My Dad Drowned
Air, land and sea does seem all around,
And another challenge have newly found;
Did know,
Was long ago;
In Med my dad had ended up drowned?
CPO Arthur Frederick Horn, AOC
USS Intrepid, CVA-11
Now n New York Harbor.
James Horn, Retired Veteran
Categories:
cva, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
Repost of In Memory of Arthur Frederick Horn
Dad Did Die
Why was it really meant to be?
Dad did die serving his country
Me and my family are left alone
Each day when the sun had shone.
I am still so lonely each night
And sad tears off have to fight
Never receiving a one last kiss;
Him forever will always miss.
It is now another Veterans Day again;
My dad was one of many mighty men
Who for country had given his all
And for him one day God did call.
James Serious Mysterious Horn
Bolivia, NC Name of Father
Arthur Frederick Horn, CPO, AOC, USN
USS Aircraft Carrier Intrepid CVA-11
Killed on August 8th, 1956
Copyright © James Horn | Year Posted 2015
Categories:
cva, sad,
Form: Couplet
Dad Did Die
Why was it really meant to be?
Dad did die serving his country
And me and my family were left alone
Each day when the sun had shone.
I am still so lonely each night
And sad tears off have to fight
Never receiving a one last kiss;
Him forever will always miss.
It is now Memorial Day again;
My dad was one of many mighty men
Who for country had given his all
And for him one day God did call.
James Serious Mysterious Horn
Bolivia, NC Name of Father
Arthur Frederick Horn, CPO, AOC, USN
He died at night on flight deck of the USS
Intrepid CVA-11 now in New York Harbor.
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Categories:
cva, analogy, appreciation, , memorial,
Form: Couplet
Dad Did Die
Why was it really meant to be?
Dad did die serving his country
Me and my family are left alone
Each day when the sun had shone.
I am still so lonely each night
And sad tears off have to fight
Never receiving a one last kiss;
Him forever will always miss.
It is now another Veterans Day again;
My dad was one of many mighty men
Who for country had given his all
And for him one day God did call.
James Serious Mysterious Horn
Bolivia, NC Name of Father
Arthur Frederick Horn, CPO, AOC, USN
USS Aircraft Carrier Intrepid CVA-11
Killed on August 8th, 1956
Categories:
cva, tribute, veterans day,
Form: Couplet
Stood There
Stood There on that very same shore
To see husband well worth waiting for
Who no longer will be here anymore
Dear one who I did love and adore.
Stood There when his ship had sailed
And return back to me again it failed
Now by me could no longer be hailed
By exploding bombs it was impaled.
Stood There forever and another day
After his gallant ship was blown away
Don't want to leave and always stay
Pictures and medals are on display.
Stood There while waiting for the tide
To change and also sad feelings inside
Of me with eyes which are open wide
Full of teardrops as I cried and cried.
Stood There and more I Stood There
For me, why was life not always fair
A moment together wish we can share
But God has him in heaven up there.
James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
My dad did die at sea in an accident
while on the CVA-11 Carrier Intrepid.
Send me a response so I will know
who is reading my poems. Thanks.
Categories:
cva, sad,
Form: Couplet
My father was killed in an aircraft accident on the Aircraft Carrier Intrepid CVA-11 which is now retired in the New York harbor. I was considered to be a 14 year old war orphan. I am a retired Veteran and Federal Civil Service Employee. I have completed over 500 poems on Poetry Soup with each one having an average of 12 lines
in iambic. Your August 16th Poem of the Day was mine about Robin Williams.
Two of my other poems have received an honorable mention from you. Other poets have thanked me for the support they received from me in the form of my poems. My poems have supported their efforts to write poems and stay on Poetry Soup. Based on this, I think that you have a great idea in giving me a Lifetime Membership in Poetry Soup. I think that it is a brilliant thought you have there. James Thesarious Hilarious Horn jthorn5656@gmail.com just like you. Keep a running total of poems for us to see would also be interesting. Anyone out there. Whatever I can do to encourage and motivate you to write poems and stay on Poetry Soup, I would be glad to do so.
More suggestions and ideas should be sent ot Poetry Soup.
Categories:
cva, imagination,
Form: Rubaiyat
Veterans on Father's Day
What is there really left to say
For veterans here at Father's Day;
Which one was war you were in?;
Where should I really start to begin?
On active duty my Dad did die,
And we will never know why;
Enlisted which took a lot of nerve
And for his country he did serve.
They buried him into deep blue sea
In Med which still does remind me
For his country whole life did give
So the rest of us all could live.
This is all true. He died on the Aircraft Carrier
Intrepid CVA-11 August 1956 in the Med.
Categories:
cva, fathers day,
Form: Couplet