Classic and Contemporary Poetry

MEMORIAL SONNET (FOR TWO YOUNG SEAMEN LOST ...): 3, by GEORGE BARKER                Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: At midday they looked up and saw their death
Last Line: The funeral contribution and memorial, %the perfect and non-existent obsequies
Variant Title(s): Pacific Sonnets:
Subject(s): Mourning; Sailors And Sailing; World War Ii