A Meadow in Spring
I love a meadow in spring.
The wildflowers press my eyes
Purple and yellow, the green
Is like a rare spice in my tea.
The sex and the wild flowers flow
With so many spring lilac stings.
The bees gather
Squaring a circle,
And pollen
Has clung to their feet.
The hive
Has a queen
Who is waiting
And dancing,
A pagan gig
Ready to eat.
The drones fly as high as she flies,
And they die in their droning;
To win
Is a minimal prize.
I love a meadow in spring.
The wildflowers press my eyes.
~~
Tom Bishop (1952-2007), 2006
Tom Bishop was an early 21st-century usenet poet who posted on alt.arts.poetry.comments. He left in 2007 after he reportedly losing a $100,000 copyright judgement. The trial experience embittered him and made him an enemy of U.S. copyright law enforcement.
ReplyDeleteTom and I tried collaborating on a poem in 2007. For those interested, here is a usenet message from Tom Bishop to me about that; one place where he declares his poetry to be in the public domain:
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I grant all wordpiles to public domain,
ReplyDeletethere is no need for my attribution. You can legally
attribute and sell copies, all yours. Have fun! :)
"Off the record" -- I would possibly remember that
I had authored part of the above. No issue from any
legal dimension.
- Tom Bishop
27 Aug 2007
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I didn't want to delete my first comment, but I've discovered that it isn't completely accurate. Bishop died in 2007, before a judgement in his copyright case had been issued.
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