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Gentle are this afternoon's random rains, that water the garden's blooming flowers. Still one hummingbird ignores the showers. Life travels through its delicate veins.  Suspended motionless feeds on planted nectar, harmless, unimposing, all thrust no vector. My tearing eyes lit glowingly, in awe I observe attentively          this miniature bird moving quietly. While silk wings flutter invisibly, his straw draws food continually.  A brushed mystical blue  with stroked green sure presents a marveled view of God's fairy creature. Flitting to and fro above land. Diminutive and grand this alluring, this flying miracle!
18~10~2014 Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich Contest Name: The "I Do Not Know" Poetry Form Contest

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Date: 10/28/2014 1:06:00 PM
Maurice, this is just another superlative write! Congratulations on your very high placement in this contest that you certainly deserve! Beautiful piece with amazing imagery! Pandita
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Date: 10/28/2014 7:39:00 AM
Wow that is magical! I loved the image that you created here, Great job and a great winner! :) hugsxx
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Date: 10/27/2014 9:14:00 AM
Maurice that was beautiful, a wonderful protrayal of natures gifts :)
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Date: 10/25/2014 1:29:00 PM
Back with my congratulations on this brilliant poem Maurice.
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Date: 10/25/2014 12:46:00 PM
Hey, congrats big foot minus 2..lol
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Date: 10/25/2014 10:39:00 AM
The beautiful can often come in the smallest thing! As is this poem...just lovely! Congrats to you!
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Date: 10/25/2014 10:17:00 AM
Congratulations! Wouldn't it be nice to have a pet hummingbird and you could feel its tiny wild heartbeat!
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Date: 10/25/2014 9:59:00 AM
Very nice. Congratulations. Very well written.
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Date: 10/25/2014 9:31:00 AM
Hi Maurice, such wonderful imagery in your poem. It was especially meaningful to me since this past summer we had two humming birds come to a feeder near our window. Your words echoed my feelings as I watched these little miracles. Congratulations on your great win! A 7 for you! Sandra
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Date: 10/25/2014 7:32:00 AM
Wonderful imagery Maurice leaving in awe! Captivating write great win! Congrats to u!
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Date: 10/25/2014 7:20:00 AM
great write and win...Congrats
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Date: 10/25/2014 5:49:00 AM
I love your beautiful and fascinating hummingbird, Maurice. Your imagery serves you well! Congrats on a top podium finish! // paul
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Date: 10/25/2014 3:00:00 AM
Congrats Maurice for a job well done.
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Date: 10/25/2014 1:54:00 AM
popping by with my congrats Maurice:-) hugs jan xxx
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Date: 10/25/2014 1:37:00 AM
A great write, congrats on the win, Maurice
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Date: 10/25/2014 12:50:00 AM
Maurice, so glad to see you entered this delightfully charming poem in my contest. Just this last spring, I saw a hummingbird near my house and I was so entranced by it, so I could easily relate to the feelings you expressed in your poem for this "diminutive and grand" bird! BIG congrats
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Date: 10/22/2014 4:24:00 AM
this is really beautifully penned maurice love the imagines painted
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Date: 10/19/2014 9:00:00 AM
a beautiful piece on flight, ready to take me way up high, Maurice... I haven't thought of anything yet for this challenge...love this!.. huggs
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Date: 10/18/2014 3:44:00 PM
You took this to another level...well done Maurice
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Date: 10/18/2014 12:47:00 PM
Hummingbirds, one of the most beautiful birds of God's creations. You have written this to mystify us readers Maurice, and it worked beautifully.
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Date: 10/18/2014 10:41:00 AM
Another great write, Maurice, that I enjoyed reading. A 7+ for sure! I love those hummingbirds, too.
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Date: 10/18/2014 8:41:00 AM
Great! I like your entry! best of luck to ya sweetie
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Date: 10/18/2014 7:23:00 AM
Well done Maurice. and we all know why the hummingbird hums...
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Date: 10/18/2014 5:17:00 AM
Stunning imagery Maurice - this will fly in the contest my friend:-) hugs Jan xxx
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Date: 10/18/2014 4:41:00 AM
I love that flying miracle with its fluttering wings as much as I love gentle rain showers.Sometimes these simple beautiful miracles are taken forgranted.We are pampered by our father in heaven ,yet many times fail to see the enchantment of life.Beautiful poetry.Makes me wanna paint your poem in sweet pastels on shades of grey.
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Date: 10/20/2014 4:56:00 PM
Thanks Char!
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