Read Aloud Poetry for Calm/Anxiety - There Is A Flower That Bees Prefer, by Emily Dickinson
Channel: Twin Fawn Audio
Date: 25/08/2022

Join me as I read aloud "There Is A Flower That Bees Prefer" by American 19th century poet Emily Dickinson.

For meditation, mindfulness, serenity, calm and peace.

Recorded and produced by voiceover artist Becky Chase.

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Transcript:

There is a flower that Bees prefer —
And Butterflies — desire —
To gain the Purple Democrat
The Humming Bird — aspire —

And Whatsoever Insect pass —
A Honey bear away
Proportioned to his several dearth
And her — capacity —

Her face be rounder than the Moon
And ruddier than the Gown
Or Orchis in the Pasture —
Or Rhododendron — worn —

She doth not wait for June —
Before the World be Green —
Her sturdy little Countenance
Against the Wind — be seen —

Contending with the Grass —
Near Kinsman to Herself —
For Privilege of Sod and Sun —
Sweet Litigants for Life —

And when the Hills be full —
And newer fashions blow —
Doth not retract a single spice
For pang of jealousy —

Her Public — be the Noon —
Her Providence — the Sun —
Her Progress — by the Bee — proclaimed —
In sovereign — Swerveless Tune —

The Bravest — of the Host —
Surrendering — the last —
Nor even of Defeat — aware —
What cancelled by the Frost —