On Tuesday 24th September, Wexford poet Philip Quirke will launch a book of his poems at Wexford Library at 7pm. All are welcome. The title of the book is 'TAKING STOCK'.
Philip is a regular contributor to the Hook of Faith and we congratulate him on this new publication. Below is one of the poems taken from the book:
BEES AT WORK
Bees work the September lavender,
a splayed bush, fresh and scented,
with some weeks yet before it is spent.
Their work is frenetic and focussed
as if they have to fill a measure before twilight.
What invigorates their movement
from stem to long mauve stem,
their collaborative dance ?
Their fidelity to task mesmerises:
the purity of their application,
absorption in this moment,
and their faith
in the gift of sweetness in lavender.
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