My prayer is mute
as hummingbird
whose pause is heard
mid hurried ohm
flutters wings
tips over open bud
and hovers, huddles home
in silent poem.
photo by Sallie Rae Kimmel, California (a Leucistic, Anna’s Hummingbird)
"You must believe: A poem is a holy thing_a good poem that is." Theodore Roethke
My prayer is mute
as hummingbird
whose pause is heard
mid hurried ohm
flutters wings
tips over open bud
and hovers, huddles home
in silent poem.
photo by Sallie Rae Kimmel, California (a Leucistic, Anna’s Hummingbird)
Retired teacher. I write for the sheer joy of it. Prefer form over free verse. Favorite: English sonnet. Attended University of Florida, Gainesville,Fl and Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. Taught High School English in the '70's. Freelance Photographer for Hallmark Greeting Card Company in the '70's. Still busy writing poetry.