The Word in Focus with Dr Larry Taylor

Still 

Tender, gentle, puffball of down

The fledgling black-capped chickadee

Waiting patiently for the adult that

Never arrives

Softly drew his last breath

Beneath the pink roses

Kinetic

Ganymede, lover of gods,

Pours water of life upon the

Dry earth bringing forth the

Roses under which the 

Sleeping baby bird lies

Dew drops touch its wings

Still

She lies week after week

Becalmed in the doldrums 

Parched throats in unrelenting

Sun, ancient mariner’s plight

No albatross shot

Sailors asleep in a floating tomb

Kinetic

Born under the water sign

He grasps the helm and

Tightens the sheets with

Sails trimmed to a close reach

Ruach tugs on the cutter’s twin jibs

Further up, further in

Resurrection

Tiny bird springs to life

As sails billow

Dull eyes alight

Shrunken hearts revive

She heels to leeward

Destined for the stars