I was doing fieldwork in Ely, Minnesota when I wrote this poem. ” My mornings were brightened by butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris - sadly invasive) flowers being pollinated in our research site. I was moved by how completely the bees enter the flowers. This piece explores a difficult relationship with food, longing for and fearing such an unabashed, embodied breakfast. It celebrates pollination, hunger, and satiety.
Thomas Winfield Marie Nuhfer (he/him and she/her) is a biologist and poet. From Tucker, Georgia, Thomas moved to Vermont and received his BA from Marlboro College. Her work has been published by Tiny Seed Literary Magazine, and is forthcoming in GenControlZ Magazine and The Levatio.
