Showing posts with label hummingbird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hummingbird. Show all posts

Monday, May 14, 2012

Hummingbird Incident (revised class submission)


A hummingbird accidentally
entangled itself in her
niece's hair, so she did 
what any aunt would do,
she reached over and began
to untangle them;

as you can imagine, there
was a shared anxiety 
between all three
as her hands began 
to separate hair
and hummingbird,

it was an unusual sight,
her hands trembled, 
seeking to harm neither
bird nor niece-
the young girl stayed 
as still as she could,

soon, her aunt held 
the hummingbird,
its wings still, neither flitting 
nor flying, merely sitting,
waiting for the right moment
to take flight once more.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Hummingbird Incident

A hummingbird accidentally
entangled itself into her
niece's hair, so she did
what any good aunt would do,
she reached over to niece
and hummingbird to untangle
them from one another;
as you can imagine, there
was a moment of anxiety
shared between all three,
as the aunt's hand began
to untangle the hair
and hummingbird from one
another, and yes it was a bit
of an unusual sight, though
one filled with a set of hands
delicately seeking to harm
neither hummingbird nor
niece- the young girl stayed
as still as she could, and soon
the hands of her aunt held
a hummingbird, its wings
were still, neither flitting
nor flying, merely sitting,
waiting for the right moment
to take flight once more.