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POEMS/ An Irruption of Pine Siskins

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An Irruption of Pine Siskins

A “trembling” of tiny finches 
were ravaging my thistle sock last week,
emptying its contents every day.
Arriving as a group 
they fed communally,
each striving for a perfect perch,
their rapid back and forth 
from branch to feeder
a recapitulation in a fugue of motion,
its theme and counterpoint,
developed in their frantic need 
for food. Now they have left 
as suddenly as they appeared, 
driven—as are we all— 
by their struggle to survive,
their agitated flight, 
a constant trémulo,
that shapes their definition. 

From Migrations (Antrim House, 2013)


 







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