Rising to the mounting wave
spume flecked aeronaut
turns down the trough
increasing speed - up -
krill sandwiches to nowhere
oceanic snacks en route
beating it round the south circular
never stopping shadow of the wind.
Winds of Antarctica
prime movers here, katabatic
off the ice fields
twisting out from the land
churning the rime flecked sea,
centripetal swirl bigger than America
wave set spinnakers roll before
the stinging winds.
Boeing among pelagic birds
jumbo glider, sky shadow
remembering the mariner's guilt,
flying dutchman sails upon the storm
beguiling spirit in perpetual motion,
no almanac
a mystery.