(bee in the only rose) takes its title from an e e cummings poem, the 19th of his work 95 poems (1958):

un(bee)mo

vi
n(in)g
are(th
e)you(o
nly)

asl(rose)eep

It was written for Keiko Lee (née Tagawa) to perform at her 2002 graduation recital at Wilfrid Laurier University, where I was also a student. The piece is short and, like the poem, carefully structured on a deep level, whilst nonetheless seeming capricious and free on the surface.