I have gathered
the honey
that was in
your hives
and which
you all were surely
keeping
for winter
Forgive me
it was so pleasing
so sweet
and so pure
Come next year
I will certainly
come searching
for more
Brooke Hoppstock-Mattson is an American poet living in Canada with her spouse and ginger cat, David Bryne. When she is not writing, she is collecting honey & salmon for her day job. Brooke has work published in the borderline and forthcoming in First Literary Review – East.