Hummingbirds | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Sonnet
  4. Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds

November 2, 2011
By cyberunfamous SILVER, Melbourne, Florida
More by this author
cyberunfamous SILVER, Melbourne, Florida
8 articles 1 photo 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
Shutting your eyes and pretending something isn't happening doesn't make it not true.

View profile

Zip, zap, buzz, flitting around the garden.
The humming bird, on its merry way home.
To little ones at home, she’s a warden.
Protecting them from the bad garden gnome.
Finding food is not that easy to do.
It seems as though it’s all she has time for.
The babies are hard to please through and through.
The family always wants so much more.
Soon the day comes for the babies to fly.
They soar off to lands unknown all alone.
By themselves they’re just trying to get by.
Their aspirations are set into stone.
They reach their destination, worn out,
hoping against confusion, mostly drought.

© Ashley P., Galesburg, IL

The author's comments:
This is my very first sonnet. I wrote it for my English class.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
My Fourteen Children
By Nika Allahverdi SILVER
Los Angeles, California
Nika Allahverdi SILVER, Los Angeles, California
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment
View profile
Poetry
These games
By hannahbee7 DIAMOND
Boca Raton, Florida
hannahbee7 DIAMOND, Boca Raton, Florida
67 articles 1 photo 65 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You know you’re a writer if your friend tells you a heartbreaking story and your first reaction is – wow, that would make an incredible plot for a novel. You know you’re a smart writer if you manage to keep that reaction to yourself."

View profile
Poetry
My CoLoUrFuL dEaTh
By brenthewren GOLD
Independence, Missouri
brenthewren GOLD, Independence, Missouri
18 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
the only thing you have to do in life is die<br /> music makes everything better

View profile
Poetry
Mirror, Mirror, I Am the Queen
By Anonymous
Poetry
Peace Tree
By Anonymous
Poetry
Feeling
By hannahbee7 DIAMOND
Boca Raton, Florida
hannahbee7 DIAMOND, Boca Raton, Florida
67 articles 1 photo 65 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You know you&rsquo;re a writer if your friend tells you a heartbreaking story and your first reaction is &ndash; wow, that would make an incredible plot for a novel. You know you&rsquo;re a smart writer if you manage to keep that reaction to yourself.&quot;

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 2 comments.

cyberunfamous SILVER said...
on Nov. 11 2011 at 1:33 pm
cyberunfamous SILVER, Melbourne, Florida
8 articles 1 photo 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
Shutting your eyes and pretending something isn&#039;t happening doesn&#039;t make it not true.

View profile
thank you :) its the one i did for K-Dogs class.  my very first sonnet. i just dont think the end flowed as well as it could have but it works
Belluna45 PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 11 2011 at 12:42 pm
Belluna45 PLATINUM, Shelbyville, Kentucky
31 articles 0 photos 58 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Look after my heart- I&#039;ve left it with you.&quot;<br /> -Stephenie Meyer (Eclipse (Twilight #3)) <br /> &quot;Either write something worth reading or do something wor<br /> th writing.&quot;<br /> -Benjamin Franklin<br /> &quot;A dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.&quot; <br /> -Johnny Depp

View profile
this is a really good sonnet, i love to description of the hummingbirds!