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The Wild Turkeys.(Brief Article)(Poem)

Quadrant

| March 01, 2002 | Clarvoe, Jennifer | COPYRIGHT 2002 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
THE WILD TURKEYS 
outside my kitchen window, Gambier 
 
   His eyes, from the unchanging gray, end-of-winter trees 
   suddenly light up, light suddenly upon 
   something particular. What is it he sees 
   that is not tree, not gray? The world taking on 
 
   motion as two, then seven, and then a flock of wild 
   turkeys, convening: ...
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