Best Hummingbirds Poems
in a deep forest
hummingbirds find a flower-
silent fluttering
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March 31, 2016
Poetry/Haiku/hummingbirds
Copyright Protected, ID 16-773- 544-0
All Rights Reserved. Written Under Pseudonym.
For the contest, Any Poem
sponsor, PD
Sixth Place
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Poem of the Day- April 2, 2016
as I poured some wine
hummingbirds sipped from the blooms...
happy-hour time
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8/17/18
For : Tania Kitchin's Hummingbird Haiku Contest
Waiting to see my ruby delights
Magical hummers buzzing in flight
Tiny feathers glisten in sunlight
Sparkle like gems of emeralds and rubies
Beautiful creatures fast and sprite
Zooming and buzzing sounds
Searching for nectar, whispers of songs
I have no doubt, it won’t be long
Before they feel the pull
Of flowers in bloom and feeders full
One has landed, but only for a moment
Staring out my window, what a sight
I am seduced, vibrant hues so potent
Until next time, I will be
Waiting to see my ruby delights
Magical hummers buzzing in flight
Able to breath,
in a moment of serenity,
staring into eyes,
that hold the beautiful sunlight,
booming hearts beat,
like the thrum of hummingbirds wings,
tracing circles softly on skin,
finger tips lightly touching,
kissing lips, skin brushing,
able to breath,
with you by me...
My favorite hummingbirds appear in early Spring
With fast fluttery wings and soft chirps, they sing
And rich emerald and ruby feathers so bright
Seeing them makes my heart skip with delight
Powerful tiny creatures seen in a flash
Flying in patterns of zigzags and a dash
Zipping and zooming around feeders like fools
Feeding as their feathers sparkle like jewels
Two frolicking males seen fighting in flight
Mating rituals on display for females in sight
Another feisty one has joined their playful dance
As a lone female picks her mate today by chance
Here for a few moments then quickly gone
The nectar will bring more, it won’t be long
A quick blink and out of the corner of my eye
I just saw a flash of vibrant green go flying by
12/15/19
Contest: Strand Select, any form, any theme
Sponsor: Brian Strand
Ordinary…yet precious moments
That adhere ardently
To one’s heart
Points in time that
Without reason or rhyme
Become outstanding… and stand apart
A trio of quarrelsome hummingbirds
Outside of one’s window
Tentative, timid… first flakes of snow
Playful puppies fighting over toys
Prickly Hummers and puppies alike
Naught but bickersome boys
Just an ordinary moment, in an ordinary day
ordinary ol’ man and his ordinary wife
An ordinary daughter, an ordinary life
This ordinary day…becomes a memory
And in turn becomes extraordinary
By some strange happenstance
A happy memory of Hummingbirds
And puppies and daughter’s pleasant company
..and snowflakes that dance…
I awoke with fragrant petals in my hair,
To see the gay hummingbirds hovering there,
In the prettiest colors that I've yet seen,
Among the knockout roses, on my garden green,
Humming and dancing, in the drunken summer sun,
And I relaxed under blue skies, to enjoy the fun!
Haiku-flowers and hummingbirds
Dripping with nectar
Baskets rampant with fushia
Honeyeaters feast
Margaret Foster. April 2012
hummingbirds
draw in sweet nectar...
from plastic flowers
For my friend Ahmad, who requested a poem about hummingbirds :)
No hummingbirds
Nowhere hummingbirds
What the eff are hummingbirds?
Birds, the world is filled with flocks
They have the weirdest names
I am NOT playing games
No regulars like sparrows or hawks
(screamers) Anhimidae
I'm asking you, what are they
(magpie goose) Anseranatidae
Are they fowl, or birds of prey?
(ducks, geese, and swans) Anatidae
Do we eat them, yay or nay?
But no hummingbirds
Nowhere hummingbirds
What the eff are hummingbirds?
Birds, there's small ones and real big
Birds that fly and birds that run
Birds you eat , or keep for fun
SO many birds, it makes me sick
(megapodes) Megapodiidae
Are they straight or are they gay?
(chachalacas, currasows, and guans) Cracidae
I even like the blue and grey Jay
(guineafowl) Numididae
Hand their juicy bits on a tray
But no hummingbirds
Nowhere hummingbirds
What the eff are hummingbirds?
You wanted a poem about hummingbirds
Well here it is my lovely friend
Do you know how much time I spent
Investigating your silly hummingbirds?
WHERE I LIVE THERE ARE NO HUMMINGBIRDS!
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February 6, 2017
I stumbled on a hummingbird nest this spring quite by accident. As I watched one of the parent birds flew to the nest. Three hungry mouths opened to receive food from the parent.
The hummingbird disappeared quickly in the early morning dawn.
fine sunlight
dappling the lush foliage
of vines and limbs
around and in the nest
small green feathers dot the ground
hummingbirds hover,
hearts a-flutter, drink nectar
delightful diners
They are taking turns
drinking out of the feeder
finally got pics.
Copyright Cynthia Jones
May.13/2015
Holy crap!!! My youngest daughter got me a four holed hummingbird feeder for Mother's Day. I was upset that I wouldn't be able to see them, until the snap dragons came up. I saw one last week, but the small feeder I had leaked. I got lots of pictures. FINALLY!!!!
Remission
The living soft redwoods rose up into the furthest skies
Rough dark brown and grey pines stood like warriors nearby
The roads are always wrapped in blue and gray mist
as large lumbering trucks and black Suvs swing by
A young deer from the forest forages for cones
old jazz filters over the bay and hills in a sorrowful sigh
We moved from the highway back into the tall mountain road
with its forests and blue birds singing in a curulean sky
Gone are the parking lots, the hospital glass windows
uniformed people pacing the buildings 7 feet high
Gone are rubbery gloves held in doctors' hands
nurses in masks using Purcell over and over again.
The smell of the Eucalyptus, the grasses, the pines
a place living without masks, needles and antibiotic lines
life again with rosemary, hummingbirds and thyme.
Spinning ruby jewels wielding calvary swords
wage battle with scarlet trumpet flowers...