Outside my back porch window
A feeder for my hummingbird
A drinking place for those amusing birds
What I saw yesterday was absurd.
I stepped out on my back porch
To check the tem-per-a-ture
When much to my surprise
What I saw: I'm not sure.
Vina Carathers
July 19, 2003
A bird stood on that feeder, Drinking!
Couldn't tell what kind of bird
It was shady and late afternoon
This bird was the size of my Bluebird.
I'd really like to know the specie
Of that bird who visited the fountain
With camera in hand, I'll sit and wait
And watch for it thru my windowpane.
I wonder what other creatures come
To this fountain to drink awhile
When I'm not there to keep an eye
On this watering hole: Wondering and I'll smile.