Ben Harms Hummingbird has inspired Poet, Oliver Comins to write;
The Hummingbird was an Afterthought
Trees growing in this place did not last long –
cut for building and cut for burning.
Eventually, with finesse and time,
they were cut to make the shape of other things.
Whose deft blades teach this wood to speak?
Trees become leaves and fruit they never were,
make sea creatures walk upon the land,
are shaped to resonate a hallowed sound.
Here, in the city, we are flattered by a reredos
of a proper vintage – a reminder for most of us
we only make the shape of who we are,
not a tiny hummingbird’s limewood wings.
