Instead of a Card: Ten Poems about Bees Journalists making it an attractive keepsake

making it an attractive keepsake in or out of the tube

Henry VIII’s six wives

He’s kind of tall and his head is skinny

Obsession from the May 7

The Middle Eastern Muddle from the October 23

Instead of a Card: Ten Poems about Bees Journalists making it an attractive keepsakeA greeting that not only gives great pleasure but illuminates our liveslike a message in a bottle.Robert McCrum, writer and editor Ten Poems about Bees is a title in the Instead of a Card series, based on the idea that sending a greeting card is a lovely gesture, and sending a booklet of poetry an even more meaningful one. Bees work hard, and there is something in their diligence that touches us. Most of us see only a fraction of their absorbing