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  • Pirates
  • Dennis L. Winston (bio)

I

the sails returned to the horizon,

singing the waves for an audience of fish.

the return to purity— to the brightness of surfaces.

II

from its crew of ants one crawls up the trunk

on sturdy thin legs to tighten cotton,

and reimagine the wind— challenging vertigo with an easy step.

III

as the ship turns on its tide there is undeniable symmetry in the union of blues. [End Page 162]

Dennis L. Winston

Dennis L. Winston, a native of North Carolina, is studying for the Ph. D. degree in English at Texas A&M University in College Station.

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