The Bees Quotes

“What will you do now with the gift of your left life?”
― Carol Ann Duffy, The Bees

“For this,
let gardens grow, where beelines end,
sighing in roses, saffron blooms, buddleia;
where bees pray on their knees, sing, praise
in pear trees, plum trees; bees
are the batteries of orchards, gardens, guard them.”
― Carol Ann Duffy, The Bees

“bees are the batteries of orchards, gardens, guard them.”
― Carol Ann Duffy , The Bees

“along with the rest of our helpless world; and, O, if you could, you would, where lovers walked, sell off trees and not give a flying fuck for the muted mausoleums of the bees.”
― Carol Ann Duffy, The Bees