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(True story. Last year, I saw it as I left my car to go inside my house. Then I went to my kitchen window, where probably the same bird came to my kitchen window and quickly vanished again as I did the dishes!)

Hummingbird

a hummingbird's wings

rotating before my eyes . .  .

my sweetest startle


Aug. 16, 2018 for Tania Kitchin's Hummingbird Haiku Contest
Now for Brian Strand's Hi-Ku(3) Poetry Contest

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Joe Maverick

May 24, 2021 at 11:32 AM

flashs of brilliance here Andrea, & That hummingbirds not the only One with it on the block methinks. ''

Susan Gentry

August 21, 2018 at 11:18 AM

Congratulations on your win. A few years ago, every morning my husband drank his coffee outside on the porch. One would come and sit on the rim of his coffee cup. It happened several times that summer. They are fascinating.

Connie Marcum Wong

August 20, 2018 at 5:22 PM

My ex-husbands stepmother fed humming birds so often she got one to eat out of her hand. I have the amazing picture somewhere of it. They are like no other bird on earth. Loved your haiku and congratulations on your win Andrea! : )

Olusegun Arowolo

August 20, 2018 at 4:51 AM

Lovely write. Congrats on your superb win in this contest... Andrea.

Virginia Waters

August 19, 2018 at 1:53 AM

wow - wonderful moment - captured. Congrats on winner.

Line Gauthier

August 18, 2018 at 10:37 AM

A lovely surreal moment in time well captured with this winner, Andrea. Congrats.

Carrie Richards

August 18, 2018 at 10:11 AM

These are the little moments we must watch for when needing some beautiful image to inspire a new poem! Well done, Andrea!!

Curtis Moorman

August 18, 2018 at 9:40 AM

These little 'hummers' are generally unafraid of humans who take the time to feed them and not startle them. I have had them literally come so close I could feel the 'breeze' generated by their wings. Congrats on your win.