MILK AND HONEY

"Milk and Honey" - a phrase with many pleasant associations. One is:

"He brought us to this place, and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. . ."

~ Deuteronomy 26:9

Honey is more than mere promise. It is a delicious, abundant food which is also good for health. Honey has been used as medicine throughout man's history. What better treatment exists for a sore throat or a better natural sweetener for one's food?

It happens to be the nutritious food reserved for and made by bees. That we humans can share in all its wondrous qualities which endow it with natural preservative so effective that stashes of honey captured in ancient pockets remain fresh,- is nothing short of amazing.

However, choosing honey as my theme is for the sake of none of that, but merely to admire and glorify it, both alone and teamed with another of nature's wonders, -MILK, - for their pleasant combination aesthetically. So please - join me to enjoy.

HONEY

In these days

Of expiration dates

On anything

From toothpaste

To bottled water, -

How good it is that

One thing

Nature provides

Has no limits,

Never expires!

Honey!

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Touching

Little luxuries

Of sensory perception.

The pages of the menu

Like finest suede

Excite, delight my fingertips.

Each entre del mundo looks tastier

For glorious presentation there;

But I must choose my lot.

Honeyed Lemongrass Chicken

With flakey rice; -a treat!

Looks good enough to eat!

Some Pinot Grigio to moisturize

And soothe a parchéd throat -

Or - some inhibitions - lose!

Why not!

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Theme song keeps returning,

Alive, elusive melody.

I resist percussion,

And wait upon the harp strains

To clear the air,~

And recognize my key,

~ To simply know me.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

This lovely view

Pours forth as silk,

Like sweetest milk,

Or languid honey

Spilling over spoon,

Like golden sun or moon.

Imparts a sense of majesty -

Embracing day,

Caressing night, -

Fulfills the way

To all there is that matters

In every sight -

Of all that is most true.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay