Kiswar Q'inti* Poem by Joan Woodbridge

Kiswar Q'inti*

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Kiswar Q'Inti*, The Royal Hummingbird of the North has entered this body
penetrating at the solar center
insinuating herself into each cell.

She brings with her the sweetness of all the flowers of the world.
How can I be angry for even one second?

She brings with her the Ancestors
grandmothers and grandfathers
who have walked before us
Now I will never be alone
How can I ever be insincere again?

The vigilant Falcon who lived here before is confused.
Now the Hummingbird and the Falcon must make their peace.
May it be so.

This is my victory:
You are not the first longing thought as I wake to the morning
You are not the last night-thought as I fall into dreaming

This is my task:
To hold the tension between the miraculous and the tragic.


*Quechua name for the Royal
Hummingbird

Monday, December 3, 2012
Topic(s) of this poem: victory
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
In the Medicine Wheel of the Q'ero people of Peru, Kiswar Q'inti is the totem animal of the North. This poem came out of a shamanic initiation.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Prof. Of Humanities 10 February 2017

It is a good day to die. A better day to live!

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Adeline Foster 03 August 2015

The royal hummingbird of the north, caught my eye. Read mine - I Cannot Return - Adeline

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Bri Edwards 15 December 2012

after reading several of your poems i can truly say what's it all about? . i do love birds and like that you are at least using them for symbolism. i can see connecting a hummingbird with word miraculous, but i have a difficult time connecting falcon with tragic, even though falcons do kill other birds. is this about a bipolar condition? probably something much more unknown to me than that...........not that i am manic/depressive. thanks for sharing. bri

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