POEM

THE SMALL GIANT

The otter is ninety percent water

Ten percent God.

This is a mastery

We have not fathomed in a million years.

I saw one once, of the teeth of western Scotland,

Playing games with the Atlantic –

Three feet of gymnastics

Taking on an ocean.

Kenneth Steven

This article appears in the May 2018 Issue of Life and Work

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