tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post9150089676653833097..comments2023-09-26T08:04:43.755-07:00Comments on Mark Doty: the hummingbird principleMark Dotyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04148162515300148887noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-34712794121329708712009-08-30T03:37:22.600-07:002009-08-30T03:37:22.600-07:00Oh I'm so glad he was decided to show up and b...Oh I'm so glad he was decided to show up and blow that particular idea away with the thistledown.<br /><br />I love Tess Gallagher's poem on finding a dead hummingbird.<br /><br />http://orelitrev.startlogic.com/v3n2/OLR-gallagher.htmapprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784785172285984036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-81769279939441082612009-08-28T14:29:51.841-07:002009-08-28T14:29:51.841-07:00ooo la la! lovely! the wee jeweled one has come t...ooo la la! lovely! the wee jeweled one has come to your hand! (aka "feeder") & will surely return next year.<br /><br />oh dear! love and responsiblity! sigh!juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05969692987817539851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-84358674706707155642009-08-27T19:10:26.107-07:002009-08-27T19:10:26.107-07:00The hummingbird in question demonstrated yesterday...The hummingbird in question demonstrated yesterday that he is not a believer in Proust's law of desire (that we instinctively withhold whatever it is other people most desire from us) -- he showed up, darting from beebalm up into the maples and down to the feeder, and he's been in and out of the garden ever since.Mark Dotyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148162515300148887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-40410819006555102752009-08-27T16:59:35.420-07:002009-08-27T16:59:35.420-07:00Mark - I think you need to let the little guys kno...Mark - I think you need to let the little guys know early in the summer that you're serious - <br /><br />A friend was sitting on the pot in her upstairs bathroom early in the summer when last year's hummer came and hovered, quite upset - hey! where's my honey, honey? <br /><br />They're stunning, arent they? (and fairly aggressive)juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05969692987817539851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-22320628064367260932009-08-23T18:37:52.888-07:002009-08-23T18:37:52.888-07:00Keep waiting, I think he'll come back... :)Keep waiting, I think he'll come back... :)Jesse Zavtrak https://www.blogger.com/profile/01884219487081251593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-58488417785255265472009-08-23T16:34:47.000-07:002009-08-23T16:34:47.000-07:00What a puzzling reaction from your tiny companion....What a puzzling reaction from your tiny companion. Perhaps he's just overwhelmed by the bounty represented by a feeder just for him? I suspect he will return . . . maybe unexpectedly, when you've come close to giving up hope of seeing him again. <br /><br />I had a close encounter with a ruby-throated cousin of your new friend, when I was on the Cape this summer. I happened to sit down on a bench within a brick-enclosed garden at almost the very moment my hummingbird arrived to sip from a bedraggled group of salvia. <br /><br />He was there less than 30 seconds and then gone. It felt like a particular blessing that our schedules should coincide. I never saw him again . . . but maybe next summer?Peter Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11840289489861544645noreply@blogger.com