red often attracts

darting, hunger-metabolism hummers

i filled one feeder with red sugar-water

but only ants came at the invitation

 i cleaned and filled a red feeder

and hung it where i can watch

perhaps my face detracts

more than the color red attracts

no hummingbirds in sight

MaryJane Nordgren

Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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