Tag: Mary Oliver

Ruby throated hummingbird with dahlia: A Tanka poem

We need beauty because it makes us yearn to be worthy of it. -Mary Oliver   Posted here is just one example of the brilliant photography of Lorne Coughlin, the inspiration for this modest poem.   Ruby throated hummingbird with dahlia: A Tanka poem   A hovering pause, A dazzling floral stopover, Beauty in stasis,..

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