The Gathering of Bees
Bound by this anxious
wanting
I capture the bees
in a jar–tight lid
throw
words against wooden slats
The sun raises an arm over panes
and reflects off a wing –
Diving into days and blowing
watch them clamor gasp
the sound
that surrounds me
I am known
and place them
across these lines
I hear winds clink
I open the lid
and watch them go.
Passerby
hunched white linen
flaps back
folds
over lace leg
he waits the waddle
stop
if she danced
ago
she's forgotten
how, how
only wind around
moon
and star
face hidden
wired gray
I walk around
Until
Ekleksographia:
Wave 4.1.c
August, 2010
Poetry
Chantel Langlinais
Chantel Langlinais's teaches at Texas Christian University. Her work has appeared in damselfly press, The Southwestern Review, The Louisiana Review, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Journal, and the Louisiana English Journal. She directs Texas Creative Under: Ground Breaking, collaborations among writers, musicians, dancers, and photographers in the TCU community. Her one–act play, The Exhibit will be featured at the Archway Gallery in Houston next year.