Hummingbird

University. His poetry has appeared in various magazines, including the California Quarterly. He has multiple nominations for the Pushcart and received the Hackney Award for Literature. His books are The Lost Pilgrimage Poems and Landscape of a Hummingbird. Before I retired, I worked for the last 40 years as a trail locator for the Cleveland National Forest and as a heavy equipment foreman in the private sector. My Poetry draws on those experiences; as well, as my experiences growing up in the…

We're here someone shouts. We finally arrived at the haunted theme park. As we wait for the tickets in line us three watch the movie that's playing. Finally, we got the tickets and started to head over to the haunted house. I was as excited as a hummingbird. After five minutes have passed it's our turn to go in.…

developed patience, for example; in the story Ripe Figs they explained Maman-Nainaine was “ as patient as a statue of LaMadone” (Chopin 9). She was very patient waiting for the figs to ripen. On the other hand, Babette was labeled “as restless as a hummingbird” (Chopin 9). Supposedly because she was just so young and just so eager to grow up and see the world.…

The Acceptance of Life and our Human Heart As a freshman in college, I am composing and reading a variety of essays with many important, creative ideas flowing through my mind everyday. In this case, I was flipping through pages of essays and trying to think of a great synthesis point to write about. Eventually I found three essays that sparked my interest with a creative synthesis idea. In “Joyas Voladores” by Brian Doyle, “My Periodic Table” by Oliver Sacks, and “On Compassion” by Barbara…

Toronto can position itself as a city with a higher quality of living than its competition, most notably its American competition such as Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia. It is home to the third largest public transportation system in North America, enabling residents to go without a car if they so choose. This drastically decreases the city’s pollution providing better breathing air for its residents. The buses are electric hybrids and there is a public smoking ban which further contributes…

I have always been a fan of Charles Darwin and his ideas of natural selection and the thoughts of evolution. This short film demonstrates his discoveries and how it influences today’s natural world in a remarkable and evolving way. Through the video, it easily explains about how life is thought-provoking and the signs of the changing world are around us (if its deep underground or in a large amazon forest). It amazes me through this film about how he had developed the idea about the Tree of…

The hummingbirds flight muscles have one of the highest concentration of mitochondria that is known to scientist (Caprette, Page 1). It would be hard for any multicellular organism to exist without the assist of mitochondria. If you take away the ability to remove…

senses all at once, the smells of different types of food, screams of joy coming from the colorful rides, and the chorus of sounds from the exotic creatures. The young girl didn’t know where to start, running from one thing to another like a small hummingbird. The family walked through the park with the small girl taking the lead. As the little girl ran ahead, she heard a shrill squeak which drew her attention. A crowd gathered around the sides of one of the exhibits, so the girl weaved her…

not hesitate to publish it because she was a woman or because she was black. After that, the meaning of being a hardworking person is to be a person who works very hard to reach their goals or targets. Mary Ann Shadd Cary was as hardworking as a hummingbird collecting pollen because she worked very hard to be able to publish that newspaper under discrimination, and her responsibilities as a sister to 12 other children and being a teacher, newspaper editor, and activist showed me and people all…

Endothermy has a lot of benefits and costs compared to ectotherms. Endotherms depend on their bodies metabolism to produce enough heat to raise their body temperature. Endotherms balance heat production with heat loss. Each endotherm has a range of environmental temperatures that keeps its body stable and it does this by regulating the heat loss and heat production. They regulate their body heat by vaping their metabolic rate and change its rate of heat loss by adjusting their insulation.…