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David M. Tookey


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Hummingbird flies close
Around the watering can
I hold in my hand



© by David M. Tookey.
Used here with the author's permission


David M. Tookey is a retired elementary school teacher who lives in Washington state. He's grateful for time spent with family and enjoys reading, writing, baking, walking, hiking, and cycling.  David believes the most reliable way to find inspiration for poems is to always
pay attention to things, especially the little things.

 


Post New Comment:
Wilda Morris:
I can see this!
Posted 07/06/2021 11:54 AM
Lori Levy:
Great haiku.
Posted 07/05/2021 06:42 PM
Mariah:
Lovely! The hummingbird must have been your muse that day. I have a dragonfly that keeps coming to visit me. Now I'll have try to write a poem as clever as yours for him.
Posted 07/05/2021 01:50 PM
Lu:
Lovely!
Posted 07/05/2021 10:32 AM
AlmaMPesiri:
I'm envious!
Posted 07/05/2021 08:53 AM
Rob:
Hummingbirds are amazing, as is your encounter and portrayal of it in the poem!
Posted 07/05/2021 06:58 AM


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