A poem a week for 2012 - a record of a year in the life of...

...Laura Dekker - Circumnavigates the Globe at Sixteen

Cocooned by watery womb; child of the waves.  Birthed sea-literate, speaking ropes and rudders.  
Unconfinable by land-law. 

Challenges single-handedly, the stars.  
Not a millionchild, and guides her Guppy
from its namesake's place of discovery, 
around the globe solo and home.  

Dutch Dekker - sea trekker,

Returns from yearlong sojourn, 

to Caribbean welcome.  

Youngest sailor; wavetaker;

Controversial record-breaker.

Dutch girl sails around the world – BBC news - 21 January 2012