Classic and Contemporary Poetry

MEMORIAL SONNET (FOR TWO YOUNG SEAMEN LOST ...): 1, by GEORGE BARKER                Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: The seagull, spreadeagled, splayed on the wind
Last Line: Saw I was standing in the stance of vague %horror; paralysed with mere pity's peace?
Variant Title(s): Pacific Sonnets:
Subject(s): Mourning; Sailors And Sailing; World War Ii