Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Obsequies for a Hummingbird - a virus-free poem

Lawrence Hall
mhall46184@aol.com
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

Obsequies for a Hummingbird

Some disagree about the nature of death
Maintaining that it is in the nature of life
A logical end, and none should be mourned
But we were in Eden, and so we mourn

A hummingbird in death is unnatural
Its tiny wings should be as immortal as
They are invisible in darting flight
Shimmering forever in green and red

I will not bury it, no; I will lift
It gently into the bole of an oak

And from there, God…