In turgid waters, the ship lies
Beleaguered, focus of all eyes
Vast enterprise: tugs do their best
To dislodge this manifest.
A week goes by, rumours abound
Since this titan ran aground
The “Evergreen’s” expansive girth
Halts shipping transport round the Earth!
400 blocked ships hesitating
Forced delays, costs escalating;
Angry owners will not wait
Some take the long route round the Cape...
Suez - the Wunderkind - lies still
No Canal let-up until
This monster cargo ship’s afloat
Oh, for the time of the small boat!
Once thought the marvel of the age
Since 1869 the page
Of lengthy sea lanes seemed long past
With non-stop travel slick and fast.
Alas, container transports grow
Their extra weight means ships sink low
Hence this week’s disaster scene;
Pity they weren’t lean and mean!
***
Eureka moment, one week later*
The ship is freed! It’s pure the-a-ter …
The poet’s task, I think you know,
Is to keep up with the flow!
*23rd-29th March, 2021
(c) Poet in the woods 2021
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