hummingbirds love red–
scarlet runner beans call them
sweetly, with bright tongues
red stutters their flight
i had dark red curtains once
& watched one hover
outside my window
desire in hummingbird form–
expressed in pauses
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Susan Daniels Poetry 
I like that last one a lot!
Oh, thanks, karin!
nice Susan.. good prompt my friend
and I learned something..double the fun
😉 glad! Not often one gets to edumacate a librarian…
a common fallacy is that librarians know everything.. I know nothing but put on a good show while doing it
Hee, hee–you have to know a little of everything to be able to put on that show 🙂
true … there are tricks to every trade
What a wonderful haiku chain … very well done. I enjoyed this very much.
Oh, thank you so much!
What a wonderful haiku chain … lovely read.
Oh, thank you!
This set is a wonderful capture of hummingbirds. I love the last, with all that unrequited hummingbird desire.
“unrequited hummingbird desire” is a line in itself, patti–gorgeous 😉
“Expressed in pauses” perfect line!
great haiku
Oh thank you–I am glad you enjoyed.
Well it was good to know their favorite color 😉
LOL, the first time I planted scarlet runner beans, the little birds were divebombing me constantly when I tried to garden around those particular plants, and my neighbor was really upset with me–they ignored her feeder while the beans were in bloom 😉
Such a gorgeous haiku triad!
“expressed in pauses” is such a wonderful line
Stephen, thank you! Really appreciate the comment.
Expressed in pauses! I love it 🙂
I am smitten with the bright tongues of the scarlet runner beans!
Hummingbird Heaven
The visual on this is vivid and remarkable.
Nelle, thank you–that gorgeous little bird hovered and desired those curtains, rising up and down along the window pane, trying to find access to that huge red flower behind glass. He/she did that for at least a week, off and on, before he/she gave up!
wonderful set
oh, thank you, Celestine.
I like them all–the line “i had dark red curtains once” really jumps out at me; I love the mundane poignancy it represents 🙂
Thanks much–that poor bird kept coming back, looking at those curtains for a week before he gave up.