Hummingbird - Quatern

Hummingbird sips the nectar sweet
honeysuckle rose in the heat
Orange blossoms fragrance the air
Multitudinous, no compare

As green vines curl around love seat
Hummingbird sips the nectar sweet
Overhead dazzle of bright sunshine
Dappling the shadowed cypress pine

As starlings, from flight, rest awhile
Settling over each clay roof tile
Hummingbird sips the nectar sweet
Making summer day so complete

A sudden breeze takes up it's form
Startled the birds fly up and swarm
Oblivious to frantic tweet
Hummingbird sips the nectar sweet

29/4/14
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Horn Avatar
September 1, 2015 at 4:08 AM
Teresa, Truly such a wonderful and heart warming poem. Here one I wrote for you. Jim Horn http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/hath_a_humming_bird_704464
Deschler Avatar
May 20, 2014 at 1:36 AM
Hummingbirds are quite beautiful, and so is your poem. Very nicely done, Theresa. I enjoyed it very much and I loved the rhyming!
Stephens Avatar
May 26, 2014 at 2:20 AM
Hi Kelly. Thank you for reading and for your lovely comments, which I value highly. All the best to you, Theresa xx
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May 13, 2014 at 9:59 PM
Teresa, Congratulations, in Andrea's awesome Do You Know Quatern? Contest... happy for all the winning poems.. Linda
Stephens Avatar
May 14, 2014 at 8:12 AM
Hi Linda, So kind of you to read this poem and for sending your, always appreciative, comments. All the best, Theresa xx
Dietrich Avatar
May 11, 2014 at 5:05 PM
teresa, this was a cute portrayal of the hummingbird. I placed it a bit lower for some grammar issues such as using "it's" instead of its and for line 7 having over 8 syllables. The imagery is very nice. Thanks for trying my contest and congrats to you.
Stephens Avatar
May 14, 2014 at 8:18 AM
Hi Andrea, Thank you for keeping me on my toes in relation to grammatical errors! As I should have rechecked line 7 again when I decided to change 'ray' to 'dazzle' instead. Thank you for your continual support in my poetical endeavours. Regards Theresa xx
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April 29, 2014 at 6:40 PM
This is so sweet, I love it. I think you hit the wrong tab..it is a quatern...if for the contest it should do well. BG
Stephens Avatar
April 30, 2014 at 3:35 AM
Hi Barbara, So kind of you to visit and for your support and helpful comments. Thank you. Regards Theresa xx
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