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173. The Habit of Perfection - Gerard Manley Hopkins 174. Ha'nacker Mill - Hilaire Belloc 175. The hand that signed the paper felled a city - Dylan Thomas 176. The Happy Heart - Thomas Dekker 177. Hares at Play - John Clare 178. The Hart loves the high wood - anon 179. The Hawk - George Mackay Brown 180. He Hears the Cry of the Sedge - W B Yeats 181. Hear the voice of the Bard - William Blake 182. The Hearse Song - Anon 183. Heaven-Haven - Gerard Manley Hopkins 184. The Hen - Christian Morgenstern 185. Here - R S Thomas 186. Here Lies a Lady - John Crowe Ransom 187. Heredity - Thomas Hardy 188. A History Lesson - Miroslav Holub 189. The Horses - Edwin Muir 190. Hospital Barge at Cerisy - Wilfred Owen 191. The House of Hospitalities - Thomas Hardy 192. How doth the little crocodile - Lewis Carroll 193. How happy is the little Stone - Emily Dickinson 194. How the old Mountains drip with Sunset - Emily Dickinson 195. How to Kill - Keith Douglas 196. Humming-Bird - D H Lawrence 197. Hunter Poems of the Yoruba - anon Baboon Blue Cuckoo Buffalo Chicken Colobus Monkey Elephant Hyena Kob Antelope Leopard Red Monkey
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Very imaginative poem and an interesting reflection on a possible past, ending with a bit of humour, I like it:
Humming-Bird
I can imagine, in some otherworld Primeval-dumb, far back In that most awful stillness, that only gasped and hummed, Humming-birds raced down the avenues.
Before anything had a soul, While life was a heave of Matter, half inanimate, This little bit chipped off in brilliance And went whizzing through the slow, vast, succulent stems.
I believe there were no flowers, then, In the world where the humming-bird flashed ahead of creation. I believe he pierced the slow vegetable veins with his long beak.
Probably he was big, As mosses, and little lizards, they say were once big. Probably he was a jabbing, terrifying monster. We look at him through the wrong end of the long telescope of Time, Luckily for us.
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What a lovely poem, The Humming Bird.
I've never seen a humming bird in real life. But one member on here 'Veneer' sent me photographs of ones visiting his porch in Pitsburg.
Before anything had a soul, While life was a heave of Matter, half inanimate, This little bit chipped off in brilliance And went whizzing through the slow, vast, succulent stems.
I little bit of life - chipped off. Lovely!!!!
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Penny, I hope you get to see a humming bird in real life, they are truely amazing creatures. Such speed and agility in the air and so tiny. Strange that DH Lawrence imagines them as a prehistoric monster in this poem but in a way their capability in flight is so amazing, almost bizarre, that I think the adjective 'monstrous' is not too huge a stretch.
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Yes, hummingbirds are amazing. I've sat and watched them feeding from flowers just feet away from me. They can dart in so fast and come to a complete halt mid-air. It is fascinating. Interesting poem.
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I'm no ornithologist, but I don't think the humming bird and bird of paradise are related. The bird of paradise is certainly beautiful, especially the males. One thing for sure -- if DH Lawrence's prehistoric humming-bird-monster had the flying skills and agility of the modern humming-bird, it would truely be a formidable creature! I think he is right - best we see the humming bird/monster through the reverse telescope of time ..
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I think he is right - best we see the humming bird/monster through the reverse telescope of time ..
