CQD SOS
Those of you that attended the AGM will know that our excellent resident poet Dave Ellis composed another fine piece of work for the second consecutive year. This year’s poem is on the very topical subject of RMS Titanic.
Please note this work is subject to copyright and may not be published without the permission of the author.
CQD SOS ©
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Jack Phillips at the key. We’re holed beneath the waterline, We’re open to the sea.
CQD SOS! Stars and ice all round, We’re stopped and sinking by the bow, No longer New-York bound.
CQD SOS! Save our souls this night! A dark, wet, icy grave out there, God help us in our plight.
CQD SOS! The band is playing now. “Abide with me, save me Lord.” Though He alone knows how.
CQD SOS! Launch the lifeboats fast. We’re going down, most will drown, The Rubicon is passed.
CQD SOS! Harold Bride is sending. The morse key clicks and sparks abound, For many, life is ending.
© Copyright Dave Ellis, March 28, 2012 |
CQD SOS!
Forty six thousand tons Going to the bottom soon, To be with Davey Jones.
CQD SOS! The Captain gives the word – R/O’s must abandon ship. But neither man concurred.
CQD SOS! Fifteen hundred dying. Seven hundred more are saved, Morse code salvation buying.
CQD SOS! Jack Phillips dead on station, But Bride is saved, a hero now, Before a grateful nation.
CQD SOS! The tragedy is finished; A grieving world, shocked and sad, So many lives extinguished.
CQD SOS! Good came from that dark day. Radio’s now compulsory, Titanic showed the way.
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