A Crew
There is a slight run of resonance
with squared dips of catches –
it quickens with timed recoveries
along those rumbled turns
of leather-collared connections –
so that the forward lean-to-timings
lever everything to leant finishes
and the opening up of your lungs –
and we haven’t even talked
of power with the blade’s bowing –
We can master the cockboat’s turn
through hard rudder tips into the wind –
by finding strength in fixed ways –
by using the entry and exit in unison