Marilyn Francis Poet Free verse

Those Who Died

MEMORIAL DAY

          THOSE WHO DIED

    My daddy served till I was six.
    A Navy man he loved his ship.

    Rejecting hero he would proclaim.
   "Those who died should have that name."

   Sailed many times across the waves.
   Rescuing prisoners from cells as graves.

   A coxswain warning of things to come.
   That sound still echos to setting sun.

   Blow the whistle as bugles blare!
   Today the fallen shall be honored
             everywhere!

MAFLongfellow

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Juliet Ligon May 22, 2021 at 12:37 PM Beautiful poem to honor your father as well as those who have died serving. It sounds like he was a humble man. Marilyn Francis May 22, 2021 at 5:40 PM THE WORLD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT HIM OR BECAUSE OF HIM....AMEN

L Milton Hankins May 22, 2021 at 11:41 AM A lovely tribute to our Navy men, Marilyn. Thanks for sharing! Marilyn Francis May 22, 2021 at 5:41 PM THE WORLD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT HIM OR BECAUSE OF HIM...AMEN