By: Jim Bates Hot summer morningAn old couple stand quietlyLooking out the screen doorInto the front yard gardenSuddenly like magicA hummingbird appearsIridescent green feathersShining in the golden sunShe darts here and thereFeeding on purple coneflowersYellow rudbeckiaAnd candy colored phloxShe is…

By: Robert A. Davies A hummingbird is at the window! My heart beats an extra stroke. I watch it hover, dart bump into a blossom, my heart bumping also, Drone! elegantly fashioned to target tomorrow you or me.