Cardinal Virtues
by D.S. Martin
Cardinal Virtues by D.S. Martin So with these, since there are four, we must look for them in the same way. ― Plato’s Republic, Book IV I am no ornithologist or even a temperate bird watcher being so quickly called away by the urgency of interests but I have noticed when the cardinal makes a prudent chit-chit he or even the allusive she is checking out the feeder & will soon alight Later from the secluded cedar his song's more full-throated & bright despite the fortitude he needs to establish their territory in these adjoining yards I googled it He sings divergent songs to guard the nest announce arrival to tell his mate of food or danger or warn of cardinal justice to any trespassing stranger
D.S. Martin is Poet-in-Residence at McMaster Divinity College, and Series Editor for the Poiema Poetry Series from Cascade Books. He has written five poetry collections including Angelicus (2021), Ampersand (2018), and Conspiracy of Light: Poems Inspired by the Legacy of C.S. Lewis (2013). He and his wife live in Brampton, Ontario.
