A Cardinal Influences Peripheral Sight. (From The Avon River Poems).(Poem)

From: Poetry | Date: November 1, 2001| Author: Kinsella, John | Copyright information 
 
A CARDINAL INFLUENCES 
PERIPHERAL SIGHT 
 
   Through insect screens 
   a patch of tangled 
   stems and leaves 
   works as graph paper; 
   or is this the way 
 
   it seems, in its duns 
   and browns? The snow-fray 
   an aura breaking up, 
   static scoriae ... 
 
   We see community 
   and politics in the starlings' 
   feeding frenzy, hearted 
   deep by cardinal 
 
   working outwards, 
   its influence equally 
   peripheral through 
   the gridwork,...

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