Hummingbird
March 13, 2011 @ 6:08 pm | Filed under: Nature Study, Poetry
…………….“…I am scorched
…………….to realize once again
…………….how many small, available things
…………….are in this world
…………….that aren’t
…………….pieces of gold
…………….or power—
…………….that nobody owns
…………….or could buy even
…………….for a hillside of money—
…………….that just float
…………….in the world…”
………—from the poem “Summer Story” by Mary Oliver,
………which is about a hummingbird and the human heart
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Hannah says:
Is that the same hummingbird we saw in your yard? That was such a treat!
(I don’t expect you to be able to authoritatively identify in one way or another. :-))
On March 13, 2011 at 6:31 pm
tanita says:
Aren’t they cute when they sit still?
That’s the one thing I was ticked off about when we got to the UK – no hummingbirds! How DO they survive without them??
On March 14, 2011 at 12:25 am
YVONNE says:
I loved the poem so much that I searched for it and found it in its entirety. Wonderful. I can’t wait to read it with my 9 year old poetry loving daughter tomorrow. Thanks!
On March 14, 2011 at 9:47 pm