When scouts return
to the hive
they are the way—
charismatic
spirit dancers—
spin and jive
jitterbugs.
Their sisters
gather ‘round,
witnesses—
celebrants
of the eucharist
of pollen
the scouts
offer them
to cherish
in their tiny throats.
I am looking for a way
in this world—
to know
truth, life
infused
with honey.
Irish-Canadian Lesley-Anne Evans’s debut poetry collection Mute Swan is published by The St. Thomas Poetry Series, 2021. Her work appears or is forthcoming in PIR, Banshee Lit, CV-2, TAR, Letters (Yale) and others. Lesley-Anne lives in British Columbia, Canada, where she hosts woodland retreats for creatives and spiritual seekers.