Boat Trip At Ushuaia

Boat Trip At Ushuaia
(on 20 February 2020)

06.00
Cape Horn crack of dawn, half-hid
sun’s golden brightness sheepish-seeps
through canopy of dark-grey clouds.

Seen from hotel Beagle Channel,
separating Argentina from Chile, smooth
as baby’s bottom peaceful rests. 

To east, mountain peaks peek through
weighty load of grey-black clouds and mist,
slow-budged by gentle breeze from west.

09.00.
Sun shows its face.
It is a good day.
A good day for a boat trip
at Ushuaia;

trip-tripping from shore to islet-shore
to see huffing-puffing giant sea lions roar,
great-petrels flop and swim for food

and black-browed albatrosses swoop
and dive to grab, or snatch, from other birds,
carrion, crustaceans, offal, fish and squid,

Whilst small birds, striving to stay alive,
play hide-and-seek with their predators.

13.00.
Sun in transit.
It was a good day.
A good day for a boat trip
at Ushuaia.