bring,
Powerful and long lasting.
The bees could not compete with losing a life
As it is for the queen just like a knight
In medieval time knights would put their life to the fight. Soldiers that useto be farmers and workers fighting for kings and queens put their life on the line at any means. Just with a sting a...
Bees offer honey far more readily than they sting
They fly about our heads buzzing in hopes they can sing
They help create such colorful beautiful flowers
Always with the help of others And some rain showers
It should be known that bees are our very special friends
Without them who knows how far we’d transcend
Bees will always offer us honey no matter what
But If we choose to ignore...
Bees offer honey far more readily than they sting
Heroin was the honey and death was the sting
Play the game of chance and you will one day be stung.
It’s simple probability and he was second to none
He was no fool because he actually won this game
Because he wanted that sting far more than the honey....
Bees offer honey far more readily than they sting
But what we take far outweighs what we bring
Basically the situation is only as rigged as we say
Be careful, your words become your reality today
Born again, your efforts impact the outcome
Beloved there’s no prize for playing dumb
Barely a cure for thinking small
Boldly claim your spot and stand up tall
Between the cradle and the gr...
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