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Backwards and Forwards

Amy Nawrocki

Happy New Year

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Colombian Hummingbird (detail) John James Audubon

 

After the Ball Drops

 

Only in winter do you really think
about hummingbirds, especially at new year
when flying backward and forward
and hovering at the mouths of spring flowers
is the only way to make it through the snow.

 

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