out of the 5 writers who submitted their haiku till now, your's is the only one that made me venture beyond my tire, and comment. a beautiful depiction indeed. drone bees mate and create life. the other drones sniff out life. :\ brilliant work!
Maggie, Great take on the Drone prompt! I didn't think of the insect when I saw the prompt. Now I want to go look up drone to learn about the different kinds.
When I first saw "drone", bee was not what came to mind. But did look up drone bee after realizing from others who wrote about the bee for some inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and commenting!
Thank you! I have two friends with bee hives. They find it so soothing. I don't mind the bees that visit my flowers but hives are scary to me too! Where those nets... ;-)
My mother tells me of her days during the war in England and how the drone of the overhead bombers could be heard, now as I read your 2nd stanza that was the first picture in my mind. Now I am also hitting myself that I didn't use that for mine :-( Loved both.
Thank you. Never too late for you to add one. To write one for yourself. Odd that the bee was a totally absent definition when I first saw the prompt. Appreciate your comments and visit.
out of the 5 writers who submitted their haiku till now, your's is the only one that made me venture beyond my tire, and comment. a beautiful depiction indeed. drone bees mate and create life. the other drones sniff out life. :\ brilliant work!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I understand the energy of commenting and so appreciate that you did. Am doing my haiku now for that very reason.
DeleteWow! Well done !
ReplyDeleteThank you, Patricia! I enjoyed yours too!
DeleteMaggie,
ReplyDeleteGreat take on the Drone prompt! I didn't think of the insect when I saw the prompt. Now I want to go look up drone to learn about the different kinds.
When I first saw "drone", bee was not what came to mind. But did look up drone bee after realizing from others who wrote about the bee for some inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and commenting!
DeleteLove the juxtaposition of the two types of drones connected via the word humming - nice!
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough, my brother started a bee hive this weekend, so I helped him install his bees. It was kind of scary!
Thank you! I have two friends with bee hives. They find it so soothing. I don't mind the bees that visit my flowers but hives are scary to me too! Where those nets... ;-)
DeleteLove the contrast of creation and destruction! But particularly lovely is the title of the two, drawing the images together as a march!
ReplyDeleteThe second drone is...ominous.
ReplyDeletePollinators’ Drone
a sci-fy nightmare in the second - loved it...
ReplyDeleteIn the US, "drone" is so prevalent as the preferred method of war right now. Hard to escape that meaning. Thank you for the lovely comments!
ReplyDeletethat is a "dichotomy" and its awesome playing the two meanings off of eachother like that Bravo.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sam!
ReplyDeleteIndeed...a great comparison...loved the way you created it..Jayanth has said it all..well done..
ReplyDeleteI am here: http://rameshsood.blogspot.in/2013/04/stingless-king.html
RS
Who knew this little bee would create such discussion among us haiku writers today. Thank you for your compliment and visit!
DeleteMy mother tells me of her days during the war in England and how the drone of the overhead bombers could be heard, now as I read your 2nd stanza that was the first picture in my mind. Now I am also hitting myself that I didn't use that for mine :-( Loved both.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Never too late for you to add one. To write one for yourself. Odd that the bee was a totally absent definition when I first saw the prompt. Appreciate your comments and visit.
DeleteWe have a similar approach to the prompt!! Our minds have worked alike!! Well worded!!
ReplyDeleteNice work... I'm still working my way through Candle.. :-)
ReplyDeleteEliz
Two haiku with same words yet whole different meaning! I liked the thoughtful second haiku!
ReplyDeleteFabulous writing indeed, Maggie. Great take on the prompt!
ReplyDeleteDrone of destruction~wonderful!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to wake up to such nice comments. Thank you for visiting and taking time to write!
ReplyDeleteI love how quickly the set turned from happy to horror... American drones are indeed creating hell in the middle east...
ReplyDeletehttp://unshakenthoughts.com/2013/04/04/drone-attack/
Two excellent haiku depicting two different drones:)
ReplyDeleteExcellent contrast in the world of nature and the world of man!! Well done
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