A ten-minute downpour. In its aftermath, the ruby-throated hummingbird’s eponymous throat patch rising like a small sun from the weeds.
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Daily short takes from an Appalachian hollow
Daily short takes from an Appalachian hollow
A ten-minute downpour. In its aftermath, the ruby-throated hummingbird’s eponymous throat patch rising like a small sun from the weeds.
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Sliver-Tongue
Ruby throat rising like the sun:
beat, beat, beat, darling one!
Sliver-tongue, sliver-tongue, sliver-tongue,
tremble your way to the flower cup,
into the sheath of sweetness,
into the shell where the syrup runs.
Sweet tongue, lithe tongue, flickering wish:
Still as drumsticks, quick as fish.
Named for her red red throat rising up like the sun and the hum of her wings on a hot summer’s afternoon after the rain.
His. The female has a green throat.
Oh! Thanks.