Hum

时间：2014-10-23 05:13:34

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Hum

Joshua McKinney

When I smelled green through the blur

where its wings were, felt

the whir of their arc, heard the red

of its ruby¹ throat-scales, tasted the dart² of its forked tongue

afloat in the foxglove -- my only desire was

to tell you.

My weed-work stopped. Hands

in earth, I knelt by the garden wall,

and suddenly that world seemed remote.

I called to you, aloud, and the words I spoke

were rote³, broken, each one an arbitrary token

of the tiny bird that came to kiss the flowers.

It was then I knew my exile's full extent.

The phenomenon of pungent⁴ sound is brighter --

sheer iridescent⁵ now there then --

than the hours of thought without flesh. Once, to be

at one meant to act, so I have tried to make this

matter.

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1 ruby
n.红宝石，红宝石色
参考例句：
She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。 On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

2 dart
v.猛冲，投掷；n.飞镖，猛冲
参考例句：
The child made a sudden dart across the road.那小孩突然冲过马路。 Markov died after being struck by a poison dart.马尔科夫身中毒镖而亡。

3 rote
n.死记硬背，生搬硬套
参考例句：
Learning by rote is discouraged in this school.这所学校不鼓励死记硬背的学习方式。 He recited the poem by rote.他强记背诵了这首诗。

4 pungent
adj.（气味、味道）刺激性的，辛辣的；尖锐的
参考例句：
The article is written in a pungent style.文章写得泼辣。 Its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hideouts.它的刺激性气味会令恐怖分子窒息，迫使他们从藏身地点逃脱出来。

5 iridescent
adj.彩虹色的，闪色的
参考例句：
The iridescent bubbles were beautiful.这些闪着彩虹般颜色的大气泡很美。 Male peacocks display their iridescent feathers for prospective female mates.雄性孔雀为了吸引雌性伴侣而展现了他们彩虹色的羽毛。