That’s Not a Hummingbird!

Saturday morning,
Oriole appears once more—
Any nectar will do.

skat@2018

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Trick

Heed the hummingbird
as it flickers with great speed;
a third wing appears.

skat©2017

Cleaning Day

Rinsed red silo hangs;
hummingbird’s truly flummoxed.
Bare feeder-hook thing
dangling from chokecherry branch–
one sparrow swings so gaily.

skat@2017

Monarda*

Hummingbird dances
from red bloom to another–
drawing sustenance.

skat@2017

*Latin for Bee Balm plant

Hummingbird

Sweet sugar-water
swinging from my cherry tree—
ruby-throat hovers.

skat@2017