BRIAN & ANGELA

LAMENT FOR USS POINT REYES ~ An Acrostic

USS POINT  REYES ~ COASTAL SHIP ~ NORTH CALIFORNIA

 

P  OINT REYES ~ PENINSULA OF KINGS

O  I WAS  so proud to merit that perfect NAME

I   WAS  the Coast Guard Craft which ensured that .........

N  O  SHIP  perished against our rocky shore !

T  HE  pride of the fleet launched in 1950

 

R  EGAL  and stalwart agianst all weather

E  VERYONE  respected  ME and Captain TOM !

Y  OU  felt we would last forever ~ But

E  VERY ship has its day ~ and is finally 

S  CRAPPED ~ RECYCLED ~ BUT NOT A RUSTING HULK !

 

Thanks for visiting ~ comments welkcome ~ Love all BOATS ~ BRIAN XOX

 

This Acrostic is in Blank Verse ~ Iambic Pentameter.