if we view humanity as birds we notice that together they create beautiful patterns in their airborne flocks; yet the hummingbird is a singular jewel; living at a speed and intensity far beyond the grasp of the average bird. The reward for such a life is to be beautiful within singularity. to be a universe of energy contained within the fluttering breast of such a frail beast. ""When the Trochilidae Die"" is a collection of poetic works by Clinton J. Ruttan. although some of the work reaches as far back as ""The Summer of Sunflowers"" (2011) a majority of the work was completed between 2015...