On storm-struck deck, wind sirens caterwaul;
With each tilt, shock and shudder, our blunt ship
Cleaves forward into fury; dark as anger,
Waves wallop, assaulting the stubborn hull.
Flayed by spray, we take the challenge up,
Grip the rail, squint ahead, and wonder how much longer
Such force can last;
from Channel Crossing, Sylvia Plath
sound extract from 'Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013), dir. Arnaud des Pallieres
