A bee, it’s said, in its whole working life
brings to the hive a vast
treasure of obedience:
a teaspoon-full of honey.
The scholar, spooning honey from the jar
into his tea-cup,
pauses.
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[A viveku ('we-way-koo') is an Indian-Japanese informal verse which carries an awakening thought]
Michael Shepherd
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-teaspoonful-of-honey-makes-a-viveku/
