Pearl of Great Price - a Rhymed Encore on the Start of a War
A world at war,
From shore to shore,
Its fury to unfurl.
No turning back,
The first attack,
The Harbor known as Pearl.
A bay of beads,
Themselves the seeds,
The ships below the sea.
The sunken boats
Have cast their votes,
The cost dear to be free.
The combat flyers nailed the fleet,
As kamikazes threw their heat.
The desolation was complete,
The Harbor known as Pearl.
A bay of beads,
Themselves the seeds,
The ships below the sea.
The sunken boats
Have cast their votes,
The cost dear to be free.
The battleships, the bombs laid low;
Their masts waved to the deadly foe,
As battered bulks were sunk below
The Harbor known as Pearl.
A bay of beads,
Themselves the seeds,
The ships below the sea.
The sunken boats
Still cast their votes,
The cost dear to be free.
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11 Comments
Post a CommentGreat poem! That reminds me; today is my Father-in-law's birthday.
Most excellent!!!
Fantastic, great tribute and even better writing!!
Wow, This is awesome! Thanks for sharing this with me, Linda.
A Great tribute to a sad day.
Okay When is your book coming out!!!I want a copy!!!!
Your use of repetition accentuates the imagery. Great job.
Wow, I love this one too!
This was wonderfully written.
That's a great poem, really well penned, I like the way you said it "The Harbor known as Pearl".