Skip to content

Two hummingbirds, hovering, stuck to each other,
arcing their bodies in grim determination
to find what is good, what is
given them to find. These are warriors
distancing themselves from history.
They find peace
in the way they contain the wind
and are gone.

— Lorna Dee Cervantes Emplumada (1981)

Another quote →

More quotes by Lorna Dee Cervantes

Our dreams wafted over the sullen skyline
like crazy meteors of flying embers:
a glow in the heart all night.

Emplumada (1981)

There's sky and death
shimmering the waves.

Emplumada (1981)

They spotlight those who walk
like a dream, with no one
waiting in the shadows
to palm them back to living.

Emplumada (1981)

And finally, it is me
only guessing at what secrets
or hatreds they share.

Emplumada (1981)

And late that night I tasted
the last of the sweet fruit, sucked the rich pit
and thought nothing of death.

Emplumada (1981)

All Lorna Dee Cervantes quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Lorna Dee Cervantes (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.