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Welcome to Poetic Licence 鈥� a weekly poetry forum, hosted by us, featuring words by local poets. This week? Ren茅e Sarojini Saklikar.听
hollow wax听
that nest architecture, brood, cells, the years鈥�
vertical, conical, newly emerged
colony where workers reared, hollow wax
colony where workers reared, hollow wax
from May to July, nectar in the field
that nest architecture, brood, cells, the years鈥�
that nest architecture, brood, cells, the years鈥�
if fewer than, no comb at all, those swarms
colony where workers reared, hollow wax
colony where workers reared, hollow wax
small cages, double layered nylon bags
that nest architecture, brood, cells, the years鈥�
that nest architecture, brood, cells, the years鈥�
between the year [听听听听听 ] and [听听听听听听 ], data pooled
colony, where workers reared, hollow wax
in the lower corners, October days鈥�
old queen in her nest that one Season, gone鈥�
that nest architecture, brood, cells, the years鈥�
colony, where workers reared, hollow wax
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Ren茅e Sarojini Saklikar is Surrey鈥檚 first Poet Laureate. Her poetry books include children of air india, un/authorized exhibits and interjections (Nightwood Editions, 2013), which won the Canadian Authors Award for poetry and was made into an opera with Irish/Canadian collaborators. She collects poems about bees and blogs at .
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