in the shelter of the covered bridge – not a hummingbird
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not a humming bird
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Benton Covered Bridge
Eel River #3
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wing blur in the lilac
threshold of the bridge
scent-thick and purple
invisible
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hawkmoth
hummingbird clearwing
Hemaris thysbe
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lilac thryse to lilac thryse
side-slip, hover
nectar thirst
fierce harvest
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For more information on the hummingbird hawkmoth at the Benton Covered Bridge, see https://janetims.com/2015/06/10/in-the-shelter-of-the-covered-bridge-hummingbird-moths/
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Copyright 2016 Jane Tims
nichepoetryandprose 
The phrase “side-slip, hover, nectar thirst fierce harvest” sounds so lovely when you say it out loud; love the sounds.
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Carol Steel
April 27, 2016 at 8:18 pm
Hi Carol. Some parts of the poem are hard to pronounce. Hope I get it right if I ever read it aloud. Thanks!
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jane tims
April 27, 2016 at 8:32 pm